ABC
| American Broadcasting Company (ABC) |  | | Type | Broadcast radio network and
television network |
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| Country |  United States |
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| Availability | National; also available in  Canada,  Mexico, and the Caribbean, also distributed in certain other North America countries
United Kingdom has similar channel with identical branding known as ABC1 |
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| Founder | (as independent company)
Edward Noble |
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| Slogan | Start Here |
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| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Key people | Robert Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Anne Sweeney, co-chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group |
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| Launch date | 1943 (radio network)
April 19, 1948 (television network) |
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| Past names | NBC Blue Network |
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| Website | www.abc.com |
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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948. Corporate headquarters are in New York, while programming offices are in Burbank, California, adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios and the Walt Disney Company corporate headquarters. ABC is among the most successful networks as of 2006. The formal name of the operation is American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and that name appears on copyright notices for its in-house network productions and on all official documents of the company, including paychecks and contracts. A separate entity named ABC Inc., formerly Capital Cities/ABC Inc., is that firm's direct parent company, and that company is owned in turn by Disney. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, due to the letters "ABC" being the first three Roman letters. ABC's sister channels are: ABC Family, Disney Channel/Playhouse Disney, ESPN, ESPN2, SoapNet, Toon Disney/Jetix.
Even more about ABC
ABC.com
Official site. Includes behind-the-scenes information, cast biographies, photos, and video clips.
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ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more
Contains American and world news headlines, articles, chatrooms, message boards, news alerts, video and audio webcasts, shopping, and wireless news service. As well as ABC television show information ...
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