American Broadcasting Company

American broadcast television network owned by The Walt Disney Company
Organization television_station Q169889
American Broadcasting Company
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American Broadcasting Company

Summary

American Broadcasting Company is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.037% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,587 views/month, #1 of 2,720).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Broadcasting Company is in the country of United States[3].
  • American Broadcasting Company's instance of is recorded as television station[4].
  • American Broadcasting Company's instance of is recorded as television network[5].
  • American Broadcasting Company's instance of is recorded as radio network[6].
  • American Broadcasting Company's instance of is recorded as film production company[7].
  • American Broadcasting Company's founder is recorded as Edward John Noble[8].
  • American Broadcasting Company is owned by The Walt Disney Company[9].
  • American Broadcasting Company is operated by The Walt Disney Company[10].
  • American Broadcasting Company's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11].
  • American Broadcasting Company's has organizational division is recorded as Compute! Publications, Inc.[12].
  • American Broadcasting Company's Commons category is recorded as American Broadcasting Company[13].
  • October 12, 1943 marks the founding of American Broadcasting Company[14].
  • May 15, 1943 marks the founding of American Broadcasting Company[15].
  • American Broadcasting Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as The Walt Disney Company[16].
  • American Broadcasting Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as ABC Entertainment[17].
  • American Broadcasting Company's official website is recorded as https://abc.com[18].
  • American Broadcasting Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:American Broadcasting Company[19].
  • American Broadcasting Company's director / manager is recorded as Bob Iger[20].
  • American Broadcasting Company's described by source is recorded as Myggans nöjeslexikon: 1 A–Barc (Swedish)[21].
  • American Broadcasting Company's replaces is recorded as NBC Blue Network[22].
  • American Broadcasting Company's political alignment is recorded as centre-left[23].
  • American Broadcasting Company's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ABC'}[24].
  • American Broadcasting Company's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ABC'}[25].
  • American Broadcasting Company's owner of is recorded as ABC News[26].
  • American Broadcasting Company's owner of is recorded as Satellite News Channel[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Country: US[28]

  • Began / founded: 1943-05-15[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7bb93b49-e6d0-46ea-8589-fa9ce37526c0[30]

Body

Founding

American Broadcasting Company's founder is recorded as Edward John Noble[8]. Recorded inception include October 12, 1943[14] and May 15, 1943[15].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ABC'}[24] and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ABC'}[25].

Leadership

American Broadcasting Company's director / manager is recorded as Bob Iger[20].

Operations

American Broadcasting Company's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11]. Parent organizations include The Walt Disney Company[16], a film production company[31], in United States[32], founded in 1923[33], headquartered in Burbank[34] and ABC Entertainment[17], a business[35], in United States[36], founded in 1995[37], headquartered in New York City[38]. It is operated by The Walt Disney Company[10].

Ownership

American Broadcasting Company is owned by The Walt Disney Company[9].

Why It Matters

American Broadcasting Company ranks in the top 0.037% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,587 views/month, #1 of 2,720).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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