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Not to be confused with Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.

Contents

1953–1955	1955–1957	1957–1959	1959–1962	1962–1967	1967–1971	1971–1975


1975–1978	1978–1982	1982–1985	1985–1986	1986–1988	1988–1989	1989–1992


1992–1994	1994–1995	1995–2011	2011–2018	2018–present

1953–1955

When KMBC-TV first signed on the air as a CBS affiliate on August 2, 1953, the station operated as a shared service as two stations due to the FCC having awarded the channel 9 license in Kansas City to Cook Paint and Varnish Company (which operated WHB radio) and the Midland Broadcasting Company (owners of KMBC radio, now KMBZ), alternating 90 minutes of airtime and using the same channel allocation and transmitter, but broadcasting from separate studios. Cook Paint and Varnish purchased Midland in April 1954, ending the split-station arrangement, with KMBC-TV taking over the channel 9 frequency full-time on June 14 of that year.

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1955–1957

KMBC became an ABC affiliate on September 28, 1955, switching affiliations with KCMO-TV (now KCTV).

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1957–1959

1959–1962

Cook Paint and Varnish sold the KMBC stations to Metropolitan Broadcasting (later Metromedia) in 1961.

1962–1967

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1967–1971

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1971–1975

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1975–1978

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1978–1982

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1982–present

1982–1985

Metromedia sold KMBC to its current parent company Hearst Corporation in 1982. As a result, the "9" logo was revamped into the current "circle 9" (which is an inverted version of the logo that was used by WRGB from 1981 to 1998). A year later, the station adopted its current newscast title KMBC 9 News.

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1985–1986

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1986–1988

KMBC began using the slogan "Where the News Comes First" in 1986, which remained in use for the next thirteen years.

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1988–1989

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1989–1992

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1992–1994

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1994–1995

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1995–2011

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2011–2018

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2018–present

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External links

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Newspapers:

The Advocate | Times Union | Beaumont Enterprise | Connecticut Post | The Courier | Edwardsville Intelligencer | Greenwich Time | Houston Chronicle | Huron Daily Tribune | Laredo Morning Times | Manistee News Advocate | The Middletown Press | Midland Daily News | Midland Reporter-Telegram | New Haven Register | The News-Times | The Norwalk Hour | Plainview Daily Herald | The Pioneer | The Register Citizen | San Antonio Express-News | San Francisco Chronicle | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | The Telegraph | Connecticut Magazine

Weekly newspapers:
Cleveland Advocate | Eastex Advocate | The Lake Houston Observer | The Potpourri | The Villager | La Vos de Houston

Magazines:
Car and Driver | Cosmopolitan | Country Living | Dr. Oz The Good Life | Elle | Elle Decor | Esquire | Food Network Magazine | Good Housekeeping (US / UK) | Harper's Bazaar (Harper by Harper's Bazaar) | HGTV Magazine | House Beautiful | Marie Claire | O, The Oprah Magazine | Popular Mechanics | Redbook | Road & Track | Seventeen | SmartMoney | Teen | Town & Country | Veranda | Woman's Day | CDS Global

Hearst Magazines Digital Media: ELLEgirl.com | eCRUSH | eSPIN | Shondaland.com

Hearst Magazines International: All About Soap | Company | Digital Spy | Elle | Esquire | Inside Soap | Psychologies | Red | Quo | Sugar | Zest

Hearst Television:
ABC affiliates: KETV | KHBS/KHOG-TV | KMBC-TV | KOAT-TV | KOCO-TV | KSBW-DT2 | WAPT | WCVB-TV | WISN-TV | WJCL-TV | WMTW | WMUR-TV | WPBF | WTAE-TV
CBS Affiliates: KCCI | WLKY-TV
CW Affiliates: KCWE | KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 | WCWG | WKCF | WNNE | WPXT
Independent station: WMOR-TV
MeTV affiliates: KCCI-DT2 | KCRA-DT2 | KETV-DT2 | KMBC-DT2 | KOCO-DT2 | WAPT-DT2 | WBAL-DT2 | WCVB-DT2 | WDSU-DT2 | WESH-DT2 | WLKY-DT2 | WLWT-DT2 | WMUR-DT2 | WPTZ-DT3 | WVTM-DT2 | WXII-DT2
MyNetworkTV affiliates: KCCI-DT3 | KQCA
NBC affiliates: KCRA-TV | KSBW | WBAL-TV | WDSU | WESH | WGAL | WLWT | WPTZ | WVTM-TV | WXII-TV | WYFF
This TV affiliate: WMOR-DT2
True Crime Network affiliate: WKCF-DT2

Programming: Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

Predecessor companies:
Argyle Television Holdings II | Pulitzer Broadcasting

Radio:
WBAL | WIYY

Entertainment and syndication:

Co-owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company

NOTE: Except for European markets which fully owned by Hearst (and its respective partners) since 2019.

US networks:
A&E (HD) | Crime + Investigation (HD) | FYI (HD) | History (HD) | History en Español | Lifetime (HD) | LMN (HD) | LRW (HD) | Military History | Vice on TV¹

Canada:
Lifetime | History | Historia | History 2

Latin America²:
A&E (HD) | History (HD) | History 2 (HD) | Lifetime³ (HD)

United Kingdom & Ireland:⁴
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | Sky History | Sky History 2 | Lifetime | Vice

Iberian Peninsula:⁵
Blaze (HD) | Historia (HD) | Crimen & Investigación/Crime & Investigação

India:⁶
History TV18 (HD) | FYI TV18 (HD)

Asia
Lifetime | History | Crime + Investigation

Others:
A&E Studios | A&E IndieFilms | Lifetime Films | History Films

Defunct:
The Entertainment Channel | Alpha Repertory Television Service | The History Channel India | The Biography Channel UK and Ireland | The Biography Channel Latin America | Lifetime Moms | FYI (Southeast Asia)

Notes
¹Joint venture with Vice Media.
²Joint venture with Ole Communications.
³Joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.
⁴Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁵Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁶Joint venture with TV18.

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Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

U.S. networks:
ACCN | ESPN (HD) | ESPN 2 | ESPNews | ESPN Classic | ESPNU | ESPN Deportes | ESPN PPV | ESPN 3 | ESPN College Extra | Longhorn Network | SEC Network
U.S. blocks:

Current programming:

ESPN College Football (Saturday Night Football) | ESPY Awards | NBA on ESPN | Tournament of Roses Parade | WNBA on ESPN | X Games

Former programming:
ABC College Football | ABC's Wide World of Sports | The American Sportsman | Arena Football League on ESPN | Battle of the Network Stars | College Basketball on ABC | ESPN Sports Saturday | Fight of the Week | IndyCar Series on ESPN | Major League Baseball on ABC | The Baseball Network | Monday Night Football | NASCAR on ESPN | NHL on ABC | Olympics on ABC | PGA Tour on ABC | Professional Bowlers Tour | The Superstars

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (ESPN2) | Brazil (ESPN | 2 | Extra) | Caribbean | Latin America (Extra | 2 | 3 | Extra Polo) | UK¹ | Africa⁵ | Netherlands

Canadian networks (Co-owned with Bell Media):
The Sports Network (TSN1 | TSN2 | TSN3 | TSN4 | TSN5) | RDS | RDS2 | RDS Info | ESPN Classic Canada

Japanese networks
J-Sports 1 | J-Sports 2 | J-Sports 3 | J-Sports 4

Current ventures:
ESPN+ | ESPN.com | ESPN Books | ESPN Broadband | ESPN Deportes La Revista | ESPN Deportes.com | ESPN Events | ESPN Films | ESPN Home Entertainment | ESPN Integration | ESPY Awards | The Undefeated | Watch ESPN

Defunct ventures:
Arena Football League (minority stake, 2006–2009) | ESPN5 (Philippines)³ (2017–2020) | ESPNews Asia (1996–2013) | ESPN 3D (2010–2013) | ESPN America (2002–2013) | ESPN Bases Loaded (2010-2020) | ESPN Buzzer Beater (2010–2017) | ESPN Classic (UK) (2006–2013) | ESPN Deportes Radio (2004–2019) | ESPN Full Court (1995–2015) | ESPN GamePlan (1996–2015) | ESPN Goal Line (2010-2020) | ESPN HD (2003–2011) | ESPN HS (1997–2012) | ESPN MVP (2005–2006) | ESPN Now | ESPN Plus (1996–2009) | ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1994–2013) | ESPN The Magazine (1998-2019) | ESPN West | ESPN Zone (1998–2018) | Grantland (2011–2015) | NHL Network Canada (2001–2015) | SEC TV (2009–2014) | Sony ESPN (HD) (India)⁴

U.S. sports broadcasting rights:
AFL | College Basketball | College Football | Golf | High School Football | MLB | MLS (MLS Game of the Week | MLS Soccer Sunday) | NFL | NBA | WNBA | Tennis | X Games
Former sports broadcasting rights:
IndyCar Series | NASCAR | NHL | Thoroughbred Racing on ESPN

Other properties:
FiveThirtyEight | Jayski's Silly Season Site | ESPN FC | ESPNF1 | ESPNscrum | Scouts Inc. | TrueHoop | ESPNcricinfo

Current programming:
30 for 30 | Always Late with Katie Nolan | Around the Horn | Baseball Tonight | The Beat | College Football Final | College Football Live | College Football Scoreboard | College Basketball Live | College GameDay (Basketball) | College GameDay (Football) | College GameNight | E:60 | First Take | ESPN2 Garage | The Fantasy Show | Get Up! | Golic and Wingo | High Noon | Highly Questionable | Jalen & Jacoby | The Jump | Monday Night Countdown | Max on Boxing | NBA Coast to Coast | NBA Countdown | NBA Shootaround | NBA Tonight | NFL Insiders | NFL Live | NFL Matchup | NFL Primetime | NFL Rewind | Outside The Lines | Pardon the Interruption | SportsCenter (SportsCenter:AM | SportsCenter Face to Face with Hannah Storm | SportsCenter Coast-to-Coast | SC @ Night | SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt | X Center | SportsCenterU) | SportsNation | Sunday NFL Countdown | WNBA Shootaround | World Cup Live

Former programming:
1st and 10 | 2 Minute Drill | Baseball 2Day | BassCenter | Battle of the Gridiron Stars | Beg, Borrow & Deal | Bonds on Bonds | Bound for Glory | The Bronx is Burning | Cheap Seats | Cold Pizza | The Contender | Dream Job | ESPN Friday Night Fights | ESPN Hollywood | His & Hers | I'd Do Anything | Intentional Talk² | Jim Rome is Burning | Knight School | Madden Nation | Mike & Mike | MLS ExtraTime | MLS Primetime Thursday | MLS Soccer Saturday | MMA Live | NASCAR Countdown | NASCAR Now | NFL 32 | NHL 2Night | Nine for IX | Olbermann | Playmakers | Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith | RPM 2Night | SC6 with Michael and Jemele | SpeedWeek | SportsNight | The Sports Reporters | Stump the Schwab | Sunday Night Football | Talk2 | Tilt | Upscripted with Chris Connelly | Up Close | Winners Bracket

¹Operated by BT under license.
²Also airs on MLB Network.
³Partnership with TV5 Network Inc.
⁴Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India. ^{5</Airs only on DStv.}

Cosmopolitan TV (part owner) | DailyINK | Hearst Entertainment | King Features Syndicate (Others) | Light TV (part owner) | NorthSouth Productions (50%) | RealAge | Reed Brennan Media Associates | Verizon Hearst Media Partners (50%)² | Litton Entertainment (majority) | Texture By Next Issue (part owner)

Interactive media:
Kaboodle

Business Media:
First DataBank | Fitch Group (50%) | Motor

Real estate:
Hearst Ranch | Hearst Service Center | Hearst Tower

Defunct/dissolved:
King Phoenix Entertainment | Esquire Network³ (50%) | Talk⁴ | One Three Media | United Artists Media Group (15%)

¹Joint venture with The Walt Disney Company, which owns 80% of ESPN and 50% of A+E Networks.
²Co-owned with Verizon Communications.
³Co-owned with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
⁴Joint-venture with Miramax.

ABC owned and affiliated television stations

Owned Television Stations:

KABC-TV | KFSN-TV | KGO-TV | KTRK-TV | WABC-TV | WLS-TV | WPVI-TV | WTVD

Affiliates
WBMA / WABM-DT2 / WDBB-DT2 / WGWW-DT2 | WDHN | WAAY | WNCF | KYUR | KATN | KJUD | KNXV | KGUN | KHBS / KHOG | KAIT | KATV | KAEF | KERO | KECY-DT2 | KESQ | KRCR | KXTV | KSBW-DT2 | KGTV | KEYT | KRDO | KMGH | KJCT | WTNH | WJLA | WCJB | WPLG | WZVN | WJXX | WFTV | WMBB | WEAR | WWSB | WTXL | WFTS | WPBF | WALB-DT2 | WSB | WJBF | WTVM | WGXA-DT2 | WJCL | KITV / KHVO / KMAU | KIFI | KIVI / KSAW-LD | WICS / WICD | WSIL / KPOB | WQAD | WEEK-DT2 | WTVO | WEHT | WPTA | WRTV | WPBY | WBND | WAWV | WOI | KCRG | KCAU | KTKA | KAKE / KLBY / KUPK / KGBD-LD / KHDS | WBKO | WTVQ | WHAS | KLAX | WBRZ | KATC | KVHP-DT2 | KNOE-DT2 | WGNO | KTBS | WVII | WMTW | WMAR | WMDT | WCVB | WLNE | WGGB | WBKB-DT3 | WZZM | WOTV | WXYZ | WJRT | WBUP | WLAJ | WGTU / WGTQ | KAAL | WDIO / WIRT | KSTP / KSAX / KRWF | WLOX | WABG | WAPT | WDAM-DT2 | WTOK | WTVA-DT2 | KMIZ | KHQA-DT2 | KODE | KMBC | KTVO | KQTV | KDNL | KSPR | KSVI | KWYB / KWYB-LD | KFBB / KHBB | KTMF | KHGI / KHGI-CD / KWNB | KLKN | KETV | KTNV | KOLO | WMUR | KOAT | KVIA | WTEN | WIVT | WKBW | WENY | WHAM | WSYR | WUTR | WWTI | WLOS | WSOC | WCTI | WWAY | WXLV | KBMY / KMCY | WDAY / WDAZ | WCPO | WEWS | WSYX | WKEF | WOHL / WPNM | WTVG | WYTV | KTEN-DT3 | KSWO | KOCO | KTUL | KOHD | KEZI | KDRV / KDKF | KATU | WATM / WWCP-DT2 | WJET | WHTM | WTAE | WNEP | WCIV-DT2 | WOLO | WPDE | KOTA / KHSD / KNEP | KSFY / KPRY / KABY | WTVC | WBBJ | WJHL-DT2 | WATE | WATN | WKRN | KTXS / KTXE | KVII / KVIH | KVUE | KBMT | KIII | WFAA | KVIA | KGNS-DT2 | KAMC | KMID | KSAT | KTXS | KLTV / KTRE | KAVU | KXXV / KRHD | KRGV | KTVX | WVNY | WVAW | WVEC | WHSV | WSET | WRIC | KOMO | KXLY | KAPP / KVEW | WCHS | WBOY-DT2 | WOAY | WTRF-DT3 | WQOW | WBAY | WXOW | WKOW | WISN | WAOW / WMOW-DT2 / WYOW | KTWO / KKTQ | KTGM / KPPC | WORA / WRFB | WCVI-DT2 | ZFB

^{Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.}

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