ABC Radio was known to broadcast the first nationwide report of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Kennedy was shot in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, at 18:30 UTC on November 22, 1963, and ABC Radio's Don Gardiner anchored the network's initial bulletin at 18:36:50 UTC, minutes before any other radio or television network followed suit.

Despite a number of different owners (Capital Cities Communications and later Disney), the radio division remained under ABC's wing until June 12, 2007, when it was sold to Citadel Broadcasting as well as most of its O&O stations in a restructuring effort.

[4] In April 2018, ABC announced that it planned to develop new syndicated radio programs with Skyview.

[6] Around 2015, ABC News began experimenting with podcasts and added an audio channel to its app.

[9] Vice president and general manager Steve Jones left April 4, 2019 to work at Skyview.

[10] He was replaced in May 2019 by Stacia Philips Deshishku promoted from the position of Washington Deputy Bureau Chief.