The ABC television station group includes 10 local stations, which reach 24 percent of the country's TV households. Although an increasingly soft industrywide advertising economy lowered station revenues, the ABC-owned group maintained its market share.

All ABC-owned stations presented a wide range of local news and public affairs programming, including around-the-clock, commercial-free coverage following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The attack on the World Trade Center caused almost all major New York TV stations to lose their transmission facilities. WABC-TV quickly got back on the air through a temporary transmission facility in Alpine, N.J. A long-term solution was in place by November.

Popular fare offered by ABC stations included highly rated syndicated series, such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Live! with Regis and Kelly.