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Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company merged with five other film companies to create the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, headed by Laemmle. For the first time, a single entity encompassed all facets of the movie industry: production, distribution, and exhibition.

1912
 

Universal City opens its gates

At its opening, Universal City was billed as "the only moving-picture city in the world."

1915
 

David Sarnoff founds the nation's first permanent radio network, NBC

Heralding NBC's arrival, this advertisement appeared in newspapers across the nation.

1926
 

Radio captures the nation's imagination

Landmark radio broadcasts for NBC included the Rose Bowl, which was the first coast-to-coast radio network broadcast, the Tunney-Dempsey heavyweight fight, and Charles Lindbergh's return to the U.S. after the first trans-Atlantic flight.

1927
 
1929

NBC Sounds the Chimes

NBC had used chimes as a switching cue from its beginnings as a radio network. Many configurations of notes were used until 1929, when NBC settled on the familiar three tones that have become a cultural icon. The G-E-C signal was the first audio service mark, registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 4, 1950.

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