ABC Radio Networks

As the end result, some of the stations turned to 24-hour satellite formats. As of October 30, 2008; ABC Radio has signed a product development and distribution agreement with Comcast that will bring the popular branded content from E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4 to terrestrial radio affiliates. As of March 11, 2009, ABC Radio has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Radiolicious that will provide radio stations the ability to link their music and advertising with smart phone users. On April 2, 2009, the staff at Citadel Broadcasting changed the branding of this network from ABC Radio to Citadel Media to reflect on its current ownership of a major radio network. Among the first hosts heard on the new ABC talk network were Sam Donaldson of ABC News television, Sean Hannity of WABC, Larry Elder of KABC, and John Batchelor of WABC.

ABC s FM network carried news at :15 past. Kingsley left ABC in 2005 and ACC continues to air as part of the ABC stable with Kix Brooks as host since 2006.

However, ABC News ; and its programming/satellite format listings will remain the same. The following programs can be heard on Citadel Media. In 1989, ABC Radio Networks acquired The Satellite Music Network which originally started in Chicago, IL and later moved to Dallas, TX (just north of the Galleria on Montfort Drive). American Information Network news, geared for stations that programmed with a heavy news or talk emphasis, such as KABC Los Angeles and KGO San Francisco, ran at the top of the hour.

While not the first national sports talk network, Sportsradio ESPN quickly became the most popular and grew quickly. This is ABC Radio.

Paul Harvey and the Breakfast Club were designated as Entertainment network features. Before the split, ABC obtained a waiver of the FCC s Chain Broadcasting rule, which forced the sale of NBC s Blue network and enabled ABC s creation in 1943. That network, now known as ESPN Radio, is still in operation today, and remains under ownership of The Walt Disney Company. ABC again began building a talk network, this time with an emphasis on political talk, in 2001.

Those newscasts carry the on-air brand ABC News Now. The former ABC stations have sustained severe financial problems, and on March 1, 2008, hundreds of personalities were dismissed. The network was shut down shortly thereafter, though at least one program from that network, Bob Brinker s Moneytalk, survives. In 1992, ABC Radio launched Sportsradio ESPN.

Prominent programming heard through Citadel includes Mark Levin, Don Imus, and (by agreement with Premiere Radio Networks) Sean Hannity. The network adopted its current name in April 2009, after licensing the ABC Radio Networks name from The Walt Disney Company for nearly two years. Citadel Media/ABC Radio has its origins in an early network set up by WJZ in New York which provided programs to other stations over Western Union lines. WJZ (originally owned by Westinghouse) and its network were absorbed into the National Broadcasting Company in 1927; WJZ s network was known as the Blue Network while WEAF s was known as the Red Network. The two NBC networks were both owned by the Radio Corporation of America, but were forced to separate when the Federal Communications Commission declared them a monopoly in 1940. The clock included options for a 2-, 3-, or 5-minute newscasts at the top of the hour, followed by other holes for local spots.

The current location was built in 1995 under the direction of then Chief Engineer, Margaret Bryant, who has since left and started her own photography studio in North Dallas. As of April 2008, ABC/Citadel s KGO-AM in San Francisco, California has switched to solar power during the daytime hours. Air America · CBS · Citadel · ESPN · Fox News · Fox Sports · NPR · Premiere · Radio Disney · TRN · Triton (Dial Global · Waitt) · Wall Street Journal Radio · Westwood One ESPN Deportes · Univision ARN · Biz Radio · CC Syndication · The Game · Iowa Public Radio · Jefferson Public Radio · Maine PBN · Michigan Radio · Michigan Talk · North Carolina News · Northeast Public Radio · Ohio News · Que Pasa · Sound of Life · Texas State · Tribune · Vermont Public Radio American Blues · American Urban · CRN Digital · Highway advisory radio · IMS Radio Network · Motor Racing · Music of Your Life · NHL · NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards · Performance Racing · Pacifica · Radio America · Radio One · Sporting News · Sports Byline USA · United Stations · USA · WestStar · WOR Radio Network 3ABN · Accent · AFR · BBN · CSN International · EMF (Air 1 · God s Country Radio Network · K-LOVE) · Family Life Network · Family Radio · Moody Radio · Radio Nueva Vida · Rejoice! Musical Soul Food · Relevant Radio · Salem · Sounds Of the Spirit · WAY-FM · Word FM · VCY ABC · Radio AAHS · Enterprise · I.E.

While some of the programming is live (some is done by voice tracking), DJ s had to avoid references to the weather or anything else that would not be appropriate in many time zones. Staff included Clark Tucker (who was with SMN in Chicago and moved to Dallas), Joe Carnes (who left ABC to go to PBS KERA, and died suddenly in his sleep a some years ago) and Leslie Keveton, who is now the current Engineering Manager in Dallas.

We re going to stand by for more details on the incident in Dallas. Stay tuned to your ABC station for further details.

Mark Levin was added in 2005 and eventually replaced Elder in 2007, and Mark Davis of WBAP had a brief syndication run on the network in 2005. Donaldson left his show after a short time.

It now provides an hourly two-minute newscast, similar in format to when the network formerly operated. An 800-line was eventually added, allowing the live DJ s to take phoned in requests.

The president now making a two-day speaking tour of Texas. Other engineers who have worked there included Chris Hudgins (who was Chief Engineer of KEGL before going to ABC RN and then moved to KDMX as Chief Engineer for a short time while before being replaced in 1997), making an opening for Christopher Boone from South East Texas (formerly with KLVI Beaumont and did telecom work at Gulf States Utilities/Entergy from 84-96 in Conroe, TX), who also eventually left ABC to take the Chief Engineer position at BOTH KDMX & KEGL after Jacor had purchased both from Nationwide Communications in 1997).

However, the rising popularity of conservative political talk radio, fueled by The Rush Limbaugh Show, led to the network s demise. Two additional news networks, Rock and Direction, which carried news at :45 past the hour, were added on January 4, 1982. Today, only Information and Entertainment remain as separate newscast services, with their programming delivered via satellite.

in June 1945 (after the company purchased the rights to the name from Storer Broadcasting). From 1933 to 1968, the Blue Network (later ABC) carried Don McNeill s Breakfast Club, one of the first and longest-running morning radio programs in the country, hosted by Don McNeill. Though each of the four new networks were carried on the same 5 kHz telco line (3.5 in some cities), the move allowed ABC to have as many as four affiliates in one city – a major competitive advantage and a dramatic turning point in the history of network radio.

Another long-running program was Paul Harvey, who was a commentator for ABC from 1951 until his death in 2009. ABC Radio broadcast the first nationwide report of the assassination of President John F. The American Contemporary Network, designed for Top 40 music stations such as ABC-owned WABC New York, WLS Chicago and KQV Pittsburgh, aired news at :54:30.

Here is a special bulletin from Dallas, Texas. From ABC Radio News headquarters in New York, Gardiner interrupted Doris Day s recording of Hooray for Hollywood to tell listeners at 13:36:50 EST (UTC-5): We interrupt this program to bring you a special bulletin from ABC Radio.

Now we return you to your regular program. ABC fed hourly radio newscasts to affiliates at :55 past the hour until January 1, 1968, when the traditional ABC radio network was replaced by four separate programming services. This is especially ironic considering had Disney retained the Citadel Media networks, they would be operated as part of Disney-ABC Television Group,which does NOT include ESPN and DOES include Radio Disney. The acquisition of ABC Radio by Citadel Broadcasting was officially completed on June 12, 2007 and the ABC Radio Networks logo was licensed from Disney until April 2, 2009. Shortly after the announcement of the ABC/Citadel merger, the FM network was reactivated.

They are no longer identified on air by their brand name. ABC Radio acquired Watermark Inc., best known as the syndicator of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem and American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley, in 1982. Kasem left ABC in 1988, reclaiming the American Top 40 name from ABC in 1998, and selling the AT40 brand to AMFM Radio Networks (later absorbed intro Premiere Radio Networks).

Worth/Dallas, KGO San Francisco, WMAL Washington, and WJR Detroit (all of which were owned by ABC before their 2007 sale to Citadel). Among its most notable hosts were Tom Snyder and Barry Farber.

Kennedy. Triton has purchased the assets of all of Citadel s major competitors (Dial Global, Waitt Radio Networks and Jones Radio Networks). = Active on terrestrial radio affiliates. = Active on a seasonal basis. = To be discontinued on February 13, 2010. On April 16, 2008; Citadel Broadcasting (the now parent company of ABC Radio/Citadel Media) has become the first organization-wide radio company to join the Environmental Protection Agency s Green Power Partnership Program and committs $1 Million (USD) in Educational Green PSAs.

Citadel was chosen as the top bidder and the deal to purchase the stations and the network was struck in February 2006. The Information network newscasts clear on major-market stations like WABC New York, KABC Los Angeles, WLS Chicago, WBAP Ft.

Three shots were fired at President Kennedy s motorcade today in downtown Dallas, Texas. Citadel Media is an American radio network owned and operated by Citadel Broadcasting.

Both networks were branded on the air as NBC, the National Broadcasting Company but internally and to advertisers they were referred to as the Red and Blue networks. Preparing for the 1943 divestiture, the operation which became ABC began being branded on-air as The Blue Network. It was officially renamed the American Broadcasting Company, Inc. Entertainment network news airs mainly on small and medium-market stations.

America · Jones · Liberty Broadcasting System · Michigan Radio Network · Mutual Broadcasting System · NBC Red · NBC Blue · NBG · NBN · Nova M · Pulse 87 · Progressive Broadcasting System · RKO · Satellite Music Network · Sports Fan · Transtar · UPI · Washington News Desk . Kennedy was shot in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas at 18:30 UTC on November 22, 1963 and ABC Radio s Don Gardiner anchored the network s initial bulletin at 18:36:50 UTC, minutes before any other radio or television network did the same.

They could operate their stations virtually unmanned with nothing more than a computer and a satellite hookup offering major market talent that some radio stations could never afford. Dick Bartley joined the network in 1991 with the AT40 spinoff American Gold and his live Saturday night call-in oldies show, before leaving at the end of March 2009. ABC launched a foray into talk radio with ABC Talk Radio (similar to rival NBC s Talknet) in the 1980s.

After Snyder s retirement in 1992, ABC ostensibly filled the slot with Leslie Marshall, at the time the youngest syndicated host ever, but most major affiliates instead picked up Limbaugh. Boone was credited for saving the 1998 Jim Zippo s broadcast on the Oldies format from the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa (where the plane carrying Buddy Holly had crashed) by getting a staff member of the ABC Owned and Operated station in Minneapolis, KQRS, to drive 5 hours and meet someone from Zippo s staff halfway to loan them all the gear needed for the remote broadcast; the remote kit was sitting at the nearby airport 5 miles away and DHL had not told ABC it was there nor did DHL deliver it at all! To this day, the division, known as Citadel Music Radio (formerly ABC Music Radio ), provides 10 satellite-driven formats to affiliate stations, mostly in small & mid-size markets and on major market HD Radio subchannels, however they can also be used on some major market stations as alternate or permanent programming.

Citadel Media s 24-hour-music formats include: As of June 2008, Citadel Music Radio is the only remaining slate of commercial music radio networks not owned by Triton Media Group. It currently controls many of the assets of the former ABC Radio Networks, which Citadel bought in June 2007.

Originally a general-interest newscast for all types of FM outlets, this service would eventually be refocused to serve FM rock stations. To repeat, in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy s motorcade today.

The two leading competitors for the purchase of the network, which included twenty-two of ABC Radio s top stations, as well as ABC s talk and music networks, were Bala Cynwyd-based Entercom Communications and Forstmann Little & Company s Citadel Broadcasting unit. These ABC News Radio newscasts originate from the news division s bureaus in New York, Washington and Los Angeles and air exactly at the top of the hour.

However, the FCC insisted that there be no overlap of any ABC network broadcast in a single market, and the network required affiliates to get approval before any delayed broadcast of network programming. Hannity has been the most successful, displacing Laura Schlessinger as the most popular host in the time slot within a few years (especially on the East Coast); the network now shares the program with Premiere Radio Networks. In 2005, ABC began to explore the sale of its radio division.

The American Entertainment Network, pitched to adult-oriented music stations such as WXYZ Detroit and KXYZ Houston, had news at the bottom of the hour.