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 type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CCB
Industry	Radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, publishing, recording
Predecessor	American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
Founded	April 5, 1946
Founders	Hyman Rosenblum; Lowell Thomas; Frank Smith
Defunct	September 5, 1996
Fate	Merged into The Walt Disney Company
Successor	Disney General Entertainment Content; The Walt Disney Company; Disney–ABC Domestic Television; ABC Owned Television Stations;
Headquarters	Albany, New York, U.S.
Key people	Thomas Murphy (chairman and CEO); Daniel J. Burke (president);
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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.


Formerly	Hudson Valley Broadcasting Company (1946–1959) Capital Cities Broadcasting (1959–1973) Capital Cities Communications (1973–1985)
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CCB
Industry	Radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, publishing, recording
Predecessor	American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
Founded	April 5, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-05)
Founders	Hyman Rosenblum Lowell Thomas Frank Smith
Defunct	September 5, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-09-05)
Fate	Merged into The Walt Disney Company
Successor	Disney General Entertainment Content The Walt Disney Company Disney–ABC Domestic Television ABC Owned Television Stations
Headquarters	Albany, New York , U.S.
Key people	Thomas Murphy (chairman and CEO) Daniel J. Burke (president)
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