Cumulus Media Networks
Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media. From 2011 until its merger with Westwood One, it controlled many of the radio assets formerly belonging to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which was broken up in 2007; Cumulus owned the portion of the network that was purchased by Citadel Broadcasting that year.
"ABC Radio Network" redirects here. For other uses, see ABC Radio.Type
- ABC, Inc. (1945–1953)
- American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
- (1953–1965)
- American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
- (1965–1986)
- Capital Cities/ABC
- (1986–1996)
- The Walt Disney Company
- (1996–2007)
- Citadel Broadcasting
- (2007–2011)
- Cumulus Media (2011–2014)
June 15, 1945
- December 12, 2013
- (68 years, 180 days)
- ABC Radio (1945–2009)
- Citadel Media (2009–2011)
National, through regional affiliates
The network adopted its final name in September 2011, following Cumulus's acquisition of Citadel; prior to this, it had been known as Citadel Media Networks since April 2009, after licensing the "ABC Radio Networks" name from The Walt Disney Company for nearly two years. ABC now operates ABC Audio which produces mostly short-form audio content for radio stations.
As ABC Radio Networks, it was the penultimate of the original major radio networks to still be owned by its original founding company, CBS Radio being the last. The Mutual Broadcasting System and the NBC Radio Network were both dissolved in 1999 after both were sold to the original Westwood One a decade earlier.
Programming[edit]
Satellite formats[edit]
In 1989, ABC Radio Networks acquired the Satellite Music Network which originally started in Chicago. Full-time music formats operated by ABC Radio, Citadel Media and Cumulus Media include the following: