Chii chakaitika pakutanga, kubatanidzwa kweABC-UPT kwakapedzwa here kana kuti ABC yakatanga nhepfenyuro dzayo dzokutanga dzemavara? Tichifunga nezvemubvunzo wapfuura, nyora mashoko akapoteredza mhinduro yacho. Inogona kuva mitsara 1 - 20. Mashoko akapoteredza:
Chiratidzo cheABC chakashanduka kakawanda kubva pakagadzwa nhepfenyuro yacho muna 1943. Chiratidzo chekutanga chechikwata ichi, chakatangwa muna 1946, chaiva nechiratidzo cheterevhizheni chaiva nemabhii anoti "T" uye "V", aine maikorofoni yeABC yakamira nechepakati, ichitaura nezvekutanga kwenhepfenyuro yeredhiyo. Apo kubatanidzwa kweABC-UPT kwakagadziriswa muna 1953, nhepfenyuro yakatanga chiratidzo chitsva chakavakirwa pachisimbiso cheFederal Communications Commission, ine mabhii "ABC" akavharwa munhare yakatenderera yakakundwa negondo. Muna 1957, nguva pfupi network yeterevhizheni isati yatanga nhepfenyuro dzayo dzemavara dzokutanga, chiratidzo cheABC chaisanganisira "abc" duku duku pakati petsamba huru duku a, mufananidzo unozivikanwa se"ABC Circle A".