This article is about the American news organization. For the Australian news organization, see ABC News (Australia). ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC). Its current president is David Westin.
ABC News Radio runs, through ABC Radio Networks, news bulletins on the hour transmitted to its affiliate stations and distributes talk programs.
ABC NewsOne is ABC News's affiliate news service. 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.
An ABC News Brief is broadcasted weekdays at 2:58 pm between One Life to Live and General Hospital.
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, ABC News wasn't a major news player compared to CBS News and NBC News. It wasn't until Roone Arledge became the President of ABC News that ABC News finally became a major news player. Arledge would create many of ABC News's most famous programs, including 20/20, World News Tonight, This Week, Nightline, and Primetime Live.
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