ABC (the American Broadcasting Company) currently has 8 owned-and-operated stations and roughly 230–235 affiliated television stations across the United States and its territories. That means the network in total is made up of a little over 240 local ABC stations when you combine owned-and-operated and affiliates.

Quick Scoop

Here’s the essence, in a friendly professional tone:

  • ABC runs a relatively small core of owned stations (just 8 major-market outlets).
  • The bulk of its reach comes from more than 220 local affiliate stations that carry ABC programming under contract.
  • Recent tallies describe the network as having 8 owned-and-operated stations and “nearly 226” network affiliates.
  • In practice, most current sources still place the affiliate count in the low‑to‑mid‑230s, depending on how digital subchannels and special cases are counted.

Mini breakdown

  • Owned-and-operated: 8 stations (these are directly owned by ABC’s parent company).
  • Affiliates: about 226–236 stations (locally owned, but contractually tied to ABC for network programming).
  • Total ABC-branded local stations: slightly above 240 in all, reaching over 97% of U.S. TV households.

In everyday terms: ABC itself owns a small handful of big-city stations, and everything else you see labeled “ABC” on your local TV dial is almost certainly one of those 200‑plus affiliates.

Simple HTML table

Because you asked for structured, scoop-style info, here’s a compact HTML table:

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    <tr>
      <th>Category</th>
      <th>Approx. Count</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
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      <td>Owned-and-operated stations</td>
      <td>8</td>
      <td>Major markets directly owned by ABC.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Affiliate stations</td>
      <td>≈230–235</td>
      <td>Locally owned stations carrying ABC programming.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Total ABC local outlets</td>
      <td>Just over 240</td>
      <td>Combined O&O + affiliates across the U.S. and territories.</td>
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Time note

Counts can shift slightly year to year as stations change affiliations or ownership, so if you need a legally or technically precise number for contracts or research, it’s worth checking the latest official ABC or industry listings around the exact date you care about.

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