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American Broadcasting Companies

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American Broadcasting Companies

[Est. July 1965]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79053134
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Name Authority File
Collection Membership(s)
- Names Collection - Authorized Headings
- LC Names Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. American Broadcasting Companies
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn+79053134#skos:Concept
Earlier Established Forms
- American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
Sources
- found: Sprung, J. V. Apollo 11, 1969.
- found: Moody's indus. man., 1995 (under Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.: in Jan. 1986 Capital Cities Communications, Inc. acquired American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.)
- found: WWW, Jan. 13, 1998 (American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., a Delaware company)
General Notes
- [Est. July 1965]
Editorial Notes
- [American Broadcasting System incorporated Mar. 1943; name changed Oct. 1944 to American Broadcasting Company; in Feb. 1953 merged with United Paramount Theatres to form American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres; in July 1965 name changed to American Broadcasting Companies; American Broadcasting Company continued as division of American Broadcasting Companies]
Change Notes
- 1979-05-31: new
- 2010-01-15: revised

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