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{{short description|Television station division of ABC}}
{{short description|Television station division of ABC}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = ABC Owned Television Stations
| name = ABC Owned Television Stations
| logo = ABC Owned Television Stations logo.png
| logo = [[File:ABC-Owned-Television-Stations-2021-Logo.png|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_size = 300px
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1948}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1948}}
| hq_location_city = [[Glendale, California]]
| hq_location_city = [[Glendale, California]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States|USA]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| num_locations = 8
| num_locations = 8
| key_people = Wendy McMahon (President)
| key_people = Chad Matthews ([[President (corporate title)|president]])
| industry = [[Terrestrial television|TV broadcasting]]
| industry = [[Terrestrial television|TV broadcasting]]
| services = Advertising
| owner =
| parent = [[Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution]]
| parent = [[Disney Entertainment]]
| divisions = [[Localish]]
| divisions = [[Localish]]
| website = {{URL|https://abcotvpress.com}}
| subsid = ABC National Television Sales
| website = {{URL|abcotvs.com}}
}}
}}
'''ABC Owned Television Stations''' is a division of [[Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution]] that oversees the [[owned-and-operated station]]s of the [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC), a division of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. The division consists of eight stations plus ABC National Television Sales and [[Localish]].
'''ABC Owned Television Stations''' is a division of [[Disney Entertainment]] operated by Disney Networks Group that oversees the [[owned-and-operated station]]s of the [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC), a division of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. The division also operates the [[Localish]] network.


== History ==
== History ==
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| caption5 = The [[KTRK-TV|KTRK]] studio building in Houston
| caption5 = The [[KTRK-TV|KTRK]] studio building in Houston
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=== ABC Network ===
=== ABC Network ===
The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Network]]'s first TV station signed on August 10, 1948, as '''[[WABC-TV|WJZ-TV]]''',<ref>{{cite news |title=WJZ-TV starts; elaborate inaugural program. |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-08-16-BC.pdf |access-date=April 3, 2020 |work=Broadcasting {{*}} Telecasting |date=August 16, 1948 |page=23 }}</ref> the first of three television stations signed on by ABC during that same year, with [[WLS-TV|WENR-TV]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] and [[WXYZ-TV]] in [[Detroit]] being the other two.<ref>{{cite news |title=ABC TV Network To Begin Sept. 20 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-08-23-BC.pdf |access-date=April 3, 2020 |work=Broadcasting{{*}}Telecasting |date=August 23, 1948 |page=27}}</ref> [[KGO-TV]] in San Francisco and [[KABC-TV|KECA]] in Los Angeles, signed on during the next 13 months after WJZ.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Network]]'s first TV station signed on August 10, 1948, as [[WABC-TV|WJZ-TV]]<ref>{{cite news |title=WJZ-TV starts; elaborate inaugural program. |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-08-16-BC.pdf |access-date=April 3, 2020 |work=Broadcasting {{*}} Telecasting |date=August 16, 1948 |page=23 }}</ref> (not to be confused with current CBS-owned [[WJZ-TV]] Baltimore), the first of three television stations signed on by ABC during that same year, with [[WLS-TV|WENR-TV]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] and [[WXYZ-TV]] in [[Detroit]] being the other two.<ref>{{cite news |title=ABC TV Network To Begin Sept. 20 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-08-23-BC.pdf |access-date=April 3, 2020 |work=Broadcasting{{*}}Telecasting |date=August 23, 1948 |page=27}}</ref> [[KGO-TV]] in San Francisco and [[KABC-TV|KECA]] in Los Angeles, signed on during the next 13 months after WJZ.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

In February 1953, ABC merged with [[Plitt Theatres|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 [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|common ownership of two television stations]] licensed to the same [[Media market|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 [[Very high frequency|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).<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 16, 1953|title=AB-PT Purchasing Power|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/53-OCR/BC-1953-02-16-OCR-Page-0033.pdf|access-date=August 17, 2021}}</ref>


=== Capital Cities/ABC ===
=== Capital Cities/ABC ===
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The newly merged company, [[Capital Cities/ABC Inc.]], was forced to sell off some stations due to [[FCC]] ownership rules. Between them, ABC and Capital Cities owned more television stations than FCC rules allowed at the time.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-03-25.pdf "FCC approval of CapCities/ABC deal likely."] ''Broadcasting'', March 25, 1985, pg. 33.</ref> Of the former Capital Cities television stations, the merged company opted to keep [[KTRK-TV]] in [[Houston]], [[WTVD-TV]] in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], and [[KFSN-TV]] in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]. FCC rules could have also forced a sale of Capital Cities' [[WPVI-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]] as well due to a large signal overlap with WABC-TV, but the merged company successfully received a permanent waiver from the FCC after citing [[CBS]]' ownership of television stations in New York City ([[WCBS-TV]]) and Philadelphia (at the time [[WCAU|WCAU-TV]]) under [[grandfather clause|grandfathered status]]. Capital Cities' [[WFTS-TV]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] and ABC's [[WXYZ-TV]] in [[Detroit]] were divested as a pair to the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]'s broadcasting division (then known as Scripps-Howard Broadcasting). Capital Cities' [[WTNH-TV]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] and [[WKBW-TV]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] were sold separately to minority-owned companies<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-07-29.pdf "ABC/CCC sells four TV's for $485 million; Detroit, Tampa to Scripps Howard."] ''Broadcasting'', July 29, 1985, pg. 30.</ref> (Scripps would eventually buy WKBW in 2014).<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/73998/scripps-buying-granite-tvs-in-buffalo-detroit Scripps Buying Granite TVs in Buffalo, Detroit], ''TVNewsCheck'', Retrieved February 10, 2014</ref>
The newly merged company, [[Capital Cities/ABC Inc.]], was forced to sell off some stations due to [[FCC]] ownership rules. Between them, ABC and Capital Cities owned more television stations than FCC rules allowed at the time.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-03-25.pdf "FCC approval of CapCities/ABC deal likely."] ''Broadcasting'', March 25, 1985, pg. 33.</ref> Of the former Capital Cities television stations, the merged company opted to keep [[KTRK-TV]] in [[Houston]], [[WTVD-TV]] in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], and [[KFSN-TV]] in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]. FCC rules could have also forced a sale of Capital Cities' [[WPVI-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]] as well due to a large signal overlap with WABC-TV, but the merged company successfully received a permanent waiver from the FCC after citing [[CBS]]' ownership of television stations in New York City ([[WCBS-TV]]) and Philadelphia (at the time [[WCAU|WCAU-TV]]) under [[grandfather clause|grandfathered status]]. Capital Cities' [[WFTS-TV]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] and ABC's [[WXYZ-TV]] in [[Detroit]] were divested as a pair to the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]'s broadcasting division (then known as Scripps-Howard Broadcasting). Capital Cities' [[WTNH-TV]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] and [[WKBW-TV]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] were sold separately to minority-owned companies<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-07-29.pdf "ABC/CCC sells four TV's for $485 million; Detroit, Tampa to Scripps Howard."] ''Broadcasting'', July 29, 1985, pg. 30.</ref> (Scripps would eventually buy WKBW in 2014).<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/73998/scripps-buying-granite-tvs-in-buffalo-detroit Scripps Buying Granite TVs in Buffalo, Detroit], ''TVNewsCheck'', Retrieved February 10, 2014</ref>


In 1994, [[New World Communications]] signed an affiliation deal with [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], resulting in most of New World's stations switching affiliation to Fox. This set off the [[1994–1996 United States broadcast TV realignment]], a chain of affiliation changes across the country and other multi-station affiliation deals for the next couple of years. To avoid being consigned to the lower-signal-quality [[UHF television broadcasting|UHF]] after losing its affiliations to New World's [[WJBK]] in Detroit and [[WJW-TV]] in Cleveland, [[CBS]] heavily wooed both [[E. W. Scripps Company]]'s [[WXYZ-TV]] and [[WEWS-TV]]. Scripps then told ABC that unless it agreed to affiliate with the other Scripps-owned stations, it would switch both Detroit and Cleveland stations to CBS.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McClellan|first1=Steve|title=Counterstrike: CBS targets Scripps|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15503685.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135127/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15503685.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2016|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|via=[[HighBeam Research]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information|Cahners Business Information]]|date=June 6, 1994}}</ref> As a contingency, ABC bought [[WJRT-TV]] in [[Flint, Michigan]] and [[WTVG]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]] from [[SJL Broadcasting]] in 1995.<ref name="SJL"/>
In 1994, [[New World Communications]] signed an affiliation deal with [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], resulting in most of New World's stations switching affiliation to Fox. This set off the [[1994–1996 United States broadcast TV realignment]], a chain of affiliation changes across the country and other multi-station affiliation deals for the next couple of years. To avoid being consigned to the lower-signal-quality [[UHF television broadcasting|UHF]] after losing its affiliations to New World's [[WJBK]] in Detroit and [[WJW-TV]] in Cleveland, [[CBS]] heavily wooed both [[E. W. Scripps Company]]'s [[WXYZ-TV]] and [[WEWS-TV]]. Scripps then told ABC that unless it agreed to affiliate with the other Scripps-owned stations, it would switch both Detroit and Cleveland stations to CBS.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McClellan|first1=Steve|title=Counterstrike: CBS targets Scripps|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15503685.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135127/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15503685.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2016|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information|Cahners Business Information]]|date=June 6, 1994}}</ref> A fourth Scripps station was included in a separate deal, that of the Cincinnati station in 1995.<ref name="Cincinnati">{{cite news|author=Tom Hopkins|date=June 3, 1996|title=ANALYSIS: Networks Switch Channels|newspaper=[[Dayton Daily News]]|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F51B0158471F588&p_docnum=1|access-date=June 29, 2012|via=[[NewsBank]]}} {{closed access}}</ref><ref name="b&c-changepartners">{{cite web|author=Harry A. Jessell|date=September 11, 1995|title=ABC, Fox change partners again: ABC is switching to WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Fox is moving to WGXA-TV in Macon, Ga.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17370013.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105143332/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17370013.html|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=December 28, 2015|publisher=Cahners Business Information|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> As a contingency, ABC bought [[WJRT-TV]] in [[Flint, Michigan]] and [[WTVG]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]] from [[SJL Broadcasting]] in 1995.<ref name="SJL"/> ABC also had a partner deal with [[Allbritton Communications]] to convert most of these affiliates to ABC, also in 1996.<ref name="allbrittonabc">{{cite web|date=April 22, 1996|title=Allbritton Communications Co. and ABC have signed a 10-year affiliation agreement|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18220783.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109123708/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18220783.html|archive-date=January 9, 2016|publisher=[[Reed Business Information|Cahners Business Information]]|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ftu-joiningabc">{{cite news|author=Charlie Patton|date=August 21, 1997|title=Jags fans in lather over TV|newspaper=[[The Florida Times-Union]]|publisher=[[Morris Communications]]|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082197/2a1tv_25.html|accessdate=May 20, 2011}}</ref> In response of the deal stemming from NBC's trade of KCNC and KUTV, in 1994, ABC also had a group deal with [[S&P Global|McGraw Hill]] to convert the Denver and Bakersfield stations from CBS to ABC, while renewing affiliation agreements in San Diego and Indianapolis.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dusty Saunders|date=October 22, 1994|title=TV Stations Play Spin the Dial Channel 7 Quits CBS, Joins ABC, Kicking Off Network Realignment|newspaper=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DF0BABA1E319&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=October 21, 2012|via=NewsBank}} {{closed access}}</ref>


=== Disney/ABC division ===
=== Disney/ABC division ===
The ABC Owned TV Stations (ABCOTS) were paired with [[ABC Radio Network]] and eight TV stations in CC/ABC Broadcasting Group in [[Capital Cities Communications|Capital Cities/ABC]] (CC/ABC) when CC/ABC was purchased by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fabrant |first1=Geraldine. |title=Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/05/business/the-media-business-disney-and-abc-shareholders-solidly-approve-merger-deal.html |access-date=July 8, 2013 |work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fact Sheet: The Walt Disney Company |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%2FFIRST+AND+FINAL+ADD+--+DISNEY,+CAPITAL+CITIES%2FABC+AGREE+TO+MERGE%2F-a017368916 |work=Press Release |publisher=The Walt Disney Company |access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> In June, ABC's top marketing officer announced that the [[Owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated (O&O) stations]] would adopt a "one-channel" marketing strategy; the stations would, for promotional purposes, de-emphasize referring to themselves by their call letters, and instead refer to themselves using "ABC" and the station's channel number ("ABC Seven," for example), as the marketer had adopted this practice at [[NBC]] before.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClellan |first1=Steve |last2=McDonnell |first2=Chris |title=Cohen: One channel, one network |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18382674.html |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=June 10, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233546/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18382674.html |archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref>
The ABC Owned TV Stations (ABCOTS) were paired with [[ABC Radio Network]] and eight TV stations in CC/ABC Broadcasting Group in [[Capital Cities Communications|Capital Cities/ABC]] (CC/ABC) when CC/ABC was purchased by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fabrant |first1=Geraldine. |title=Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/05/business/the-media-business-disney-and-abc-shareholders-solidly-approve-merger-deal.html |access-date=July 8, 2013 |work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fact Sheet: The Walt Disney Company |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%2FFIRST+AND+FINAL+ADD+--+DISNEY,+CAPITAL+CITIES%2FABC+AGREE+TO+MERGE%2F-a017368916 |work=Press Release |publisher=The Walt Disney Company |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018014508/https://www.thefreelibrary.com//FIRST+AND+FINAL+ADD+--+DISNEY,+CAPITAL+CITIES/ABC+AGREE+TO+MERGE/-a017368916 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In June, ABC's top marketing officer announced that the [[Owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated (O&O) stations]] would adopt a "one-channel" marketing strategy; the stations would, for promotional purposes, de-emphasize referring to themselves by their call letters, and instead refer to themselves using "ABC" and the station's channel number ("ABC Seven," for example), as the marketer had adopted this practice at [[NBC]] before.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClellan |first1=Steve |last2=McDonnell |first2=Chris |title=Cohen: One channel, one network |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18382674.html |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=June 10, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233546/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18382674.html |archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref>


In June 1998, ABC parent [[The Walt Disney Company]] entered into negotiations to purchase the eight Allbritton stations and its [[local marketing agreement]]s involving fellow ABC affiliates WJSU-TV (now [[WGWW]]) in [[Anniston, Alabama]] and [[WJXX]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], for a reported offer totaling more than $1 billion; the latter two stations had been involved in an affiliation deal between Allbritton and ABC that was reached in response to the May 1994 [[1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment|affiliation deal]] between [[New World Communications]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] that affected [[WBRC]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jerry Knight|author2=Paul Farhi|date=June 17, 1998|title=Disney in Talks to Buy WJLA; ABC Would Take Over Allbritton's Television Empire|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-652595.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114093338/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-652595.html|archive-date=November 14, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sara Brown|date=June 22, 1998|title=ABC dealing for Allbritton's TVs|url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/98-OCR/BC-1998-06-22-OCR-Page-0014.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811055640/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20849938.html|archive-date=August 11, 2017|access-date=December 13, 2017|publisher=[[Reed Business Information|Cahners Business Information]]|page=12|via=World Radio History|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> Negotiations between Disney and Allbritton broke down when the former dropped out of discussions to buy the stations the following month.<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Farhi|date=July 25, 1998|title=Disney Ends Talks to Buy WJLA|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-667225.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808120029/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-667225.html|archive-date=August 8, 2014|access-date=December 12, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
[[ABC News Now]] was launched in 2004 in the US on digital subchannels of 70 ABC O&O stations and [[List of ABC television affiliates (table)|affiliates]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC News banks on digital, despite small audiences today|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2004-09-04-digital-broadcasts_x.htm|access-date=May 29, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|agency=AP|date=September 4, 2004}}</ref> On January 31, 2005, ABC News removed ABC News Now from owned and operated and affiliated TV stations' subchannel as the channel ended its experimental phase originally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerschbaumer |first1=Ken |title=ABC News Now... And Later |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA498484.html |access-date=January 15, 2020 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=January 24, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007075559/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA498484.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> The group changed its programming on secondary channels to ABC Plus, a local news and public affairs format. ABC teamed up with [[AccuWeather]] to launch a [[AccuWeather Channel|multicast service]] starting on ABC stations' third subchannel beginning with [[WPVI-TV]] in September 2005 followed by [[KFSN-TV]] with the next wave of four by December 31, 2005 then the final four by March 31, 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Umstead |first1=R. Thomas |last2=Moss |first2=Linda |title=Much Ado About Multicasting |url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/much-ado-about-multicasting-368289 |access-date=January 24, 2020 |work=Multichannel |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=December 9, 2005 |language=en-us}}</ref> The [[Live Well Network]] (LWN) was launched on April 27, 2009 in high definition by ABC's O&O stations on the stations'.2 subchannels.<ref>{{cite news |title=ABC O&Os Launch Digital Network |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/209986-ABC_O_Os_Launch_Digital_Network.php |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=April 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ABC Multicasts Live Well HD Channel |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/local-broadcast/e3i18f9fdff77fbe360c575973113dc907b |work=Mediaweek |date=October 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030074214/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/local-broadcast/e3i18f9fdff77fbe360c575973113dc907b |archive-date=October 30, 2009}}</ref>


[[ABC News Now]] was launched in 2004 in the US on digital subchannels of 70 ABC O&O stations and [[List of ABC television affiliates (table)|affiliates]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC News banks on digital, despite small audiences today|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2004-09-04-digital-broadcasts_x.htm|access-date=May 29, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|agency=AP|date=September 4, 2004}}</ref> On January 31, 2005, ABC News removed ABC News Now from owned and operated and affiliated TV stations' subchannel as the channel ended its experimental phase originally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerschbaumer |first1=Ken |title=ABC News Now... And Later |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA498484.html |access-date=January 15, 2020 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=January 24, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007075559/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA498484.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> The group changed its programming on secondary channels to ABC Plus, a local news and public affairs format. ABC teamed up with [[AccuWeather]] to launch a [[AccuWeather Channel|multicast service]] starting on ABC stations' third subchannel beginning with [[WPVI-TV]] in September 2005 followed by [[KFSN-TV]] with the next wave of four by December 31, 2005, then the final four by March 31, 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Umstead |first1=R. Thomas |last2=Moss |first2=Linda |title=Much Ado About Multicasting |url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/much-ado-about-multicasting-368289 |access-date=January 24, 2020 |work=Multichannel |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=December 9, 2005 |language=en-us}}</ref> The [[Live Well Network]] (LWN) was launched on April 27, 2009, in [[High-definition television|high definition]] by ABC's O&O stations on the stations'.2 subchannels.<ref>{{cite news |title=ABC O&Os Launch Digital Network |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/209986-ABC_O_Os_Launch_Digital_Network.php |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=April 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ABC Multicasts Live Well HD Channel |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/local-broadcast/e3i18f9fdff77fbe360c575973113dc907b |work=Mediaweek |date=October 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030074214/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/local-broadcast/e3i18f9fdff77fbe360c575973113dc907b |archive-date=October 30, 2009}}</ref>
On November 3, 2010, ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'' magazine announced that [[SJL Broadcasting]], now owned by the principal owners of [[Lilly Broadcasting]], made an agreement with Disney to buy back [[WJRT-TV]] and [[WTVG]], the two smallest stations in ABC's O&O portfolio.<ref name="SJL">{{cite news|last=Grego|first=Melissa|title=Exclusive: Disney to Sell Two Stations |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/459382-EXCLUSIVE_Disney_to_Sell_Two_Stations.php |access-date=September 21, 2012|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=November 3, 2010}}</ref> The sale was completed on April 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: New GMs For Former ABC O&Os in Flint, Toledo |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/466051-Exclusive_New_GMs_For_Former_ABC_O_Os_in_Flint_Toledo.php |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> On October 17, 2013, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that Disney considered sell the station group given the current wave of consolidation between station holding companies that has increased station values since 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Claire |title=Disney once again considering sale of local TV stations |url=https://nypost.com/2013/10/17/disney-once-again-considering-sale-of-local-tv-stations/ |access-date=October 18, 2013 |work=NY Post |date=October 17, 2013}}</ref> On October 25, the ''[[American City Business Journals|Triangle Business Journal]]'' reported that multiple Disney spokespeople denied that information<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ohnesorge |first1=Lauren |title=Disney denies it's selling broadcast business, WTVD |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2013/10/disney-denies-its-selling-broadcast.html |access-date=November 30, 2015 |work=Triangle Business Journal |date=October 25, 2013}}</ref>


On November 3, 2010, ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'' magazine announced that [[SJL Broadcasting]], now owned by the principal owners of [[Lilly Broadcasting]], made an agreement with Disney to buy back [[WJRT-TV]] and [[WTVG]], the two smallest stations in ABC's O&O portfolio.<ref name="SJL">{{cite news|last=Grego|first=Melissa|title=Exclusive: Disney to Sell Two Stations |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/459382-EXCLUSIVE_Disney_to_Sell_Two_Stations.php |access-date=September 21, 2012|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=November 3, 2010}}</ref> The sale was completed on April 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: New GMs For Former ABC O&Os in Flint, Toledo |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/466051-Exclusive_New_GMs_For_Former_ABC_O_Os_in_Flint_Toledo.php |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> On October 17, 2013, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that Disney considered selling the station group given the current wave of consolidation between station [[Holding company|holding companies]] that has increased station values since 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Claire |title=Disney once again considering sale of local TV stations |url=https://nypost.com/2013/10/17/disney-once-again-considering-sale-of-local-tv-stations/ |access-date=October 18, 2013 |work=NY Post |date=October 17, 2013}}</ref> On October 25, the ''[[American City Business Journals|Triangle Business Journal]]'' reported that multiple Disney spokespeople denied that information<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ohnesorge |first1=Lauren |title=Disney denies it's selling broadcast business, WTVD |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2013/10/disney-denies-its-selling-broadcast.html |access-date=November 30, 2015 |work=Triangle Business Journal |date=October 25, 2013}}</ref>
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".<ref>{{cite web|last=Downey|first=Kevin|title=No Life Left In Live Well Network|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76896/no-life-left-in-live-well-network|access-date=June 9, 2014|work=TV News Check|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Block|first=Alex|title=Live Well Network's Demise Follows Advertiser Resistance, CBS Plans (Analysis)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/live-well-networks-demise-follows-710477|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 9, 2014|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> Many of the shows from ABC's stations ended production with a possibility to be picked up by [[FYI (U.S. TV channel)|fyi]] cable network, a [[Disney-ABC TV Group|DATG]] partial owned [[A&E Networks]] cable channel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Malone|first1=Michael|title=ABC to Discontinue Live Well Network|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/abc-discontinue-live-well-network/131646|access-date=August 1, 2014|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media, LLC|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lazare|first1=Lewis|title=ABC to shutter Live Well Network founded in Chicago|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2014/06/09/abc-to-shutter-live-well-network-founded-in.html|access-date=December 4, 2014|work=Chicago Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> On January 15, 2015, ABCOTS announced a pickup of Katz Broadcasting's new subchannel [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]], including the DT3 subchannels of the ABC O&O stations, as of April 15, 2015; within that announcement, ABCOTS stated that Live Well Network would continue on their eight stations on their .2 subchannels in HD, but no longer be distributed outside of ABC O&O stations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/abc-sticks-with-live-well-digital-channel-adds-comedy-net-1201408301/|title=ABC Sticks with Live Well Digital Channel, Adds Comedy Net|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=18 January 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> ABCOTS also indicated that its stations' 3rd subchannel would affiliated with [[Laff (TV network)|Laff network]] upon launch on April 15, 2015, but until then LWN would run on both subchannels.<ref name="bc">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/exclusive-comedy-multicast-net-launching-abc-scripps/137199|title=Exclusive: Comedy Multicast Net Launching on ABC, Scripps|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=January 18, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref>


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".<ref>{{cite web|last=Downey|first=Kevin|title=No Life Left In Live Well Network|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76896/no-life-left-in-live-well-network|access-date=June 9, 2014|work=TV News Check|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Block|first=Alex|title=Live Well Network's Demise Follows Advertiser Resistance, CBS Plans (Analysis)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/live-well-networks-demise-follows-710477|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 9, 2014|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> Many of the shows from ABC's stations ended production with a possibility to be picked up by [[FYI (U.S. TV channel)|fyi]] cable network, a [[Disney-ABC TV Group|DATG]] partially owned [[A&E Networks]] cable channel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Malone|first1=Michael|title=ABC to Discontinue Live Well Network|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/abc-discontinue-live-well-network/131646|access-date=August 1, 2014|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media, LLC|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lazare|first1=Lewis|title=ABC to shutter Live Well Network founded in Chicago|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2014/06/09/abc-to-shutter-live-well-network-founded-in.html|access-date=December 4, 2014|work=Chicago Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> On January 15, 2015, ABCOTS announced a pickup of [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]], a new subchannel owned by [[E. W. Scripps Company]] subsidiary [[Katz Broadcasting]]. Laff was added to the DT3 subchannels of the ABC O&O stations effective on April 15, 2015; within that announcement, ABCOTS stated that Live Well Network would continue on their eight stations on their .2 subchannels in HD, but no longer be distributed outside of ABC O&O stations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/abc-sticks-with-live-well-digital-channel-adds-comedy-net-1201408301/|title=ABC Sticks with Live Well Digital Channel, Adds Comedy Net|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=January 18, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> ABCOTS also indicated that its stations' 3rd subchannel would affiliate with [[Laff (TV network)|Laff network]] upon launch on April 15, 2015, but until then LWN would run on both subchannels.<ref name="bc">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/exclusive-comedy-multicast-net-launching-abc-scripps/137199|title=Exclusive: Comedy Multicast Net Launching on ABC, Scripps|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=January 18, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref>
Campbell, president of [[ABC Daytime]] and ABC Owned Television Stations, was named President of Disney [[EMEA]] in September 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|title=Disney Intl Names Rebecca Campbell President For Europe, Middle East & Africa|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/walt-disney-company-rebecca-campbell-president-emea-1202174363/|access-date=April 9, 2018|work=Deadline|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=September 21, 2017}}</ref> Wendy McMahon, the stations' senior VP of digital, was named station group president effective January 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff|first1=Variety|title=Wendy McMahon Named President of ABC Owned Television Stations|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/wendy-mcmahon-president-abc-owned-stations-1202632990/|access-date=April 16, 2018|work=Variety|date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>


Campbell, president of [[ABC Daytime]] and ABC Owned Television Stations, was named President of Disney [[EMEA]] in September 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|title=Disney Intl Names Rebecca Campbell President For Europe, Middle East & Africa|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/walt-disney-company-rebecca-campbell-president-emea-1202174363/|access-date=April 9, 2018|work=Deadline|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=September 21, 2017}}</ref> [[Wendy McMahon (television executive)|Wendy McMahon]], the stations' senior VP of digital, was named station group president effective January 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|author=Variety Staff|title=Wendy McMahon Named President of ABC Owned Television Stations|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/wendy-mcmahon-president-abc-owned-stations-1202632990/|access-date=April 16, 2018|work=Variety|date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-stations-launching-localish-a-brand-for-mobile-millennials |title=ABC Stations Launching 'Localish' for Mobile Millennials |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2018-09-20 |access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-to-air-shows-launched-via-facebook-on-broadcast |title=ABC to Air Show Launched Via Facebook on Broadcast |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2018-11-02 |access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> On January 21, 2020, ABC Stations announced that the network would be rebranded as the Localish on February 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-rebranding-live-well-broadcast-diginet-to-localish |title=ABC Rebranding Live Well Broadcast Diginet to Localish |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=January 21, 2020 |access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-stations-launching-localish-a-brand-for-mobile-millennials |title=ABC Stations Launching 'Localish' for Mobile Millennials |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=September 20, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-to-air-shows-launched-via-facebook-on-broadcast |title=ABC to Air Show Launched Via Facebook on Broadcast |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref> On January 21, 2020, ABC Stations announced that the network would be rebranded as the Localish on February 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-rebranding-live-well-broadcast-diginet-to-localish |title=ABC Rebranding Live Well Broadcast Diginet to Localish |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=January 21, 2020 |access-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref>
== Units ==
*ABC National Television Sales, Inc.
**ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales
*[[Localish]]


At the beginning of 2021, Laff was removed from the ABC Owned Television Stations (excluding [[WLS-TV]], which had removed Laff in 2017) and moved to [[Ion Media]] stations which were acquired by Scripps around the same time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Balderston|first=Michael|date=January 14, 2021|title=Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/scripps-moving-multicast-networks-onto-ion-tv-stations|access-date=April 20, 2022|work=tvtech|language=en-US}}</ref> Later in April, [[Entertainment Studios#Allen Media Broadcasting|Allen Media Group]] announced that the ABC Owned Television Stations had picked up [[This TV]] as a replacement for Laff.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=April 5, 2021|title=Byron Allen's This TV Expands Reach With ABC-Owned Station Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/this-tv-expands-abc-owned-stations-deal-byron-allen-1234728196/|access-date=April 20, 2022|work=DEADLINE|language=en-US}}</ref> Then three years later, ABC Owned Television Stations announced that [[Charge! (TV network)|Charge!]], a network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, would replace This TV effective April 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2024 |title=Sinclair gets major ABC-owned stations to carry its Charge network |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2024/04/01/charge-abc-owned-stations/?og=1 |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=NewscastStudio |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== List of stations ===

== Stations ==
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and [[city of license]].
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and [[city of license]].
* ('''**''') - ''indicate a station built and signed on by ABC.''
* (**) – Indicates station was built and signed on by ABC.

{| class="wikitable"
=== Current ===
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
<section begin="ABCO&O"/>
! [[City of license]] / [[Media market|Market]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Station
|-
! Channel<br>[[Virtual channel|TV]] ([[Digital terrestrial television|RF]])
! scope="col" | [[City of license]] / [[Media market|Market]]
! Owned since
! scope="col" | Station
! Owned by at merger
! scope="col" | {{ubl|Channel|[[Virtual channel|TV]] ([[Digital terrestrial television|RF]])}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope="col" | Year of affiliation
! scope="col" | Owned since
! scope="col" | [[Digital subchannel]]s<ref>{{cite web |title=Stations for Owner - ABC |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=ABC |work=[[RabbitEars]] |access-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fresno, California|Fresno, CA]]
| [[Fresno, California|Fresno, CA]]
| '''[[KFSN-TV]]'''
! scope="row" | [[KFSN-TV]]
| 30 (30) || 1985 || 1986{{efn|name=CapCities|Retained by [[Capital Cities/ABC|Capital Cities Communications]] after their 1985 purchase of ABC.}} || {{hlist|[[Localish]]|[[Charge! (TV network)|Charge!]]|[[HSN]]}}
| 30 (30)
|-
| 1986
| [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
| [[Capital Cities/ABC Inc.|CapCities]]
! scope="row" | [[KABC-TV]]**
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 7 (7) || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | 1949 || {{hlist|Localish|Charge!|[[QVC#QVC2|QVC2]]}}
| [[Los Angeles]]
|-
| '''[[KABC-TV]] **'''
| [[San Francisco]]–[[Oakland, California|Oakland]]–[[San Jose, California|San Jose, CA]]
| 7 (7)
! scope="row" | [[KGO-TV]]**
| 1949
| 7 (12) || {{hlist|Localish|Charge!|HSN}}
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]]
| [[San Francisco]] - [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] - [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]
| '''[[KGO-TV]] **'''
! scope="row" | [[WLS-TV]]**
| 7 (12)
| 1949
| ABC
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Chicago]]
| '''[[WLS-TV]] **'''
| 7 (22)
| 7 (22)
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | 1948 || {{hlist|Localish|Charge!}}
| 1948
|-
| ABC
| [[New York City|New York City, NY]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope="row" | [[WABC-TV]]**
| [[New York City]]
| 7 (7) || {{hlist|Localish|Charge!|HSN}}
| '''[[WABC-TV]] **'''
|-
| 7 (7)
| [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]–[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]–[[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville, NC]]
| 1948
! scope="row" | [[WTVD]]
| ABC
| 11 (9) || 1985{{efn-ur|Previously with ABC from 1954 to 1962.}} || rowspan="3" | 1986{{efn|name=CapCities}} || {{hlist|Localish|Charge!|HSN}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|-
| [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] - [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]] - [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville, NC]]
| [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
| '''[[WTVD]]'''
! scope="row" | [[WPVI-TV]]
| 11 (9)
| 6 (6) || 1948{{efn|Oldest continuous ABC affiliate.}} || {{hlist|Localish|Charge!|[[QVC]]}}
| 1986
|-
| CapCities
| [[Houston|Houston, TX]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope="row" | [[KTRK-TV]]
| [[Philadelphia]]
| 13 (13) || 1954 || {{hlist|Localish|
| '''[[WPVI-TV]]'''
Charge!|QVC}}
| 6 (6)
|}<section end="ABCO&O"/>
| 1986
{{notelist-ur}}
| CapCities
{{notelist}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]
| '''[[KTRK-TV]]'''
| 13 (13)
| 1986
| CapCities
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}


=== Former ABC-owned stations ===
=== Former ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! [[City of license]] / [[Media market|Market]]
! scope="col" | City of license / Market
! Station
! scope="col" | Station
! scope="col" | Channel
! Channel<br>[[Virtual channel|TV]] ([[Digital terrestrial television|RF]])
! Years owned
! scope="col" | Years owned
! scope="col" | Current status
! Owned by at merger
|-
! Current ownership status
| [[Detroit|Detroit, MI]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope="row" | [[WXYZ-TV]]**
| [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]
| 7 || 1948–1986 || ABC affiliate owned by the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]
| '''[[WXYZ-TV]] **'''
|-
| 7 (25)
| 1948–1986
| ABC
| '''[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]''' affiliate owned by the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Flint, Michigan|Flint, MI]]
| [[Flint, Michigan|Flint, MI]]
| '''[[WJRT-TV]]'''<ref name="sale">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. ([http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/459382-EXCLUSIVE_Disney_to_Sell_Two_Stations.php])</ref>
! scope="row" | [[WJRT-TV]]<ref name="sale">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. ([http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/459382-EXCLUSIVE_Disney_to_Sell_Two_Stations.php])</ref>
| 12 || 1995–2011 || ABC affiliate owned by [[Allen Media Broadcasting]]
| 12 (12)
|-
| 1995–2011
| N/A
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by [[Gray Television]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo, OH]]
| [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo, OH]]
| '''[[WTVG]]'''<ref name="sale" />
! scope="row" | [[WTVG]]<ref name="sale" />
| 13 || 1995–2011 || ABC affiliate owned by [[Gray Television]]
| 13 (13)
| 1995–2011
| N/A
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Gray Television
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}
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== Programming ==
== Programming ==
ABC's owned and operated stations' syndicated offerings (as of September 2020) include ''[[Tamron Hall (talk show)|The Tamron Hall Show]]'', ''[[Live with Kelly and Ryan]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', and ''[[Small Town Big Deal]]''. ''Live'' is produced in-house at WABC-TV. ''Wheel'' and ''Jeopardy!'' have been syndicated to ABC-owned stations since 1992, as part of a longstanding relationship with what is now [[CBS Media Ventures]] dating to when the syndicator was still known as [[King World Productions]].<ref name=variety2019renewal>{{cite web|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=ABC Shells Out to Keep ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy’ After Big Offer From Fox|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/wheel-of-fortune-jeopardy-abc-fox-cbs-1203019794/|access-date=November 21, 2019|date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> <!-- ''Small Town Big Deal'' primarily occupies [[graveyard slot]]s on weekends.<ref>http://www.myajc.com/entertainment/let-make-big-deal-local-show-sweeping-the-country/4WGKR0XSdOybYpfllprk5L/</ref> -->
ABC's owned and operated stations' syndicated offerings (as of April 2023) include ''[[Tamron Hall (talk show)|The Tamron Hall Show]]'', ''[[Live with Kelly and Mark]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|The New Wheel of Fortune]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', and ''[[Small Town Big Deal]]''. ''Live'' is produced in-house at WABC-TV. ''Wheel'' and ''Jeopardy!'' have been syndicated to ABC-owned stations since 1992, as part of a longstanding relationship with what is now [[CBS Media Ventures]] dating to when the syndicator was still known as [[King World Productions]].<ref name=variety2019renewal>{{cite web|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=ABC Shells Out to Keep 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy' After Big Offer From Fox|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/wheel-of-fortune-jeopardy-abc-fox-cbs-1203019794/|access-date=November 21, 2019|date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> During the [[graveyard slot]], ABC's owned and operated stations air rebroadcasts of ''Tamron Hall, [[ABC World News Tonight]]'', and ''Live with Kelly and Mark''. Every ABC owned station, except for [[WPVI-TV|WPVI]] and [[KABC-TV|KABC]], airs ''[[Broadcast of Jeopardy!|Daytime Jeopardy!]],'' a repeat broadcast given to most of its affiliates during the daytime. For the California stations, ''[[World News Now]]'' airs in place of ''ABC World News Tonight'' due to the rebroadcasts in the afternoon. <!-- ''Small Town Big Deal'' primarily occupies [[graveyard slot]]s on weekends.<ref>http://www.myajc.com/entertainment/let-make-big-deal-local-show-sweeping-the-country/4WGKR0XSdOybYpfllprk5L/ {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref> -->


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://abcotvs.com abcotvs.com]
* [http://abcotvpress.com abcotvpress.com]
* [http://a.abclocal.go.com/mediakit/index.html ABC OTV Online]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151105192540/http://a.abclocal.go.com/mediakit/index.html ABC OTV Online]
* [http://www.abcfullcircle.com/ ABC Full Circle.com], ABC National Television Sales website
* [http://www.abcfullcircle.com/ ABC Full Circle.com], ABC National Television Sales website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427075027/http://www.abcrses.com/ ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427075027/http://www.abcrses.com/ ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales]
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ABC Owned Television Stations
Company typeDivision
IndustryTV broadcasting
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Headquarters
Glendale, California
,
United States
Number of locations
8
Key people
Chad Matthews (president)
ParentDisney Entertainment
DivisionsLocalish
Websiteabcotvpress.com

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

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A news crew for WABC in New York City
A news van for KABC in Los Angeles
The WLS studio building in Chicago
Antennas outside the KGO studio building in San Francisco
The KTRK studio building in Houston

ABC Network

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The ABC Network's first TV station signed on August 10, 1948, as WJZ-TV[1] (not to be confused with current CBS-owned WJZ-TV Baltimore), the first of three television stations signed on by ABC during that same year, with WENR-TV in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit being the other two.[2] KGO-TV in San Francisco and KECA in Los Angeles, signed on during the next 13 months after WJZ.[citation needed]

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

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Main article: 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, Capital Cities/ABC Inc., was forced to sell off some stations due to FCC ownership rules. Between them, ABC and Capital Cities owned more television stations than FCC rules allowed at the time.[6] Of the former Capital Cities television stations, the merged company opted to keep KTRK-TV in Houston, WTVD-TV in Durham, and KFSN-TV in Fresno. FCC rules could have also forced a sale of Capital Cities' WPVI-TV in Philadelphia as well due to a large signal overlap with WABC-TV, but the merged company successfully received a permanent waiver from the FCC after citing CBS' ownership of television stations in New York City (WCBS-TV) and Philadelphia (at the time WCAU-TV) under grandfathered status. Capital Cities' WFTS-TV in Tampa and ABC's WXYZ-TV in Detroit were divested as a pair to the E. W. Scripps Company's broadcasting division (then known as Scripps-Howard Broadcasting). Capital Cities' WTNH-TV in New Haven and WKBW-TV in Buffalo were sold separately to minority-owned companies[7] (Scripps would eventually buy WKBW in 2014).[8]

In 1994, New World Communications signed an affiliation deal with Fox Broadcasting Company, resulting in most of New World's stations switching affiliation to Fox. This set off the 1994–1996 United States broadcast TV realignment, a chain of affiliation changes across the country and other multi-station affiliation deals for the next couple of years. To avoid being consigned to the lower-signal-quality UHF after losing its affiliations to New World's WJBK in Detroit and WJW-TV in Cleveland, CBS heavily wooed both E. W. Scripps Company's WXYZ-TV and WEWS-TV. Scripps then told ABC that unless it agreed to affiliate with the other Scripps-owned stations, it would switch both Detroit and Cleveland stations to CBS.[9] A fourth Scripps station was included in a separate deal, that of the Cincinnati station in 1995.[10][11] As a contingency, ABC bought WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan and WTVG in Toledo, Ohio from SJL Broadcasting in 1995.[12] ABC also had a partner deal with Allbritton Communications to convert most of these affiliates to ABC, also in 1996.[13][14] In response of the deal stemming from NBC's trade of KCNC and KUTV, in 1994, ABC also had a group deal with McGraw Hill to convert the Denver and Bakersfield stations from CBS to ABC, while renewing affiliation agreements in San Diego and Indianapolis.[15]

Disney/ABC division

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The ABC Owned TV Stations (ABCOTS) were paired with ABC Radio Network and eight TV stations in CC/ABC Broadcasting Group in Capital Cities/ABC (CC/ABC) when CC/ABC was purchased by The Walt Disney Company in 1996.[16][17] In June, ABC's top marketing officer announced that the owned-and-operated (O&O) stations would adopt a "one-channel" marketing strategy; the stations would, for promotional purposes, de-emphasize referring to themselves by their call letters, and instead refer to themselves using "ABC" and the station's channel number ("ABC Seven," for example), as the marketer had adopted this practice at NBC before.[18]

In June 1998, ABC parent The Walt Disney Company entered into negotiations to purchase the eight Allbritton stations and its local marketing agreements involving fellow ABC affiliates WJSU-TV (now WGWW) in Anniston, Alabama and WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida, for a reported offer totaling more than $1 billion; the latter two stations had been involved in an affiliation deal between Allbritton and ABC that was reached in response to the May 1994 affiliation deal between New World Communications and Fox that affected WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama.[19][20] Negotiations between Disney and Allbritton broke down when the former dropped out of discussions to buy the stations the following month.[21]

ABC News Now was launched in 2004 in the US on digital subchannels of 70 ABC O&O stations and affiliates.[22] On January 31, 2005, ABC News removed ABC News Now from owned and operated and affiliated TV stations' subchannel as the channel ended its experimental phase originally.[23] The group changed its programming on secondary channels to ABC Plus, a local news and public affairs format. ABC teamed up with AccuWeather to launch a multicast service starting on ABC stations' third subchannel beginning with WPVI-TV in September 2005 followed by KFSN-TV with the next wave of four by December 31, 2005, then the final four by March 31, 2006.[24] The Live Well Network (LWN) was launched on April 27, 2009, in high definition by ABC's O&O stations on the stations'.2 subchannels.[25][26]

On November 3, 2010, Broadcasting & Cable magazine announced that SJL Broadcasting, now owned by the principal owners of Lilly Broadcasting, made an agreement with Disney to buy back WJRT-TV and WTVG, the two smallest stations in ABC's O&O portfolio.[12] The sale was completed on April 1, 2011.[27] On October 17, 2013, the New York Post reported that Disney considered selling the station group given the current wave of consolidation between station holding companies that has increased station values since 2010.[28] On October 25, the Triangle Business Journal reported that multiple Disney spokespeople denied that information[29]

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".[30][31] Many of the shows from ABC's stations ended production with a possibility to be picked up by fyi cable network, a DATG partially owned A&E Networks cable channel.[32][33] On January 15, 2015, ABCOTS announced a pickup of Laff, a new subchannel owned by E. W. Scripps Company subsidiary Katz Broadcasting. Laff was added to the DT3 subchannels of the ABC O&O stations effective on April 15, 2015; within that announcement, ABCOTS stated that Live Well Network would continue on their eight stations on their .2 subchannels in HD, but no longer be distributed outside of ABC O&O stations.[34] ABCOTS also indicated that its stations' 3rd subchannel would affiliate with Laff network upon launch on April 15, 2015, but until then LWN would run on both subchannels.[35]

Campbell, president of ABC Daytime and ABC Owned Television Stations, was named President of Disney EMEA in September 2017.[36] Wendy McMahon, the stations' senior VP of digital, was named station group president effective January 1, 2018.[37]

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 WLS-TV, which had removed Laff in 2017) and moved to Ion Media stations which were acquired by Scripps around the same time.[41] Later in April, Allen Media Group announced that the ABC Owned Television Stations had picked up This TV as a replacement for Laff.[42] Then three years later, ABC Owned Television Stations announced that Charge!, a network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, would replace This TV effective April 1, 2024.[43]

Stations

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Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.

  • (**) – Indicates station was built and signed on by ABC.

Current

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City of license / Market Station
Year of affiliation Owned since Digital subchannels[44]
Fresno, CA KFSN-TV 30 (30) 1985 1986[a]
Los Angeles, CA KABC-TV** 7 (7) 1949
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, CA KGO-TV** 7 (12)
  • Localish
  • Charge!
  • HSN
Chicago, IL WLS-TV** 7 (22) 1948
  • Localish
  • Charge!
New York City, NY WABC-TV** 7 (7)
  • Localish
  • Charge!
  • HSN
Durham–Raleigh–Fayetteville, NC WTVD 11 (9) 1985[I] 1986[a]
  • Localish
  • Charge!
  • HSN
Philadelphia, PA WPVI-TV 6 (6) 1948[b]
  • Localish
  • Charge!
  • QVC
Houston, TX KTRK-TV 13 (13) 1954
  • Localish
  • Charge!
  • QVC
  1. ^ Previously with ABC from 1954 to 1962.
  1. ^ a b Retained by Capital Cities Communications after their 1985 purchase of ABC.
  2. ^ Oldest continuous ABC affiliate.

Former

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City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
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

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WJRT-TVKFSN-TVKTRK-TVWTVDKABC-TVKGO-TVWXYZ-TVWLS-TVWABC-TVWTVGWPVI-TV

Programming

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ABC's owned and operated stations' syndicated offerings (as of April 2023) include The Tamron Hall Show, Live with Kelly and Mark, The New Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Small Town Big Deal. Live is produced in-house at WABC-TV. Wheel and Jeopardy! have been syndicated to ABC-owned stations since 1992, as part of a longstanding relationship with what is now CBS Media Ventures dating to when the syndicator was still known as King World Productions.[46] During the graveyard slot, ABC's owned and operated stations air rebroadcasts of Tamron Hall, ABC World News Tonight, and Live with Kelly and Mark. Every ABC owned station, except for WPVI and KABC, airs Daytime Jeopardy!, a repeat broadcast given to most of its affiliates during the daytime. For the California stations, World News Now airs in place of ABC World News Tonight due to the rebroadcasts in the afternoon.

References

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  6. ^ "FCC approval of CapCities/ABC deal likely." Broadcasting, March 25, 1985, pg. 33.
  7. ^ "ABC/CCC sells four TV's for $485 million; Detroit, Tampa to Scripps Howard." Broadcasting, July 29, 1985, pg. 30.
  8. ^ Scripps Buying Granite TVs in Buffalo, Detroit, TVNewsCheck, Retrieved February 10, 2014
  9. ^ McClellan, Steve (June 6, 1994). "Counterstrike: CBS targets Scripps". Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
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  13. ^ "Allbritton Communications Co. and ABC have signed a 10-year affiliation agreement". Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. April 22, 1996. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  14. ^ Charlie Patton (August 21, 1997). "Jags fans in lather over TV". The Florida Times-Union. Morris Communications. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
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  22. ^ "ABC News banks on digital, despite small audiences today". USA Today. AP. September 4, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
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  45. ^ 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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