American Broadcasting Company

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The American Broadcast Company (ABC) is an American television network. Along with CBS, NBC and Fox, it is one of the country's four major television networks. The network is owned by The Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of the Capital Cities/ABC by the company in 1995.[3]

ABC
TypeTelevision network (1948–present)
Radio network (1943–2007, 2015–present)
BrandingABC
Country
AvailabilityNational and Worldwide
FoundedMay 15, 1943; 83 years ago (May 15, 1943)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
by Louis Blanche and Edward J. Noble
SloganThe Only Place to Be, ABC
HeadquartersBurbank, California (broadcasting)
Manhattan, New York City (corporate), U.S.
Parent
Key people
  • Ben Sherwood (Co-Chairman - Disney Media Networks), (President - Disney–ABC Television Group)[1]
  • Channing Dungey (President - ABC Entertainment Group)[2]
  • James Goldston (President - ABC Entertainment Group)
Launch date
Radio: October 12, 1943 (1943-10-12)
Television: April 19, 1948 (1948-04-19)
Former names
NBC Blue Network
Picture format
720p (HDTV)
(some affiliates transmit ABC programming in 1080i 16:9)
480i (SDTV 4:3/16:9)
AffiliatesLists:
by state or market
Official website
abc.go.com
LanguageEnglish
ReplacedNBC Blue Network

ABC Television Shows

American Broadcasting Company Media

References

Other websites