Capital Cities/ABC

Capital Cities/ABC Inc.
Formerly
  • Hudson Valley Broadcasting Company
  • (1946–1959)
  • Capital Cities Broadcasting
  • (1959–1973)
  • Capital Cities Communications
  • (1973–1985)
Company typePublic
NYSE: CCB
IndustryRadio broadcasting, television broadcasting, publishing, recording
PredecessorAmerican Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
FoundedApril 5, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-05)
FoundersHyman Rosenblum
Lowell Thomas
Frank Smith
DefunctSeptember 5, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-09-05)
FateMerged into The Walt Disney Company
Successor
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Footnotes / references
[1]

Capital Cities/ABC Inc. was an American media company. It was founded in 1985 when Capital Cities Communications purchased the much larger American Broadcasting Company. It was eventually acquired by The Walt Disney Company and re-branded itself as Disney–ABC Television Group (now Disney General Entertainment Content) in 1996.

  1. ^ "SEC on acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC Inc. by The Walt Disney Company".