As the network gained in the ratings, it became an attractive property, and over the next few years ABC approached, or was approached, by GE, Howard Hughes, Litton Industries, GTE and ITT.

Most importantly, when DuMont agreed in principle to merge with ABC in 1953, Paramount vetoed the deal in part due to an earlier FCC ruling that Paramount controlled DuMont.

ABC agreed, although they wanted to have one star to help attract European audiences to the film when it would be shown theatrically there.

Taco Bell and the NBA agreed on a 4 year deal allowing them to advertise on ABC, TNT and ESPN, and NBA-themed promotions.

He liked living in Darwin and was keen to take up the position, so Martin agreed to decline the Sydney job and return to Darwin in May 1985 where Martin gained another position on an ABC Radio morning show.

The three major networks of the time agreed to take turns covering the hearings live, each network thus maintained coverage of the hearings every third day, starting with ABC on May 17 and ending with NBC on August 7.

In return, ABC agreed to honor all of DuMont's network commitments.

Bradman also agreed to an extensive interview for ABC radio, broadcast as Bradman: The Don Declares in eight 55-minute episodes during 1988.

In 1974 Norman signed to the mainstream label ABC Records, who agreed to distribute Solid Rock's records.

Despite the show's steady decline, ABC agreed to a fourth season of Mork & Mindy, but executives wanted changes.

An ABC News story in March 2002 repeated this, and during a report entitled " A Saudi Apology " for Dateline NBC on Aug 25 2002, NBC reporter John Hockenberry traveled to ' Asir, where he interviewed the third brother, Salah, who agreed that his two brothers were dead and claimed they had been " brainwashed ".

After a successful test broadcast, ABC agreed to allow Crosby to pre-record his shows on tape.

Many Catholics agreed with him that the show was hostile to the beliefs and values of the Catholic Church, and ABC canceled Nothing Sacred after less than a season, reportedly for poor ratings.

While FOX had the broadcasting rights to the other Bowl Championship Series games from 2007 to 2010, the Rose Bowl, which negotiates its own television contract independent of the BCS, agreed to keep the game on ABC.

On February 6, 1994, ABC agreed to purchase KQRS ' main rival, KRXX ( the first " 93X ") from Entercom, and KQRS management immediately took control of the station.

CBS agreed to broadcast all games where an NFC team was on the road, NBC agreed to broadcast all games where an AFC team was on the road, and ABC agreed to broadcast Monday Night Football, making the NFL the first league to have a regular series of national telecasts in prime time.

Garth Porter was keen to produce her work and he recorded six tracks which he played to ABC Music who agreed to sign her on the spot.

This occurred at the end of season seven, at the end of which most of the cast was fired for budgetary reasons as ABC agreed to renew the show only if the budget per episode was drastically cut.

As originally agreed to between Cannell and then ABC executives Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner ( who would later form Carsey-Werner Productions ), the powers would be in the suit, not the guy ( though the suit would only work for him ) and Ralph would try to solve ordinary-type issues, such as trying to stop a fix in Major League Baseball (" The Two Hundred Miles-Per-Hour Fastball ") or an assassination attempt (" The Best Desk Scenario ").

Anthony agreed to portray himself, a Dallas-based minister with a small church looking into the ways televangelist ministries could grow so quickly, and ABC producers would pose as Anthony's " media consultants.

This prompted ABC to contact Mark Goodson about reviving the game ; this time around, Goodson agreed to have the show tape in Hollywood per ABC's wishes.

On April 7, 1983, Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC agreed to terms of a six year television package worth $ 1. 2 billion.

ABC insisted that the violence be toned down for network television and that a laugh track be included ( although some versions do not have this track or had it removed ; Spencer found it offensive that the audience be told when to laugh and was furious over the decision ), but agreed to cast Spencer's first choice for the lead character, the classically trained actor David Rasche.

After a merger in July 1968 ABC Television became Thames Television which continued production of the series, although it was still broadcast under the ABC name.

Shortly after the ABC – UPT merger, Goldenson approached DuMont with a merger offer.

After the merger with Disney, ABC became sister company to a record label group once again, the Buena Vista Music Group ( which includes such labels as Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records ).

This led to a situation where a successful company could be closed down through no fault of its own ; to prevent this the governing body of ITV, the Independent Television Authority, ordered a merger with the existing London weekday company Rediffusion, with ABC having majority control of the new operation.

As a sidebar to the February 1953 merger of ABC and United Paramount Theatres, channel 9 lost its CBS affiliation.

Questioning the ITA's decision Rediffusion attempted to slow down the merger: Only the threat of giving the licence solely to ABC made it relent.

The LTC had planned on buying the superior Teddington Studios of ABC, but following ABC's merger with Rediffusion, London to form Thames Television, the LTC were forced by the ITA to lease Rediffusion's site at Wembley.

He was critical of the merger of the Liberal and National parties in Queensland, telling ABC Radio in July 2008 " I don ’ t believe it ’ s going to have a positive effect on a federal level.

Other headline transactions the firm participated in include Revlon ( 1985 ), which resulted in the so-called Revlon Duty, and Citadel Broadcasting, of which Forstmann Little owns 27 %, following a merger with ABC Radio in 2006.

GRP currently manages the jazz back catalog that Universal had already owned prior to the PolyGram merger, except for what was once the jazz holdings of ABC Records, which are currently issued on Impulse!

Paramount Pictures, which owned a stake in DuMont, vetoed a merger with ABC who had merged with United Paramount Theaters, Paramount's former theater division, a year before.

Knowing that DuMont needed WDTV's cash flow to get its programming cleared in larger markets but also needed a short-term cash infusion after DuMont investor Paramount Pictures vetoed a merger between DuMont and ABC, which itself had just merged with United Paramount Theaters.

After his hiring, ABC's merger with ESPN under the Disney umbrella alllowed him to work on ESPN and ABC Sports divisions in 2006, including Major League Baseball, NBA games, ESPN Radio, golf tournaments, horse racing, the Indianapolis 500, Little League World Series, soccer games, college football, and even some NFL games ( including hosting halftime duties for Monday Night Football and Wild Card round games ).

In order to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's ( FCC ) ownership limits of the time, the new Capital Cities / ABC would have to sell either WXYZ-TV or each of three radio stations -- WJR, WHYT, or ABC-owned WRIF ( the former WXYZ-FM, which was sold as part of the merger ).

It was Capital Cities ' first station in Florida, the group's first — and only — independent station, and was also the last station acquired by the group prior to its merger with ABC.

Goldenson orchestrated the merger of United Paramount Theatres with ABC in 1953 ( after Paramount was ordered to spin it off in the wake of United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., a 1948 decree of the U. S. Supreme Court ).

ABC continued to own WRIF until its merger with Capital Cities Communications in 1986.

ABC owned and operated affiliates of Radio Disney and ESPN Radio were not included in the merger agreement, nor were the actual networks.