ABC Radio News

The standard format is the same for both, with the Entertainment network having shorter stories and the Information network having slightly longer stories and more global coverage. Individual soundbites and reporter packages are fed to stations via satellite and an affiliate website. Worth/Dallas (all of which were owned by ABC prior to the sale to Citadel) and many other large market stations.

After Paul Harvey s death on February 28, 2009; Gil Gross took over the News & Comment program less than a month later. These broadcasters are staff anchors for ABC News Radio: - Doug Limerick (Weekdays 6a-11a ET, Information network) - Cheri Preston (Weekdays 12p-5p ET, Information network) - Brad Wheelis (Weekdays 6p-11p ET, Information network) - Richard Davies (Weekday mornings, Entertainment network) - Daria Albinger (Weekday afternoons, Entertainment network) In addition, Charles Gibson anchors the 5 PM EST Information Network weekday newscast, except when he is away from New York or Washington. These are staff radio correspondents for ABC News: - Jim Hickey, New York - Aaron Katersky, New York - David Blaustein, New York - Linda Albin, London - Ann Compton, the White House - Vic Ratner, Capitol Hill - Steven Portnoy, Washington - Dave Alpert, Los Angeles - Alex Stone, Los Angeles - Matt Gutman, Miami - Jim Ryan, Dallas . Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

Each of the four networks could be cleared only when no other ABC network was on the air in a particular market. 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.

Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Citadel Media, newscasts on the hour to its more than 2,000 affiliates. Though each of the four new networks were distributed to all member radio stations nationally over the same broadcast-quality telephone line, 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.

ABC News Radio is the largest commercial radio news organization in the US. ABC Radio aired the first broadcast report of the assassination of President John F. The Information network newscasts clear on major-market stations like WABC New York, KABC Los Angeles, WLS Chicago, KGO San Francisco, WMAL Washington, and WBAP Ft.

Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas at 18:30 UTC and Don Gardiner anchored the initial bulletin at 18:36:50 UTC, minutes before any other radio or television network. Beginning in the late 1950s, ABC fed hourly newscasts to affiliates at :55 past the hour until January 1, 1968, when the singular ABC radio network split into four separate and distinct programming services. American Information Network news ran at the top of the hour on major-market stations like KGO San Francisco.

The network was strict in its insistence that there be no simultaneous broadcast of more than a single network in a market, except during crisis or special event coverage. Of the six networks, only Information and Entertainment remain as separate newscast services today, with their programming delivered via satellite. In 2006, ABC News Radio launched an internet-delivered FM news product targeted toward a younger music audience, often customized for individual affiliates. In addition to the top-of-the-hour newscasts, ABC News also provides its radio affiliates with headlines, briefs and status reports that air at :30, :50, :10, and :20 and :40 past the hour, as well as special reports, special event coverage and longform programming. ABC News Radio also produces News and Comment , which originates from Chicago and began in 1951.

Two additional news networks, ABC Rock and Direction, were added on January 4, 1982 after the network became a satellite-delivered service. ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC News, a division of the ABC Television Network.

The American FM Network (now ABC News Now) carried news geared toward adult FM listeners at :15 past, while the American Entertainment Network had news at the bottom of the hour. Before the split, ABC reached an understanding with the FCC concerning the Chain Broadcasting rule, which forced the sale of NBC s Blue network and enabled ABC s creation in 1943. The American Contemporary Network, on major-market music stations like WABC New York, aired news at :55.

On January 1, 1968 Paul Harvey became a part of ABC s American Entertainment Network, although the program was also heard on stations affiliated with all four ABC Networks, if the Entertainment affiliate was not as powerful as another ABC affiliate in a given market. Entertainment network news airs mainly on small and medium-market stations.