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January 31, 2022 | ABC Owned Television Stations

ABC Owned Television Stations, the Market Leader in Local News, Announce Its New 24/7 Live and Local Streaming Channels, Adding Thousands of Hours of News From Its Eight Owned Stations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham and Fresno

ABC Owned Television Stations, the Market Leader in Local News, Announce Its New 24/7 Live and Local Streaming Channels, Adding Thousands of Hours of News From Its Eight Owned Stations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham and Fresno Viewers Can Stream Award-winning Local Newscasts, Breaking News, Weather, Premium Content, ABC’s…
January 28, 2022 | WLS-TV, Chicago

ABC Owned Television Stations Release Trailer of 'Stolen: The Unsolved Theft of a $3,000,000 Violin,' produced by ABC7/WLS-TV Chicago

ABC Owned Television Stations Release Trailer of ‘Stolen: The Unsolved Theft of a $3,000,000 Violin,’ produced by ABC7/WLS-TV Chicago Watch ‘Stolen’ Trailer Here Adding to its true-crime slate, ABC Owned Television Stations announced the release of the trailer to the ABC7/WLS-TV-produced documentary, “Stolen: The Unsolved Theft of a $3,000,000 Violin,” today, ahead of the Feb. 3 streaming…
January 26, 2022 | ABC Owned Television Stations

Chad Matthews Named President of ABC Owned Television Stations

Chad Matthews Named President of ABC Owned Television Stations Photo Courtesy ABC Owned Television Stations Multi-award winning WABC-TV news executive Chad Matthews has been appointed to the position of president, ABC Owned Television Stations effective immediately, announced today by Debra OConnell, president, Networks, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution. In this role, Matthews will report directly…
January 11, 2022 | WPVI-TV, Philadelphia

WPVI Philadelphia Elevates News Veteran Rick Williams to New Role As 11 P.M. Action News Anchor

WPVI Philadelphia Elevates News Veteran Rick Williams to New Role As 11 P.M. Action News Anchor 6ABC/WPVI-TV Philadelphia President and General Manager Bernie Prazenica and Vice President of News Tom Davis named Rick Williams as anchor of its late evening 11 p.m. newscast, beginning Jan. 12, 2022. Williams replaces the legendary Jim Gardner, who is…
December 21, 2021 | WLS-TV, Chicago

ABC 7 Chicago Names Doug Whitmire and Nneka Nwosu Faison to Assistant News Director Positions, ABC 7 Eyewitness News

ABC 7 Chicago Names Doug Whitmire and Nneka Nwosu Faison to Assistant News Director Positions, ABC 7 Eyewitness News News veterans Doug Whitmire and Nneka Nwosu Faison will serve in the positions of assistant news director for ABC 7 Eyewitness News, it was announced today by Jennifer Graves, vice president of News, ABC 7 Chicago.…
December 16, 2021 | ABC Owned Television Stations

ABC Owned Television Stations Expand Its ‘Unsolved,’ ‘True Crime’ Slate, Premiering Tuesday, Dec. 21, on Hulu

ABC Owned Television Stations Expand Its ‘Unsolved,’ ‘True Crime’ Slate, Premiering Tuesday, Dec. 21, on Hulu The Station Group’s Slate Highlights Greed, Murder and a Mysterious Disappearance, Produced Respectively by News Station Leaders 6ABC/WPVI-TV Philadelphia, ABC13/KTRK-TV Houston and ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles View “No Good Deed” TrailerView “Texas True Crime: The Candyman Murders” TrailerView “Disappearance of…
December 10, 2021 | KFSN-TV, Fresno

ABC30/KFSN-TV Fresno Special ‘Children First: All About the Arts’ Airs This Sunday, Dec. 12 (6:30 P.M. PDT)

ABC30/KFSN-TV Fresno Special ‘Children First: All About the Arts’ Airs This Sunday, Dec. 12 (6:30 P.M. PDT) Viewers Can Stream Live on ABC30’s Connected TV Apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and Roku ABC30/KFSN-TV Fresno, the No. 1 source for local news in central California, will air “Children First: All About the…
December 10, 2021 | KABC-TV, Los Angeles

ABC7/KABC TV- Los Angeles Explores the Life of Foster Care Children in ‘Finding Family: The Long Road Home’ Set To Premiere This Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:30 P.M. PST)

ABC7/KABC TV- Los Angeles Explores the Life of Foster Care Children in ‘Finding Family: The Long Road Home’ Set To Premiere This Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:30 P.M. PST) The Half-Hour Special Features the People Who Dedicate Their Lives to Children and How the Worldwide Pandemic Didn’t Stop Them ABC7 Los Angeles shines a light on…
December 10, 2021 | KABC-TV, Los Angeles

ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles ‘On the Red Carpet: Remembering Jenni Rivera’ Celebrates the Life of the Superstar on the Ninth Anniversary of the Tragic Plane Crash

ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles ‘On the Red Carpet: Remembering Jenni Rivera’ Celebrates the Life of the Superstar on the Ninth Anniversary of the Tragic Plane Crash The Half-Hour Special Airs on ABC7 on Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:00 p.m. PST) ABC7 Los Angeles, the most-watched station in Southern California, airs “On The Red Carpet: Remembering Jenni Rivera”…
December 9, 2021 | KGO-TV, San Francisco

ABC7/KGO-TV San Francisco Presents a Modern-Day Lens of ‘JFK Unsolved: The Real Conspiracies,’ Premiering on Dec. 11 on ABC7 and Dec. 15 on Hulu

ABC7/KGO-TV San Francisco Presents a Modern-Day Lens of ‘JFK Unsolved: The Real Conspiracies,’ Premiering on Dec. 11 on ABC7 and Dec. 15 on Hulu The Documentary Will Also Be Available To Stream Across ABC Owned Television Stations’ 32 Connected TV Apps ‘JFK Unsolved’ Features Never-Before-Seen Analysis and a New and Exclusive Interview With JFK Assassination…