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ABC launched as a radio network in 1943, as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble after federal regulators forced NBC to sell it. It extended its operations to television in 1948.
Graphic designer Paul Rand redesigned the ABC logo in 1962, creating the now-iconic ABC Circle with lowercase "abc" letters enclosed in a single black circle. It debuted on-air on the 19th of October 1962.
Leonard Goldenson was the head of United Paramount Theatres (UPT) when ABC merged with UPT in the mid-1950s. He helped develop and green-light many successful television series, making the then-new network profitable.
The Walt Disney Company acquired ABC in 1996, when Capital Cities/ABC Inc. merged into Disney. The deal began in 1986 when American Broadcasting Companies merged with Capital Cities Communications to form Capital Cities/ABC.
ABC is the only major broadcast network that carries games from all four traditional big four American sports leagues: MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. Since 2020, ABC has aired sports programming almost every week from September through May.
ABC is scheduled to air Super Bowl LXI in 2027 and Super Bowl LXV in 2031, following a deal between the NFL and the Walt Disney Company. ABC has not aired a Super Bowl since Super Bowl XL in 2006.