Additionally, ABC's owned stations are building new businesses that extend beyond traditional broadcasting. The ABC Owned Television Station Group includes 10 stations serving major markets: WABC-TV in New York, KABC-TV in Los Angeles, WLS-TV in Chicago, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, KGO-TV in San Francisco, KTRK-TV in Houston, WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, KFSN-TV in Fresno, WJRT-TV in Flint and WTVG-TV in Toledo. Each station operates three digital channels – simulcasting the station's programming in HD – offering local and network news as well as delivering local and regional weather reports (powered by AccuWeather), along with headlines from news and sports. The stations have launched ad-supported mobile video and text services in all 10 markets, and their Web sites collectively reach six million unique users every month.
In addition to carrying network programming, ABC-owned stations average more than 1,600 hours of local news a year, and seven now produce their local newscasts and other local programs in high definition. Seven stations also ranked No. 1 in households from sign-on to sign-off on average for the major ratings sweeps, and the group's National Television Sales unit has become a leading sales representative in professional sports, working with 24 teams.
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