ABC Owned Television Stations

ABC Owned Television Stations Group
Type Subsidiary
Industry TV broadcasting
Predecessor(s) Capital Cities Communications
Founded 1948
Headquarters New York, New York, USA
Number of locations 8
Key people Rebecca Campbell, President
Services Advertising
Parent Disney-ABC Television Group
Divisions Live Well Network
Subsidiaries ABC National Television Sales
Website ABC Owned Television Stations Group

The ABC Owned Television Stations Group is a division of Disney-ABC Television Group that oversees the owned-and-operated stations of the American Broadcasting Company, a division of The Walt Disney Company. The group currently consists of eight stations plus ABC National Television Sales and the Live Well Network.

Units

  • ABC National Television Sales, Inc.
    • ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales
  • Live Well Network

List of ABC owned-and-operated stations

City of license/Market Station Channel
TV / DT
Owned since Affiliation
New York City WABC-TV[note 1] 7 / 7 1948 ABC
Los Angeles KABC-TV[note 1] 7 / 7 1949 ABC
Chicago WLS-TV[note 1] 7 / 44 1948 ABC
Philadelphia WPVI-TV [note 2] 6 / 6 1986 ABC
San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose KGO-TV[note 1] 7 / 7 1949 ABC
Houston KTRK-TV[note 2] 13 / 13 1986 ABC
Durham - Raleigh - Fayetteville WTVD[note 2] 11 / 11 1986 ABC
Fresno, California KFSN-TV[note 2] 30 / 30 1986 ABC

Former ABC-owned stations

City of license/Market Station Channel
TV / DT
Years owned Current affiliation and ownership
Detroit WXYZ-TV[note 1] 7 / 41 1948-1986 ABC affiliate owned by E.W. Scripps Company
Flint - Saginaw - Bay City, MI WJRT-TV[1] 12 / 12 1995-2011 ABC affiliate owned by SJL Broadcasting
Toledo, Ohio WTVG[1] 13 / 13 1995-2011 ABC affiliate owned by SJL Broadcasting
  1. ^ a b c d e a station built and signed-on by ABC
  2. ^ a b c d a station owned by Capital Cities Communications prior to its acquisition of ABC in 1986.
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References

  1. ^ a b On November 4, 2010 ABC announced the sale of WJRT-TV and WTVG to previous owner SJL Broadcasting. The sale was completed April 1, 2011. ([1])
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