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American Broadcasting Company
The Company's history led back to 1926,when the Radio Corporation of America and two other firms founded The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) to operate a nationwide radio broadcasting network. -
NBC Expanding
NBC expanded so rapidly that by 1927 it found itself with an excess of affiliates in the same cities, so it split its programming into two separate networks, called the Red and the Blue networks. -
As a radio Network
ABC was the smallest of the major radio networks and succeded itself by hiring popular singer Bing Crosby on perform on a weekly variety series. -
Transition to Tv
ABC turned its attention to television in 1948 but met with little success until it merged with United Paramount Theatres, originally the movie arm of Paramount Pictures. -
The Million Dollar Sale
The $25 million sale of ABC to UPT, which was headed by Leonard Goldenson, was announced in 1951 but was not approved by the FCC until 1953. -
(1957–62) & (1958–64)
The network also formed an alliance with Warner Brothers, which provided ABC with the western Maverick in 1957–62, the private eye series 77 Sunset Strip in 1958–64 and other programs. -
(1960–66) & (1966–68)
The Flintstones (1960–66) and Batman (1966–68) had huge ratings and profits whenever they showed them -
(1961–98) & (1970–2005,
ABC developed a series Wide World of Sports (1961–98), which, along with its weeknight telecast of the National Football League, Monday Night Football (1970–2005, and on cable subsidiary ESPN beginning in 2006), -
(1978) & (1980)
ABC was also the first network to hire a woman (Barbara Walters) to anchor its nightly newscast, although its news show did not fully blossom until their current-events series (1978) and Nightline (1980) -
Dish 2006
Prior to the ABC1 closure, on October 10, 2006, Disney (ABC) Television entered into an agreement with satellite provider Dish TV to carry its ABC News Now channel in India.
