Gray Media renews local TV affiliations with Disney’s ABC
Gray Media and the Walt Disney Company reached a new deal to keep ABC on more than two dozen local TV stations through 2028.
ABC
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television broadcast network owned by the Walt Disney Company. ABC operates the ABC broadcast television network, ABC Radio network, ABC News and local ABC stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Fresno and Raleigh-Durham.
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