American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Inc., is the television and radio network in the United States that first aired and developed Speechless.

History
In the 1920s, NBC and CBS were the two main radio networks available. NBC had two different networks, the Blue network and the Red network. In 1943, NBC sold its Blue network to Edward Novel, who changed its name to ABC, in 1944. The ABC network began its airings on April 19th, 1958. The three letters of its acronym have earned it the nickname, "the alphabet network."

On February 9th of the same year, the ownership of ABC was transferred to UPT, and in 1953 it was owned by Capital Cities company. In 1996, ABC was eventually sold to The Walt Disney Company, which has maintained its ownership until the present day. Specifically, the network's full name is American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and is owned by the acronym-named parent company ABC, Inc. (formerly Capital Cities/ABC Inc.), which is owned by Disney. Disney also owns Touchstone Picutres, and therefore also owns its subsidiary ABC Studios, formerly Touchstone Television, which produces Lost. Disney–ABC Domestic Television is the entity responsible for the management of ABC Studios and ABC's television syndication, including that of Speechless.