NBC Talknet

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NBC Talknet

Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Ownership
Owner	RCA (1981–1986) General Electric (1986–1987) Westwood One (1987–2001)
History
Launch date	November 2, 1981 (42 years ago) (1981-11-02)
Closed	June 22, 2001 (2001-06-22) (19 years, 232 days)
Coverage
Availability	Most of the United States
Affiliates	31 upon launch

NBC Talknet was a nighttime programming block on the NBC Radio Network from the 1980s to the 1990s. It comprised several advice-oriented call-in talk shows, the most notable personalities being Bruce Williams and Sally Jessy Raphael. At a time when talk radio was a mostly local format, Talknet, among similar services, brought the format to a national level.