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ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Breaking news is a Current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming in order to report its details The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Its current president is David Westin. David Westin is currently the president of ABC News (since March 6 1997)
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Current programs
- America This Morning
- Good Morning America
- Good Morning America Weekend Edition
- This Week with George Stephanopoulos
- ABC World News with Charles Gibson
- ABC World News Saturday & Sunday
- 20/20
- Nightline
- ABC World News Now
ABC News Radio distributes, through ABC Radio Networks, newscasts on the hour, live feeds and specialty news programming to some 2,000 local affiliates. America This Morning (formerly ABC World News This Morning prior to 11/13/06) is a 30 minute newscast offered by ABC News to ABC Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November Good Morning America Weekend Edition is a Weekend edition of ABC Morning show Good Morning America. This Week is one of the five network US Sunday morning political talk shows. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night hard and soft news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC News, a division of the ABC Television Network ABC Radio Networks, known as ABC Radio for short is an American Radio network.
ABC NewsOne is ABC News's affiliate news service. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American It gathers and feeds regional, national and international news material to ABC affiliates around the country and foreign networks.
ABC News Now is the ABC's 24/7 news channel available online and other sources such as mobile phones. ABC News Now is a 24 hour broadband News channel offered via television and streaming video at ABCNews
A 30 second "ABC News Brief" is broadcast weekdays at 2:58pm ET, between One Life to Live and General Hospital. One Life to Live ( OLTL) is an American Soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15 1968 General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the ABC News Briefs used to appear during many programs, and also had sponsorships as well (similar to NBC News Digest). NBC News is the news division of American Television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric
A news brief containing information relevant to college students is shown every hour on MtvU, and ABC News segments are packaged or customized for broadcast over Wal-Mart's in-store television network. mtvU (formerly College Television Network or CTN) is a division of MTV Networks which broadcasts a 24-hour television channel that is available on more Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores
ESPN, also owned by Disney, provides sports bulletins and video for some of ABC's newscasts, especially the overnight programs. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to
ABC News shows Primetime during the summer months along with i-CAUGHT. For the Irish News show see Prime Time. Primetime is a general-interest American news magazine show i-Caught (official typeset i-CAUGHT) is an ABC News newsmagazine program hosted by Bill Weir.
Specials
- ABC 2000 Today
- Peter Jennings Reporting
- The Century
- Give Me a Break (20/20 spinoff)
ABCNews. ABC 2000 Today was ABC News 's coverage of the turn of the millennium from December 31, 1999 into January 1, 2000. Peter Jennings Reporting was a continuing series of documentaries produced and hosted by the late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings that aired on ABC The Century America's Time was a 15-part series of documentaries produced by the American Broadcasting Company on the 20th century and the rise of the 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. com
International broadcasts
ABC News programming is shown daily on the 24 hour news network Orbit News in Europe and the Middle East. The Note is a summary and analysis of political news stories and trends published every weekday morning by ABCNews Orbit News is a 24 hour satellite and cable channel offering American news programming to viewers abroad primarily geared towards an Arab audience This includes several shows from ABC News. It's also available online at ABC News Now.
ABC's World News appears regularly at 1. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated 30am local time on BBC News Channel in the UK, which itself may be simulcast on BBC One or Two during the overnight period. BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Commercials are removed as the BBC's UK services are financed by a license fee. Television licences around the world The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago notes that two-thirds of the countries in Europe and half ABC and the BBC also share video and reporters as needed in producing their newscasts.
In Australia, The ABC World News program airs at 10. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated 30am daily and the Nightline program airs at 1. 30am daily on Sky News Australia. Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television The Primetime airs at 2pm Saturdays (Extended Edition) and 1. For the Irish News show see Prime Time. Primetime is a general-interest American news magazine show 30pm Thursdays. The 20/20 program airs at 2pm Sundays (Extended Edition) and Wednesdays at 1. 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. 30pm.
History
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, ABC News wasn't a major news player compared to CBS News and NBC News. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. NBC News is the news division of American Television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric It wasn't until Roone Arledge became the President of ABC News in 1977 that the network finally became a major player in news. Roone Arledge ( July 8, 1931 &ndash December 5, 2002) was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Arledge, known for experimenting with the broadcast "model," created many of ABC News' most popular and enduring programs, including 20/20, World News Tonight, This Week, Nightline, and Primetime Live. 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated This Week is one of the five network US Sunday morning political talk shows. For the Irish News show see Prime Time. Primetime is a general-interest American news magazine show
ABC News gained respect in the early 1980s by covering the Iran Hostage Crisis and, later, for covering the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area live. The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Quake, was a major Earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the
Arledge turned ABC News into a broadcasting titan, regularly defeating rivals NBC and CBS. ABC would remain dominant for over two decades.
ABC News' slogan, More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source, refers to the number of people who watch, listen, and read to ABC News programming on television, radio, and the Internet, although NBC has had the stronger television news programming for some time. [1]
Resignation of bogus consultant
Alexis Debat, a consultant of ABC News and also writer at The National Interest, resigned from ABC News in June 2007 after that the company discovered that he had faked his Ph. Alexis Debat (b 1972) is a French commentator on Terrorism and National security issues based in Washington D The National Interest ( NI) is a prominent conservative American bi-monthly International affairs journal published by the Nixon D. at the Sorbonne University. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century [2] Furthermore, in September 2007, the French news media Rue 89 revealed that Alexis Debat had made at least two bogus interviews, one of Barack Obama and another of Alan Greenspan, both published in the French magazine Politique internationale [3][4]. Rue 89 is a French Website created by former journalists from Libération. Alan Greenspan (born March 6 1926 in New York City) is an American Economist and was from 1987 to 2006 the Chairman of the Federal Reserve of Politique internationale is a French political affairs journal that has in the past 29 years become the world’s leading French-language publication dedicated to This in turn also led to his resignation from The National Interest. [2] Debat had specialized in reports on terrorism and national security for the past six years (writing for example on the Jundallah Balochi and Sunni organisation [5] and many other subjects). Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion National security is the entire scope of measures undertaken by the Governments of Nation-states in providing assurance of national Sovereignty Jundallah ( Army of Allah) ( Arabic: جندالله) (also known as Iranian People's Resistance Movement) is a terrorist Sunni Islamic [2]
In popular culture
- In the 1975 television special Out to Lunch, the cast of Sesame Street and The Electric Company take over ABC News, when the department staff head out to lunch. The prime-time special Out to Lunch aired on December 10 1974 on ABC from 9 to 10pm ET Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining The Electric Company is an educational American Children's television series which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop Luncheon, commonly abbreviated to lunch, is a midday Meal. In English-speaking countries during the eighteenth century what was originally called "
- In the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ABC News appears briefly with a "Special Report". Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 Science fiction film directed and written by Steven Spielberg.
- Current ABC News Lead Anchor Charles Gibson appears in the Disney film The Rookie anchoring World News Tonight and introduces a package about Jim Morris, the main character of the film. The Rookie is a 2002 drama, directed by John Lee Hancock. It is based on the true story of Jim Morris, who had a brief James "Jimmy" Samuel Morris (born January 19, 1964 in Brownwood Texas) is a former American
- In Ugly Betty ABC News is referenced in the episode Trust, Lust, and Must. Ugly Betty is an American television Comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role along with Eric Mabius Trust Lust and Must is an episode from the dramedy series Ugly Betty.
See also
References
- ^ The Walt Disney Internet Group Newsroom - Press Releases - June 28, 2005
- ^ a b c Howard Kurtz, Consultant Probed in Bogus Interview, The Washington Post, September 13, 2007 (English)
- ^ Pascal Riché, Une fausse interview d'Obama dans Politique internationale, Rue 89, 5 September 2007 (French)
- ^ Pascal Riché, Après la fausse interview d'Obama, celle de Greenspan, Rue 89, September 13, 2007 (French)
- ^ Alexis Debat, Crackdown on the Secret War Against Iran, ABC News, April 13, 2007 (English)
External links
The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. NBC News is the news division of American Television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Free Speech Radio News (or FSRN is an independently produced half hour daily national and international Radio news program focusing on peace and social justice issues Howard Alan Kurtz (born 1 August 1953 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Journalist, blogger, Author and The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Pascal Riché (born June 1962) is a French Journalist, co-founder of Rue 89 along with Arnaud Aubron Michel Lévy-Provençal Laurent Rue 89 is a French Website created by former journalists from Libération. Pascal Riché (born June 1962) is a French Journalist, co-founder of Rue 89 along with Arnaud Aubron Michel Lévy-Provençal Laurent Rue 89 is a French Website created by former journalists from Libération. Alexis Debat (b 1972) is a French commentator on Terrorism and National security issues based in Washington DDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic