WNBC
E11771
WNBC is the primary NBC-owned television station serving the New York City metropolitan area.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T108787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: WNBC Context triple: [NBC, flagshipStation, WNBC]
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A.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
WNYW (New York City)
WNYW (New York City) is the primary Fox-owned television station serving the New York City metropolitan area.
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C.
CBS
CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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D.
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for its television networks, film studio, and extensive sports broadcasting portfolio.
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E.
YES Network
YES Network is a regional sports television channel best known as the primary broadcaster of New York Yankees games and other New York–area sports programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WNBC Target entity description: WNBC is the primary NBC-owned television station serving the New York City metropolitan area.
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A.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
WNYW (New York City)
WNYW (New York City) is the primary Fox-owned television station serving the New York City metropolitan area.
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C.
CBS
CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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D.
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for its television networks, film studio, and extensive sports broadcasting portfolio.
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E.
YES Network
YES Network is a regional sports television channel best known as the primary broadcaster of New York Yankees games and other New York–area sports programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NBC owned-and-operated station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| analogShutdownDate | June 12, 2009 ⓘ |
| branding |
NBC 4 New York
ⓘ
NBC 4 New York ⓘ
surface form:
News 4 New York
|
| broadcastBand | UHF digital television ⓘ |
| broadcastLanguage | English ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | NBC ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | New York ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | 35 ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| formerCallsign |
WABD
ⓘ
surface form:
W2XBS
WWOR-TV ⓘ
surface form:
WNBT
|
| foundingDate | 1930s ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the oldest television stations in the United States ⓘ |
| licensee | NBC Telemundo License LLC ⓘ |
| marketRank |
New York metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
New York designated market area
|
| marketType | top 1 U.S. television market ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | NBC ⓘ |
| networkOwnedStatus | flagship station of NBC television network ⓘ |
| originalService | experimental television station ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Comcast
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ NBCUniversal ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 1080i HDTV ⓘ |
| primaryNewscastBrand |
NBC 4 New York
ⓘ
surface form:
News 4 New York
|
| programmingType |
local news
ⓘ
network programming ⓘ syndicated programming ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| serves |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Hudson Valley ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
New York City metropolitan area
|
| simulcastsOn |
cable television in New York City area
ⓘ
satellite television in New York City area ⓘ streaming platforms via NBC apps ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
Telemundo 47
ⓘ
WNJU ⓘ WQCD ⓘ |
| studioLocation |
RCA Building
ⓘ
surface form:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Rockefeller Center ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transmitterLocation | One World Trade Center ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 4 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WNBC Description of subject: WNBC is the primary NBC-owned television station serving the New York City metropolitan area.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WNBC-TV
this entity surface form:
WNBC-TV
this entity surface form:
WNBC-TV