ABC7 New York
New York City ABC station WABC-TV, owned by Disney
ABC7 New York is the brand of WABC-TV, the ABC television station on channel 7 in New York City. It signed on on 10 August 1948 as WJZ-TV and is the flagship station of the ABC network. Its studios are at 7 Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan, alongside ABC's corporate headquarters.Sources:2Wikipedia: WABC-TV, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)3ABC7 New York: About ABC7 New York, ABC7 New York (source, opens in a new tab)
The station is owned and operated by ABC Owned Television Stations, a division of ABC, whose parent company is The Walt Disney Company.Sources:2Wikipedia: WABC-TV, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)4Media Bias/Fact Check: ABC7 New York – Bias and Credibility, Media Bias/Fact Check (source, opens in a new tab)
Who it favours
We have not analysed ABC7 New York's coverage yet. When we do, this shows which side its articles favoured, story by story.
Who controls it
Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.
No government, party or politician is documented as its owner, main funder or director.
Owners, funders and directors
- OwnerABC Owned Television StationsABC's owned-stations division Sources:2Wikipedia: WABC-TV, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)4Media Bias/Fact Check: ABC7 New York – Bias and Credibility, Media Bias/Fact Check (source, opens in a new tab)
- OwnerThe Walt Disney CompanyParent company of ABC; no controlling shareholder on the public record Sources:2Wikipedia: WABC-TV, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)4Media Bias/Fact Check: ABC7 New York – Bias and Credibility, Media Bias/Fact Check (source, opens in a new tab)6Wikipedia: The Walt Disney Company, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
- DirectorJosh D'AmaroCEO of Disney since 18 March 2026 Sources:7Wikipedia: Josh D'Amaro, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
- DirectorJames P. GormanChairman of Disney's board since January 2025 Sources:6Wikipedia: The Walt Disney Company, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)8Wikipedia: James P. Gorman, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.
- Ownership disclosed on its site
- Published corrections policy
- Funding disclosed
- Sources:3ABC7 New York: About ABC7 New York, ABC7 New York (source, opens in a new tab)
How we use it
2 stories cite ABC7 New York directly.
October 2026
- AI-found PHP2Shell flaws push governments and companies to take websites offlineTwo critical PHP flaws found with AI help led governments, banks and Wikipedia to pull sites offline while attackers began probing unpatched servers.
- New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion in Cambridge Analytica-era privacy caseA New Mexico judge set a $25 billion penalty against Meta after a jury found more than 43 million violations of state consumer protection law over Facebook's privacy statements.
Outside left–right raters
For comparison only. Western raters place outlets on a left–right line, which says nothing about whom they favour in a given story or who funds them; our own tally is above.
AllSides: Center (checked 24 Oct 2026) · Media Bias/Fact Check: Least Biased (checked 24 Oct 2026)
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