ABC Owned Television Stations
Parent Disney Entertainment | | |
Divisions | Localish | |
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Website | abcotvs |
ABC Owned Television Stations is a division of Disney Entertainment operated by Disney Networks Group that oversees the owned-and-operated stations of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), a division of The Walt Disney Company. The division also operates the Localish network.
History
ABC Network
The
In February 1953, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres (UPT), the former theater division of Paramount Pictures. UPT subsidiary Balaban and Katz owned WBKB (which shared a CBS affiliation with WGN-TV). The newly merged American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, as the company was known then, could not keep both stations because of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations then enforced that forbade the common ownership of two television stations licensed to the same market. As a result, WBKB's channel 4 license was sold to CBS, which subsequently changed that station's call letters to WBBM-TV; that outlet would move to VHF channel 2 several months later on July 5, 1953. The old WBKB's on-air and behind-the-scenes staff stayed at the new WBBM-TV, while the WBKB call letters and management moved to channel 7 (from 1965 to 1968, a "-TV" suffix was included in the station's calls, modifying it to WBKB-TV).[3]
Capital Cities/ABC
On March 19, 1985, Capital Cities announced that it would purchase ABC for $3.5 billion, which shocked the media industry, as ABC was some four times bigger than Capital Cities was at the time.[4][5]
The newly merged company,
In 1994,
Disney/ABC division
The ABC Owned TV Stations (ABCOTS) were paired with
In June 1998, ABC parent
On November 3, 2010,
On June 9, 2014, ABC Owned Television Stations vice president Peggy Allen and president Rebecca Campbell jointly announced to Live Well Network's staff that they planned to shut down the network in January 2015. Campbell and Allen stated that despite the success of the network, the division wanted to prioritize "local content" and its "core local news brands".
Campbell, president of
ABC Owned Television Stations launched its Localish digital media venture the week of September 20, 2018, with four shows. Localish focuses on mobile millennials with national appeal local short stories produced by the stations and released on digital and social platforms. The first series, More in Common, had already appeared via Facebook Watch.[38] A More in Common compilation special was broadcast on all ABC station's primary channels on November 4, 2018, with WPVI-TV (Philadelphia) also on November 3 then on their LiveWell Network subchannel (.2) from November 4 through 11, 2018.[39] On January 21, 2020, ABC Stations announced that the network would be rebranded as the Localish on February 17, 2020.[40]
At the beginning of 2021, Laff was removed from the ABC Owned Television Stations (excluding
Stations
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
- (**) – Indicates station was built and signed on by ABC.
Current
City of license / Market | Station | Year of affiliation | Owned since | Digital subchannels[44] | |
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Fresno, CA | KFSN-TV | 30 (30) | 1985 | 1986[a] | |
Los Angeles, CA | KABC-TV** | 7 (7) | 1949 | 1949 |
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San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, CA | KGO-TV** | 7 (12) | 1949 | 1949 |
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Chicago, IL | WLS-TV** | 7 (22) | 1948 | 1948 |
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New York City, NY | WABC-TV** | 7 (7) | 1948 | 1948 |
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Durham–Raleigh–Fayetteville, NC | WTVD | 11 (9) | 1985[I] | 1986[a] |
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Philadelphia, PA | WPVI-TV | 6 (6) | 1948[b] | 1986[a] |
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Houston, TX | KTRK-TV | 13 (13) | 1954 | 1986[a] |
|
- ^ Previously with ABC from 1954 to 1962.
Former
City of license / Market | Station | Channel | Years owned | Current status |
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Detroit, MI | WXYZ-TV** | 7 | 1948–1986 | ABC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
Flint, MI | WJRT-TV[45] | 12 | 1995–2011 | ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting
|
Toledo, OH | WTVG[45] | 13 | 1995–2011 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
Evolution of ABC O&O stations
Programming
ABC's owned and operated stations' syndicated offerings (as of April 2023) include
References
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- ^ "ABC TV Network To Begin Sept. 20" (PDF). Broadcasting • Telecasting. August 23, 1948. p. 27. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ "AB-PT Purchasing Power" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 16, 1953. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Kleinfield, N.R. "ABC is being sold for $3.5 billion; 1st network sale." The New York Times, March 19, 1985.
- ^ "Capcities + ABC."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting, March 25, 1985, pp. 31-32[permanent dead link].
- ^ "FCC approval of CapCities/ABC deal likely." Broadcasting, March 25, 1985, pg. 33.
- ^ "ABC/CCC sells four TV's for $485 million; Detroit, Tampa to Scripps Howard." Broadcasting, July 29, 1985, pg. 30.
- ^ Scripps Buying Granite TVs in Buffalo, Detroit, TVNewsCheck, Retrieved February 10, 2014
- Cahners Business Information. Archived from the originalon November 5, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- ^ Tom Hopkins (June 3, 1996). "ANALYSIS: Networks Switch Channels". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 29, 2012 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Harry A. Jessell (September 11, 1995). "ABC, Fox change partners again: ABC is switching to WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Fox is moving to WGXA-TV in Macon, Ga". Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Grego, Melissa (November 3, 2010). "Exclusive: Disney to Sell Two Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- Cahners Business Information. April 22, 1996. Archived from the originalon January 9, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ Charlie Patton (August 21, 1997). "Jags fans in lather over TV". The Florida Times-Union. Morris Communications. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ Dusty Saunders (October 22, 1994). "TV Stations Play Spin the Dial Channel 7 Quits CBS, Joins ABC, Kicking Off Network Realignment". Rocky Mountain News. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved October 21, 2012 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Fabrant, Geraldine. (January 5, 1996). "Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Fact Sheet: The Walt Disney Company". Press Release. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ McClellan, Steve; McDonnell, Chris (June 10, 1996). "Cohen: One channel, one network". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.
- ^ Jerry Knight; Paul Farhi (June 17, 1998). "Disney in Talks to Buy WJLA; ABC Would Take Over Allbritton's Television Empire". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- Cahners Business Information. p. 12. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 11, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Paul Farhi (July 25, 1998). "Disney Ends Talks to Buy WJLA". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ "ABC News banks on digital, despite small audiences today". USA Today. AP. September 4, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Kerschbaumer, Ken (January 24, 2005). "ABC News Now... And Later". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ Umstead, R. Thomas; Moss, Linda (December 9, 2005). "Much Ado About Multicasting". Multichannel. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ "ABC O&Os Launch Digital Network". Broadcasting & Cable. April 27, 2009.
- ^ "ABC Multicasts Live Well HD Channel". Mediaweek. October 25, 2009. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009.
- ^ "Exclusive: New GMs For Former ABC O&Os in Flint, Toledo". Broadcasting & Cable. March 31, 2011.
- ^ Atkinson, Claire (October 17, 2013). "Disney once again considering sale of local TV stations". NY Post. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Ohnesorge, Lauren (October 25, 2013). "Disney denies it's selling broadcast business, WTVD". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ Downey, Kevin (June 9, 2014). "No Life Left In Live Well Network". TV News Check. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ Block, Alex (June 9, 2014). "Live Well Network's Demise Follows Advertiser Resistance, CBS Plans (Analysis)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ Malone, Michael (June 9, 2014). "ABC to Discontinue Live Well Network". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Lazare, Lewis (June 9, 2014). "ABC to shutter Live Well Network founded in Chicago". Chicago Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (January 18, 2015). "ABC Sticks with Live Well Digital Channel, Adds Comedy Net". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (January 18, 2015). "Exclusive: Comedy Multicast Net Launching on ABC, Scripps". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (September 21, 2017). "Disney Intl Names Rebecca Campbell President For Europe, Middle East & Africa". Deadline. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ Variety Staff (December 7, 2017). "Wendy McMahon Named President of ABC Owned Television Stations". Variety. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (September 20, 2018). "ABC Stations Launching 'Localish' for Mobile Millennials". Broadcasting & Cable. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (November 2, 2018). "ABC to Air Show Launched Via Facebook on Broadcast". Broadcasting & Cable. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (January 21, 2020). "ABC Rebranding Live Well Broadcast Diginet to Localish". Broadcasting & Cable. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ Balderston, Michael (January 14, 2021). "Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations". tvtech. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (April 5, 2021). "Byron Allen's This TV Expands Reach With ABC-Owned Station Deal". DEADLINE. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ "Sinclair gets major ABC-owned stations to carry its Charge network". NewscastStudio. April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ "Stations for Owner - ABC". RabbitEars. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ SJL Broadcasting. The sale was completed April 1, 2011. ([1])
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (November 5, 2018). "ABC Shells Out to Keep 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy' After Big Offer From Fox". Variety. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
External links
- abcotvs.com
- ABC OTV Online
- ABC Full Circle.com, ABC National Television Sales website
- ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales