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division of the American broadcast network
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. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast '' ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include morning news-talk show '' Good Morning America'', '' Nightline'', '' Primetime'', and ''
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'', and Sunday morning political affairs program '' This Week with George Stephanopoulos''. In addition to the division's television programs, ABC News has radio and digital outlets, including ABC News Radio and
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, plus various
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s hosted by ABC News personalities.


History


Early years

ABC began in 1943 as the
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, a
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that was spun off from
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, as ordered by the
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(FCC) in 1942. The reason for the order was to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the
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, specifically news and political broadcasting, and broaden the projected points of view. The radio market was dominated by only a few companies, such as NBC and
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. NBC conducted the split voluntarily in case its appeal of the ruling was denied and it was forced to split its two networks into separate companies. Regular television news broadcasts on ABC began soon after the network signed on its initial owned-and-operated television station (WJZ-TV, now
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) and production center in
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in August 1948. Broadcasts continued as the ABC network expanded nationwide. Until the early 1970s, ABC News programs and ABC in general consistently ranked third in viewership behind
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and
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news programs. ABC had fewer affiliate stations and a weaker prime-time programming slate to be able to support the network's news operations compared to the two larger networks, each of which had established their radio news operations during the 1930s.


Roone Arledge

By the 1970s, the network had effectively turned around, with its prime-time entertainment programs achieving stronger ratings and drawing in higher advertising revenue and profits to ABC overall. With the appointment of then president of
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,
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as president of ABC News in 1977, ABC invested the resources to make it a major source of news content. Arledge, known for experimenting with the broadcast "model", created many of ABC News' most popular and enduring programs, including ''
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'', ''ABC World News Tonight, World News Tonight'', ''This Week'', '' Nightline'', and ''Primetime (American TV program), Primetime Live''. ABC News' longtime slogan, "More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source." (introduced in the late 1980s), was a claim referring to the number of people who watch, listen to and read ABC News content on television, radio and (eventually) the Internet, and not necessarily to the telecasts alone. In June 1998, ABC News (which owned an 80% stake in the service), Nine Network and ITN sold their respective interests in Worldwide Television News to the Associated Press. Additionally, ABC News signed a multi-year content deal with AP for its affiliate video service, Associated Press Television News (APTV), while providing material from ABC's own news video service, ABC News One, to APTV.


''20/20'' scandal

Scandal erupted in 1985 over a decision by Arledge, president of ABC News and Sports, to kill a 13-minute report about Marilyn Monroe possibly due to his close ties to Ethel Kennedy. ''20/20'' drew criticism from the co-anchors of the program, Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, and the executive producer, Av Westin. Arledge said that he had killed the piece because it was "gossip-column stuff" and "does not live up to its billing." Downs, however, took issue with Arledge's judgment. "I am upset about the way it was handled," he said in an interview. "I honestly believe that this is more carefully documented than anything any network did during Watergate. I lament the fact that the decision reflects badly on people I respect and it reflects badly on me and the broadcast." Additionally, Westin said: "I don't anticipate not putting it on the air. The journalism is solid. Everything in there has two sources. We are documenting that there was a relationship between Bobby and Marilyn and Jack and Marilyn. A variety of eyewitnesses attest to that on camera." Two other aspects of the unaired report, according to an ABC staff member who has seen it, are eyewitness accounts of wiretapping of Monroe's home by Jimmy Hoffa, the teamster leader, that reveal meetings between her and the Kennedy brothers, and accounts of a visit to Monroe by Robert F. Kennedy on the day of her death. Fred Otash, a detective who said he was the chief wiretapper, is interviewed on camera, and ABC staff members said his account was corroborated by three other wiretappers. In addition, several people not in the book say on camera that Monroe kept diaries with references to meetings with the Kennedy brothers, according to a staff member who has seen the report. "It set out to be a piece which would demonstrate that because of alleged relations between Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy and Monroe the presidency was compromised because organized crime was involved," he said. "Based on what has been uncovered so far, there was no evidence." Arledge's decision to kill the broadcast resulted in the subsequent decision of Geraldo Rivera to leave ABC entirely. Rivera was a ''20/20'' correspondent but did not work on that story. He had been publicly critical of Arledge's decision. Arledge, who was both a champion and defender of Rivera, said he thought the story needed more work. The story probed purported affairs between actress Marilyn Monroe and President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy.


Modern era

On August 7, 2014, ABC announced that it would relaunch its radio network division, ABC Audio, ABC Radio, on January 1, 2015. The change occurred following the announcement that Cumulus would replace its ABC News radio service with Westwood One News (via CNN). On September 20, 2019, ABC Radio was renamed as ABC Audio as the network has evolved to offer a
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portfolio and other forms of on-demand and linear content. In April 2018, it was announced that ''FiveThirtyEight'' would be transferred to ABC News from ESPN, Inc., majority owned by The Walt Disney Company. On September 10, 2018, ABC News launched a second attempt to extend its Good Morning America brand into the afternoon with Strahan, Sara and Keke. In May 2019, ABC News Live, an news focused steaming channel, was launched on Roku. Following an reorganization of ABC's parent company, The Walt Disney Company which created the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International segment in March 2018, ABC News Digital and Live Streaming, including ABC News Live and FiveThirtyEight, were transferred to the new segment.


Programming


Current ABC News programs

* ''ABC World News Tonight'' (1978–present) * ''
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'' (1978–present) * ''America This Morning'' (1982–present) * '' Good Morning America'' (1975–present) * ''Good Morning America#Weekend editions, Good Morning America Weekend'' (1993–present) * ''GMA3: What You Need To Know'' (2018–present) * '' Nightline'' (1980–present) * ''Tamron Hall (talk show), Tamron Hall'' (2019–present) * ''The View (talk show), The View'' (1997–present) * ''This Week (American TV program), This Week'' (1981–present) * ''What Would You Do? (2008 TV program), What Would You Do?'' (formerly ''Primetime: What Would You Do?'') (2008–present) * ''World News Now'' (1992–present)


Former ABC News programs


Newscast programs

* ''After the Deadlines'' (1951–1952) * ''Issues and Answers'' (1969–1981) * ''ABC News Weekend Report'' (1970s—1991) * ''AM America'' (1975) * ''Business World'' (1987-1990) * ''GMA3: What You Need To Know, Good Afternoon America'' (2012) * ''America This Morning, World News This Morning'' (1982-2006) * ''Turning Point (TV program), Turning Point'' (1994–1999)


Newsmagazines

* ''Open Hearing (American TV program), Open Hearing'' (1957–1958) * ''Our World (1986 TV program), Our World'' (1986–1987) * ''20/20 (American TV program)#20/20 Downtown, 20/20 Downtown'' (1999–2001) * ''Closeup'' * ''Day One (TV program), Day One'' (1993–1995) * ''Our World (1986 TV program), Our World'' (1986 1987) * '' Primetime'' (1989–2012) * ''Primetime (American TV program), Primetime Thursday'' (2000–2002) * ''Turning Point (TV program), Turning Point'' (1994–1999) * ''I-Caught'' (2007)


Public affairs

* ''College News Conference'' (1952–1960) * ''Answers for Americans'' (1953–1954) * ''Issues and Answers'' (1960–1981)


Digital programs

* ''The Debrief'' (2018–2019) * ''The Briefing Room'' (2018–2019) * ''10% Happier'' (video broadcast of ''10% Happier'' podcast) (2015–2017) * ''Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis'' (2014–2017)


Other programs

* ''Discovery (U.S. TV series), Discovery'' (1962–1963) * ''Make a Wish (TV series), Make a Wish'' (1971–1976) * ''Animals, Animals, Animals'' (1976–1981) * ''Biography (TV program), Biography'' (1987–2005) * ''Peter Jennings Reporting'' (1990–2005) * ''Intimate Portrait'' (1994–2005) (co-production with Gay Rosenthal Productions) * ''The Century: America's Time'' (1999) * ''ABC 2000 Today'' (1999–2000) * ''Medical Mysteries'' (2006–2008) * ''NASCAR in Primetime'' (2007) * ''Popcorn with Peter Traves'' (2009–present) * ''The Generic Detective'' (2020) * ''The Con (TV series), The Con'' (2020–present) (co-production with The Intellectual Property Corporation) * ''Wild Crimes'' (2021) * ''City of Angels , City of Death'' (2021) (co-production with Highway 41 Productions) * ''Let the World See'' (2022) * ''Have You Seen This Man?'' (2022) * ''Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders'' (2022) * ''Mormon No More'' (2022) * ''The Murders Before the Marathon'' (2022) (co-production with Anonymous Content and Story Syndicate) * ''Where Is Private Dulaney?'' (2022–present) (co-production with Show of Force and Versus Pictures)


Other services


ABC News Radio

ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC Audio, a division of the ABC News. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds through Skyview Networks with newscasts on the hour to its affiliates. ABC News Radio is the largest commercial radio news organization in the US.


ABCNews.com

ABCNews.com launched on May 15, 1997, by ABC News Internet Ventures, a joint venture between Starwave and ABC formed in April 1997. Starwave had owned and operated ESPNet SportsZone (later known as ESPN.com) since 1995, which licensed the ESPN brand and video clips from ABC's corporate sister ESPN Inc. Disney wanted more control of their Internet properties, which meant ABCNews.com was operated as a joint venture with ABC News having editorial control. Disney had also bought a minority stake in Starwave before the launch of ABCNews.com and would later buy the company outright. The website initially had a dedicated staff of about 30. In addition to articles, it featured short video clips and audio from the start, delivered using RealAudio and RealVideo technology. Some content was also available via America Online. In 2011, ABC News and Yahoo News announced a strategic partnership to share ABC's online reporting on Yahoo's website; the deal expanded in 2015 to include the Disney/ABC Television Group. In 2018, ABC News, and Good Morning America specifically, ended the hosting partnership with Yahoo, instead opting to continue separate web presences.


ABC News Live

ABC News Live is a 24/7 streaming video news channel for breaking news, live events, newscasts and longer-form reports and documentaries operated by ABC News since 2018, The channel is available through Roku, Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling TV, Pluto TV, Xumo, FuboTV and the news division's other streaming platforms. The service is under the direction of Colby Smith, senior vice president and general manager of ABC News Digital and Live Streaming and Justin Dial as senior executive producer of ABC News Live. This unit is producing: *''ABC News Live Prime'', two weekday one-hour evening newscasts (February 2020-) *''GMA3: What You Need To Know'', a weekday, hour-long daytime news program on ABC. It premiered in March 2020 as ''Pandemic: What You Need To Know'', as a temporary replacement for its talk show ''GMA3: What You Need To Know, Strahan, Sara and Keke'' to cover the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. It has since replaced it indefinitely. The program is anchored by Amy Robach, joined by ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton.


Former


Satellite News Channel

Satellite News Channel was a joint venture between ABC News and Westinghouse Broadcasting, Group W that launched on June 21, 1982, as a satellite-delivered cable television network. SNC used footage from ABC News and seven Washington, D.C.-based crews, in addition to stories from other overseas networks to provide a rotating newscast every 20 minutes. However, this channel had difficulty getting clearance from cable systems, so ABC News and Group W decided to sell it to its competitor, CNN (a subsidiary of WarnerMedia, Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System). CNN ceased Satellite News Channel's operations on October 27, 1983. SNC was either replaced by CNN or HLN (TV network), CNN2 on most cable systems.


ABC News Now

ABC News Now was a 24-hour news cycle, 24-hour Cable television, cable News broadcasting, news Cable network, network that launched on July 26, 2004, as a digital subchannel by ABC News, being the company's second attempt in the 24-hour cable news world after Satellite News Channel. It was offered via digital television, broadband and Streaming media, streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones. It delivered breaking news, headline news each half hour, and wide range of entertainment and lifestyle (sociology), lifestyle Broadcast programming, programming. The channel was available in the
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and Europe. Its Talk Back feature allowed viewers to voice their own input through the submission of videos and personal thoughts on controversial issues and current topics. It was shut down as a digital subchannel when after its experimental phase had ended with the President inauguration in 2005. ABC News Now was replaced on cable providers with Fusion (TV channel), Fusion on October 28, 2013.


Fusion

Fusion TV, Fusion was a digital cable and satellite television, satellite network owned and operated by Fusion Media Group, LLC, which was a joint venture between ABC News and Univision Communications. ABC and Univision formally announced its launch on May 2, 2012. Launched on October 28, 2013, Fusion features a mix of traditional news and investigative programs along with satirical content aimed at English-speaking Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hispanic and Latino American adults between the ages of 18 and 34. The network replaced ABC News Now, a mainly streaming service of ABC News content. In December 2015, it was reported that Disney was in talks to sell its stake in Fusion to Univision. The split was complete on April 21, 2016; Univision alone would continue to operate Fusion until December 31, 2021, when it shut down the network.


Personnel


Current television anchors, correspondents, and reporters

New York (Headquarters) * Mona Kosar Abdi – Co-Anchor, ''World News Now'' and ''America This Morning''; Correspondent * Dan Abrams – Chief Legal Analyst (2011–present) * Dr. Jennifer Ashton – Chief Health & Medical Editor; Chief Medical Correspondent (2012–present) *Trevor Ault – Correspondent * Jim Avila – Senior National Correspondent (2000–present) * Gio Benitez – Transportation Correspondent (2013–present) * Deirdre Bolton - Business correspondent * Juju Chang – Co-anchor, '' Nightline'' (1996–present) * Chris Connelly (journalist), Chris Connelly – Contributor, '' Good Morning America'' and ''
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'' (2001–present) * Linsey Davis – Anchor, ''#ABC News Live, ABC News Live Prime''; Anchor, ABC World News Tonight, World News Tonight Sunday (2007–present) * Andrew Dymburt – Co-Anchor, ''World News Now'' and ''America This Morning''; Correspondent * Andrea Fujii – Part-Time Correspondent, ''World News Now'' * Will Ganss – Entertainment/ Lifestyle Reporter * Sara Haines – Co-host, ''The View (talk show), The View''; Correspondent (2013–present) * T. J. Holmes – Co-Anchor, ''GMA3: What You Need To Know''; Correspondent (2014–present) * Sunny Hostin – Senior Legal Correspondent; Co-Host, ''The View'' (2016–present) * Rebecca Jarvis – Chief Business, Technology and Economics Correspondent (2013–present) * Whit Johnson – Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America Weekend''; Anchor, World News Tonight Saturday * Zachary Kiesch – Correspondent * CeFaan Kim – Correspondent/ Correspondent,
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* Phil Lipof - Correspondent * Diane Macedo – Anchor, ''#ABC News Live, ABC News Live Update''; Correspondent (2016–present) * Rob Marciano – Weather Anchor, ''Good Morning America Weekend Edition''; Senior Meteorologist (2014–present) * David Muir – Anchor and Managing Editor, ''ABC World News Tonight'' 2016–present; Co-Anchor, ''20/20'' (2013–present) * Janai Norman - POP News, Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America, Good Morning America Weekend Edition''; Correspondent * Em Nguyen – Multi-platform reporter * Eva Pilgrim – Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America, Good Morning America Weekend''; Correspondent * Byron Pitts – Co-Anchor, ''Nightline''; Chief National Correspondent (2013–present) * John Quiñones – Anchor, ''What Would You Do? (2008 TV program), What Would You Do?'' (1982–present) * Stephanie Ramos – Correspondent * Will Reeve - Correspondent (2018–present) * Erielle Reshef – Correspondent * Amy Robach – Co-Anchor, ''20/20'' and ''GMA3: What You Need To Know''; Reporter, ''Good Morning America'' (2012–present) * Deborah Roberts – Senior National Affairs Correspondent (1995–present) * Robin Roberts (newscaster), Robin Roberts – Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America''; Anchor, ''The Year'' (2002–present) * Reena Roy – Multi-platform reporter * Diane Sawyer – Anchor (1989–2014) * Lara Spencer – Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America'' (1999-2004; 2011–present) * George Stephanopoulos – Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America''; Anchor, ''This Week (American TV program), This Week'' (1999–present) * Michael Strahan – Co-Anchor, ''Good Morning America'' (2014–present) * Megan Tevrizian – Part-Time Correspondent * Bob Woodruff – Military Correspondent * Ginger Zee – Weather Anchor, ''Good Morning America''; Chief Meteorologist (2011–present) Washington, D.C. *Faith Abubey – Multi platform Reporter *Mary Bruce - Senior White House Correspondent *John Donvan – Washington Correspondent (1982-1985; 1988–present) *Ike Ejiochi – Multi platform Reporter *Averi Harper – Deputy Political Director *Devin Dwyer - Senior Washington Reporter (2007–present) *Jonathan Karl – Chief Washington Correspondent; Co-Anchor, ''This Week'' (2003–present) *Rick Klein – Political Director *Terry Moran – Senior National Correspondent; Anchor, ''#ABC News Live, ABC News Live Update'' (1997–present) *Kenneth Moton – Correspondent *MaryAlice Parks – White House Correspondent *Kyra Phillips – Correspondent; Anchor, ''#ABC News Live, ABC News Live Update'' *Alex Presha – Multiplatform Reporter *Martha Raddatz – Co-Anchor, ''This Week''; Chief Global Affairs Correspondent (1999–present) *Elizabeth Schulze – Multiplatform Reporter *Rachel Scott – Congressional Correspondent *Karen Travers – White House Correspondent *Pierre Thomas (journalist), Pierre Thomas – Chief Justice Correspondent *Cecilia Vega (anchor), Cecilia Vega – Chief White House Correspondent (2011–present) *Jen Newman – Producer, ABC's ''Start Here'' Atlanta *Elwyn Lopez – Corresponsdent *Steve Osunsami – Senior National Senior National Correspondent (1997–present) Chicago * Alex Perez – Correspondent Dallas *Marcus Moore – Correspondent *Kevin Reece – Reporter for WFAA and Correspondent Los Angeles * Will Carr – Correspondent * Marci Gonzalez – Correspondent (2013–present) * Matt Gutman – Chief National Correspondent (2008–present) * Kaylee Hartung – Correspondent *Morgan Norwood – Multiplatform Reporter *Zohreen Shah – Multiplatform Reporter *Kayna Whitworth – Los Angeles-based Correspondent (2015–present) London * Lama Hasan – Foreign Correspondent * James Longman – Foreign Correspondent (2017–present) * Julia Macfarlane – Multiplatform Reporter * Ian Pannell – Senior Foreign Correspondent * Maggie Rulli – Foreign Correspondent Miami * Victor Oquendo – Correspondent Paris * Ines de La Cuetara – Multi-platform Reporter San Francisco * Becky Worley – Consumer Correspondent; Technology Contributor (2005–present) Current ABC News Radio personnel * Michelle Franzen – Midday Anchor *Aaron Katersky – Correspondent *Brad Mielke – Correspondent, ABC News Radio; Host, ''Start Here'' podcast *Jason Nathanson – Entertainment Correspondent, ABC News Radio (2011–present) *Cheri Preston – New York-based Anchor/ Correspondent, ABC News Radio *Mark Remillard – New York-based Correspondent, ABC News Radio *Tom Rivers – London-based Foreign Correspondent, ABC News Radio *Jim Ryan – Dallas-based Correspondent, ABC News Radio * Alex Stone – Los Angeles-based and Phoenix-based Correspondent, ABC News Radio (2004–present) Contributors * Darrell Blocker, the "Spy Whisperer" – Contributor (2019–present) * Howard Bragman – Contributor (2010–present) * Chris Christie – Contributor (2018–present) * Nate Silver – Special Correspondent; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of FiveThirtyEight * Dr. Darien Sutton – Medical Contributor (2020–present)


Former

('†' symbol indicates person deceased) * Sharyn Alfonsi (2008–2012; now at CBS News) * Christiane Amanpour (2010–2012; now at CNN) * Jack Anderson (columnist), Jack Anderson (1975–1984)† *
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(1977–1998)† * Thalia Assuras * Ashleigh Banfield (1991–1993; now at Nexstar NewsNation) * Adrienne Bankert (now at Nexstar NewsNation) * Rona Barrett (1975–1980) * Martin Bashir (2005–2010; later at MSNBC; now at BBC News) * Willow Bay (1994–1998; later at CNN, MSNBC & NBC News; now Dean at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles) * Steve Bell (news anchor), Steve Bell (1967–1986)† * Jules Bergman (1953–1987)† * John Berman (now at CNN) * Dr. Richard E. Besser (2009–2017) * Bill Beutel (1962–1975)† * Charles Bierbauer * Erma Bombeck (1975–1986)† * Abbie Boudreau * Donna Brazile * David Brinkley (1981–1996)† * David Brooks (journalist), David Brooks * Aaron Brown (journalist), Aaron Brown (1992–2001; later at CNN) * Hal Bruno (1978–1999)† * Chris Bury (1982–2007) * Andrea Canning (2004–2012; now at NBC News, correspondent for ''Dateline NBC'') * Marysol Castro (2004–2010; later at CBS News; then at ESPN; now PA announcer for New York Mets baseball at Citi Field) * David Chalian (now at CNN) * Sam Champion (2006–2013; later at The Weather Channel; now at
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in New York City) * Rebecca Chase Williams, Rebecca Chase† * Sylvia Chase† * Leo Cherne† * Julia Child† * Liz Cho (now at
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in New York City) * Spencer Christian (1986–1998; now at KGO-TV in San Francisco) * Connie Chung (1998–2001; later at CNN; later at MSNBC) * Ron Claiborne (1986–2018) * Bob Clark (television reporter), Bob Clark† * John Coleman (meteorologist), John Coleman† * Ron Cochran† * Pat Collins (film critic), Pat Collins (later at WWOR-TV; now retired) * Ann Compton (retired) * Bertha Coombs * Anderson Cooper (now at CNN) * Nancy Cordes (now at CBS) * Dan Cordtz (1974–1989)† * Katie Couric (2011–2014; now at Yahoo! News) * Catherine Crier * Mort Crim (late 1960s–early 1970s) later at WDIV-TV in Detroit; retired from journalism * Christopher Cuomo, Chris Cuomo (early 2000s–2009) * Don Dahler (1999–2001) later at WCBS-TV in New York City; now at CBS News * John Charles Daly, John Daly (1953–1960)† * Morton Dean (1988–2002) retired * Arnold Diaz (1995–2003) later at WCBS-TV and WNYW in New York City, now at WPIX in New York City * Greg Dobbs (journalist), Greg Dobbs * Sam Donaldson (1967–2013) now retired * Linda Douglass * Matthew Dowd * Bill Downs (1963–1978)† * Hugh Downs (1978–1999)† * Nancy Dussault * Stephanie Edwards (television personality), Stephanie Edwards * Linda Ellerbee * Josh Elliott (later at CBS News (streaming service), CBSN) * Paula Faris * Gillian Findlay * Lisa Fletcher (now at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.) * Jami Floyd (1998–2005) correspondent, co-anchor, Law and Justice Correspondent, Chief Consumer Correspondent * Jack Ford (journalist), Jack Ford (1999–2002; now at CBS News as chief legal analyst) * Marshall Frady† * Pauline Frederick (journalist), Pauline Frederick† * Ray Gandolf† * Charles Gibson (1975–2009; now retired from journalism) * Kendis Gibson (now at WFOR-TV in Miami) * Richard Gizbert (now at Al Jazeera English) * Don Goddard† * Bianna Golodryga — later at Yahoo! News; now jointly on CBS News and CNN * Jeff Greenfield * Bill Greenwood (reporter), Bill Greenwood† * Roger Grimsby† * David Hartman (TV personality), David Hartman * Dan Harris (journalist), Dan Harris (2000-2021) * Sandy Hill (television personality), Sandy Hill * Brandi Hitt (now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles) * John Hockenberry (now host of the public-radio newscast ''The Takeaway'') * Lisa Howard (reporter), Lisa Howard† * Quincy Howe† * Brit Hume (now at Fox News) * Bob Jamieson * Linzie Janis – correspondent (2013–2018) * Tom Jarriel (retired) * Peter Jennings (1964–2005)† * Dr. Timothy Johnson (medical journalist), Timothy Johnson * Jackie Judd * Larry Kane * Herb Kaplow† * Neal Karlinsky (now at Amazon) * David Kerley * Jim Kincaid† * Dana King (retired) * Christianne Klein * Dan Kloeffler * Jeffrey Kofman * Ted Koppel (1966–2005) now at ''CBS News Sunday Morning'' * Robert Krulwich (now at NPR, also co-host of Radiolab) * Bill Lawrence (news personality), Bill Lawrence† * Elisabeth Leamy (now contributor for ''The Dr. Oz Show'') * Mark Litke (1978-2008 now freelance) * Tom Llamas (now at NBC News) * Joan Lunden * Lauren Lyster * Catherine Mackin† * John MacVane† * Sheila MacVicar * Miguel Marquez * Michel Martin (now at NPR, weekend host of ''All Things Considered'') * Rachel Martin (broadcast journalist), Rachel Martin (now at NPR, co-host of ''Morning Edition'') * Terry McCarthy (journalist) (now CEO at the American Society of Cinematographers) * Cynthia McFadden (now at NBC News) * Lisa McRee (now at KTTV in Los Angeles) * John McWethy† * Antonio Mora * Edward P. Morgan† * Geoff Morrell (spokesperson), Geoff Morrell * Ben Mulroney * Vinita Nair * Heather Nauert (later Spokesperson for the United States Department of State during the Trump administration) * Amna Nawaz (now with PBS NewsHour) * Rob Nelson (reporter), Rob Nelson (now at NewsNation in Chicago) * Kevin Newman (journalist), Kevin Newman (now at CTV News) * Reena Ninan (now at CBS News) * Michele Norris (now at NPR) * Bill O'Reilly (political commentator), Bill O'Reilly * Ryan Owens * Jesse Palmer (now with DailyMailTV) * Keke Palmer * Tara Palmeri (now at Politico) * Perri Peltz * Tony Perkins (meteorologist), Tony Perkins (now at WUSA (TV), WUSA in Washington, D.C.) * Indra Petersons (now at NBC) * Stone Phillips * Steven Portnoy * Morgan Radford * Vic Ratner * Harry Reasoner† * Dean Reynolds * Frank Reynolds† * Bill Ritter (journalist), Bill Ritter (now at WABC-TV in New York City) * Geraldo Rivera (now at Fox News) * Tanya Rivero (now at CBS News) * Cokie Roberts† * Max Robinson (1978–1983; later at WMAQ-TV in Chicago)† * Brian Rooney (journalist), Brian Rooney (1988-2011) * Judd Rose† * Brian Ross (journalist), Brian Ross * Louis Rukeyser† * Pierre Salinger† * Clayton Sandell * Marlene Sanders† * Forrest Sawyer * Dick Schaap† * Jay Schadler * John Scali† * Mara Schiavocampo * Nick Schifrin * David Schoumacher * John Schriffen * Mike Schneider (news anchor), Mike Schneider (now at NJTV) * Jim Sciutto (now at CNN) * Martin Seemungal (now at PBS) * Barry Serafin * Sunlen Serfaty (now at CNN) * Lara Setrakian * Bill Shadel† * Bernard Shaw (journalist), Bernard Shaw† * Lynn Sherr * Claire Shipman * Lewis Shollenberger† * Joel Siegel† * Carole Simpson * Howard K. Smith† * Rachel Smith * Kate Snow (now at NBC News) * Dr. Nancy Snyderman * Hari Sreenivasan * Betsy Stark * Alison Stewart * Bill Stewart (journalist), Bill Stewart† * John Stossel (now at Fox Business and Fox News) * Kathleen Sullivan (journalist), Kathleen Sullivan * Stephanie Sy * John Cameron Swayze† * Jake Tapper (now at CNN) * Richard Threlkeld† * Jeffrey Toobin (now at CNN) * Lem Tucker† * Garrick Utley† * Sander Vanocur† * Elizabeth Vargas (1996–2018) * Chris Wallace (journalist), Chris Wallace (now at CNN) * Clarissa Ward (now at CNN) * Barbara Walters (retired from journalism, remains with ABC News as a contributor) * Bill Weir (now at CNN) * David Wright (journalist), David Wright * John Yang (journalist), John Yang (now correspondent; PBS NewsHour) * Jessica Yellin * Bob Young (news anchor), Bob Young† * Paula Zahn (now at Investigation Discovery) * Jeff Zeleny (now at CNN) * David Zinczenko, Dave Zinczenko (now nutrition and wellness editor at Today (American TV program), NBC's TODAY) In Australia, Sky News Australia airs daily broadcasts of ''ABC World News Tonight'' (at 10:30 a.m.) and ''Nightline'' (at 1:30 a.m.) as well as weekly airings of ''20/20'' (on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., with an extended version at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays) and occasionally ''Primetime'' (at 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays, with extended edition at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays). Coincidentally, that country's public broadcasting, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, operates its own unrelated news division that is also named ABC News (Australia), ABC News. The U.S. ABC News maintains a content sharing agreement with the Nine Network, which also broadcasts ''GMA'' domestically in the early morning before its own Today (Australian TV program), breakfast program. In New Zealand, ''ABC World News'' was broadcast daily at 5:10 p.m. and again at 11:35 p.m. As with the BBC in the U.K., TVNZ 7 (owned by Television New Zealand) aired the program commercial-free, until the channel ceased operations on June 30, 2012.


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