1998 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by
1997 Wally Bruner, journalist (ABC, What's My Line), dies at 66
1997 ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel
1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby
1994 Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
1994 ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1993 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett
1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia
1992 "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV
1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1991 "Good and Evil" premieres on ABC TV
1991 "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV
1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
1990 General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC
1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
1990 Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for 1st time, America's Most Wanted
1989 Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
1988 Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
1988 ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets
1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years
1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC
1983 Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network
1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
1982 "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall
1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network
1981 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC
1981 Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC
1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"
1979 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
1979 Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
1978 Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television
1978 ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1978 "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1977 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV
1977 Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
1976 Wonder Woman debuts on ABC
1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
1976 "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
1976 "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
1976 "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1975 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
1974 "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1973 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault)
1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
1973 "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC
1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar
1972 Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1971 WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins
1971 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971 WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
1971 "Alias Smith and Jones" premieres on ABC TV
1970 KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21
1970 KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1970 KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1970 WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
1970 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
1969 KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
1969 KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
1969 "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
1968 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, California (ABC) begins
1968 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast
1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas
1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)
1967 KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 WIRT TV channel 13 in Hibbing, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1967 WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
1966 KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1966 Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
1965 ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report
1965 WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins
1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news
1965 "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
1964 KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin
1964 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 "Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV
1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium
1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (ABC) begins
1963 "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV
1963 "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC TV
1963 WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast
1962 WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons
1962 WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC
1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC
1959 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
1959 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker, ABC
1959 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS and NBC)
1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins
1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, MT (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)
1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
1956 WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, California (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning
1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956 KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins
1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC
1955 KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC
1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Walt Disney's 1st TV show, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
1954 Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
1954 KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC
1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
1954 WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins
1954 KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins
1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, California (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, California (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, California (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WLVirginia (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia (ABC) begins
1953 KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)
1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1949 WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York)
1948 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
1948 WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
1948 Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
1947 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1947 "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio
1947 WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins
1947 WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
1947 Ann Compton, news reporter, ABC TV
1945 Diane Sawyer, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time
1945 Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football
1944 Marilyn Michaels, comedienne, ABC Comedy Hour
1941 Tim McCarver, baseball catcher, Cards, Phils, asportscaster, ABC, CBS
1940 Dick Vitale, U.S., sportscaster, ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!"
1940 Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline
1939 Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News
1938 Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, news anchor, ABC Evening News
1938 Sylvia Chase, St. Paul, Minnesota, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20
1937 Fred Silverman, broadcasting exec, ABC/NBC/CBS
1935 Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC
1934 Tom Jarriel, LaGrange, Georgia, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20
1934 Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time
1933 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
1931 Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC
1930 Frank Gifford, born in California, NFL halfback for the New York Giants/ABC sportscaster
1928 Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football
1927 Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orch leader, ABC's Nightlife
1926 Bill Flemming, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports
1925 Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, /press secretary, John Kennedy
1924 George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show
1924 Jack Whitaker, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC, CBS
1923 Frank Reynolds, E Chicago, Indiana, news anchor, ABC Evening News
1923 Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC, CBS
1921 Jim McKay, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports
1921 Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster, CBS/ABC
1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City
1919 Curt Gowdy, Green River, Wyoming, sportscaster, ABC
1918 John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent, ABC
1914 Howard K Smith, Louisiana, TV newsman, ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate
1911 Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact
1909 Alan McGilvray, cricketer, 20 games for NSW mid 30's, /cmmentator, ABC
1909 Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC
1904 Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59
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