WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the ABC television network, located in New York City. WABC-TV is owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company. The station's studios and offices are located near Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters, and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building.
WABC-TV is best known in broadcasting circles for its highly successful version of the Eyewitness News format and for its morning show Live! with Kelly and Michael, syndicated nationally by corporate cousin Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
In the few areas of the eastern United States where an ABC station is not receivable over-the-air, WABC is available on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
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