The Burbank Studios
The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio is home to Days of Our Lives, Extra, the IHeartRadio Theater, and was formerly home to the Blizzard Arena (home of the Overwatch League).
This article is about the former NBC facility. For the former studio facility partnership between Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures, see Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank.The Burbank Studios
NBC Studios (1952–2014)
Completed
Television Studios Complex
3000 West Alameda Avenue
Burbank, California
91505
1952
- NBC
(1952–2014) - Worthe Real Estate Group
(2014–2023) - Warner Bros. Discovery
(2023–present)
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History[edit]
NBC Radio City Hollywood[edit]
NBC Radio City Hollywood,[5][6] located at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, opened in 1938 and served as headquarters to the NBC Radio Networks' West Coast operations. It served as a replacement for NBC Radio City San Francisco, which had been in service since 1942. Since NBC never owned a radio station in Los Angeles, the network's West Coast programming originated from its San Francisco station (KPO, which later became KNBC, and is now KNBR). NBC radio network programming was carried on KFI in Los Angeles.
The architect for the distinctive Streamline Moderne building at Sunset and Vine was John C. Austin.[7]
In January 1949, NBC launched its newest television station for Los Angeles, KNBH (Channel 4; now KNBC) from Radio City; the radio studios were later equipped for live television broadcasting in the transition phase from radio broadcasting. However, as television production was increasing for NBC, the network and its then-parent the Radio Corporation of America, decided to build a television studio, nicknamed NBC Color City, that would be exclusively equipped for color television broadcasting. For many of the same reasons why CBS eventually built Television City in the early 1950s to replace its Columbia Square, the television facilities at Radio City gradually became too small for NBC to produce its television broadcasts.