On August 7, 2014, ABC announced that it would relaunch its radio network division on January 1, 2015. The change occurred following the announcement that Cumulus would replace its ABC News radio service with Westwood One News (via CNN).
On August 7, 2014, ABC announced that it would revive its radio division and relaunch on January 1, 2015. This change occurred after Cumulus agreed to take over ABC's news radio service and rebrand it as Westwood One News in partnership with CNN.