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1998 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by

1997 Death - Wally Bruner, journalist (ABC, What's My Line), dies at 66

1997 Event - ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com

1997 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen

1996 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel

1995 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby

1994 Death - Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39

1994 Event - ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe

1993 Event - Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands

1993 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware

1993 Event - ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett

1993 Event - "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people

1992 Death - David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia

1992 Event - "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV

1992 Event - "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV

1991 Event - "Good and Evil" premieres on ABC TV

1991 Event - "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV

1991 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent

1990 Event - General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC

1990 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren

1990 Event - Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time

1989 Event - FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for 1st time, America's Most Wanted

1989 Event - Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC

1988 Death - Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49

1988 Event - ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets

1987 Event - Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon

1987 Event - David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years

1985 Event - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC

1985 Event - Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC

1983 Death - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59

1982 Event - Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network

1982 Event - ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)

1982 Event - ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations

1982 Event - "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall

1982 Event - WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network

1982 Event - ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)

1982 Event - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network

1981 Event - "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC

1981 Event - Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC

1980 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton

1980 Event - ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"

1979 Event - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)

1979 Event - ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")

1979 Event - 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million

1979 Event - Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV

1979 Event - 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC

1979 Event - ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special

1978 Event - Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television

1978 Birthday - Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent

1978 Event - ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"

1978 Event - "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV

1977 Event - 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV

1977 Event - Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC

1976 Event - Wonder Woman debuts on ABC

1976 Event - "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV

1976 Event - "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV

1976 Event - "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV

1976 Event - "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)

1975 Event - "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV

1975 Event - "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV

1974 Event - "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV

1974 Event - "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC

1974 Event - ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"

1973 Event - Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault)

1973 Event - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics

1973 Event - "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC

1973 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar

1972 Death - Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56

1971 Event - KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast

1971 Event - WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins

1971 Event - KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1971 Event - WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1971 Event - WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1971 Event - WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

1971 Event - "Alias Smith and Jones" premieres on ABC TV

1970 Event - KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21

1970 Event - KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting

1970 Event - KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, Montana (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting

1970 Event - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV

1970 Event - Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC

1969 Event - KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast

1969 Event - WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast

1969 Event - WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney

1969 Event - KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV

1969 Event - "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly

1968 Event - KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, California (ABC) begins

1968 Event - WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast

1968 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas

1968 Event - ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)

1967 Event - KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - WIRT TV channel 13 in Hibbing, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)

1967 Event - WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV

1966 Event - KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV

1966 Event - Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC

1965 Event - ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report

1965 Event - WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting

1965 Event - WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins

1965 Event - WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting

1965 Event - Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news

1965 Event - "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV

1964 Event - KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin

1964 Event - WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - "Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV

1964 Event - 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 Event - KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1963 Event - WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (ABC) begins

1963 Event - "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV

1963 Event - "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC TV

1963 Event - WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1963 Event - WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1963 Event - KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast

1962 Event - WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons

1962 Event - WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 Event - WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 Event - WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 Event - WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 Event - KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 Birthday - David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC

1961 Event - ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts

1960 Event - KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins

1960 Event - ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract

1960 Event - KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC

1959 Event - WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast

1959 Event - WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1959 Birthday - Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker, ABC

1959 Event - WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS and NBC)

1958 Event - KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, Montana (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast

1958 Event - WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast

1957 Event - KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins

1957 Event - WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, Montana (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast

1957 Event - WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)

1957 Event - WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins

1956 Event - WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, California (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Birthday - Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning

1956 Event - KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast

1956 Event - KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins

1955 Event - "Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC

1955 Event - KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, Idaho (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Birthday - Chris Berman, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, sportscaster, nicknamed Boomer, anchor for Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, and other ESPN and ABC Sports shows

1955 Event - WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast

1955 Event - KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC

1954 Event - WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC

1954 Event - KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC

1954 Event - KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast

1954 Event - WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins

1954 Event - WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins

1954 Event - KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins

1954 Event - KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, California (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, California (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, California (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, Montana (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, Idaho (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins

1953 Event - KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - WLVirginia (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia (ABC) begins

1953 Event - KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1952 Event - KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1950 Event - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)

1950 Event - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)

1950 Event - WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York)

1948 Event - Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC

1948 Event - WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast

1948 Event - KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast

1948 Event - "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio

1948 Event - Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)

1947 Event - WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1947 Event - "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio

1947 Event - WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins

1947 Event - WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting

1947 Birthday - Ann Compton, news reporter, ABC TV

1945 Birthday - Diane Sawyer, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time

1945 Birthday - Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football

1944 Birthday - Marilyn Michaels, comedienne, ABC Comedy Hour

1944 Birthday - Shelley Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, singer, television debut 'Letter to Loretta', played role of Mary Stone in sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show', Primetime Emmy Award nominee for ABC sitcom 'Coach'

1941 Birthday - Tim McCarver, baseball catcher, Cards, Phils, asportscaster, ABC, CBS

1940 Birthday - Dick Vitale, U.S., sportscaster, ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!"

1940 Birthday - Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline

1939 Birthday - Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News

1938 Birthday - Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, news anchor, ABC Evening News

1938 Birthday - Sylvia Chase, St. Paul, Minnesota, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20

1937 Birthday - Fred Silverman, broadcasting executive, ABC/NBC/CBS

1935 Birthday - Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC

1934 Birthday - Tom Jarriel, LaGrange, Georgia, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20

1934 Birthday - Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time

1933 Event - "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio

1931 Birthday - Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC

1930 Birthday - Frank Gifford, born in California, NFL halfback for the New York Giants/ABC sportscaster

1928 Birthday - Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football

1927 Birthday - Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, ABC's Nightlife

1926 Birthday - Bill Flemming, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports

1925 Birthday - Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, press secretary, John Kennedy

1924 Birthday - George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show

1924 Birthday - Jack Whitaker, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC, CBS

1923 Birthday - Frank Reynolds, E Chicago, Indiana, news anchor, ABC Evening News

1923 Birthday - Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC, CBS

1921 Birthday - Jim McKay, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports

1921 Birthday - Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster, CBS/ABC

1921 Event - Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City

1919 Birthday - Curt Gowdy, Green River, Wyoming, sportscaster, ABC

1918 Birthday - John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent, ABC

1914 Birthday - Howard K Smith, Louisiana, TV newsman, ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate

1911 Birthday - Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact

1909 Birthday - Alan McGilvray, cricketer, 20 games for NSW mid 30's, comentator, ABC

1909 Birthday - Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC

1904 Birthday - Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59













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