American Broadcasting Company

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/american-broadcasting-company

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the broadcast network type?Commercial broadcast television and radio network
2. What is the originating network?Successor to the NBC Blue Network

Broadcast Network: A system of interconnected radio or television stations that transmit programming simultaneously.
Corporate Parent: A company that owns a controlling interest in another company, often referred to as a subsidiary.
Simultaneous Substitution: A regulation in Canada that allows Canadian broadcasters to replace the signal of a foreign station with their own during simultaneous broadcasts.
Affiliated Station: A local television or radio station that has a contractual agreement to broadcast programming from a national network.