American Broadcasting Company television. The fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the Big Three television networks, ABC is often nicknamed as "The Alphabet Network", as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the English alphabet, in order. ABC launched as a radio network on October 12, 1943, serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC. In the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie
J. Edward Roush Lake J. Edward Roush Lake J. Edward Roush Lake is a reservoir in Huntington, Indiana. The lake is found at an elevation of . The Huntington Reservoir was renamed J. Edward Roush Lake to honor the impact to the local area of J. Edward Roush, who served as a State Representative and State Senator in Indiana and a representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. The J. Edward Roush Lake Dam was completed in 1968 for flood control and recreation. At high and in length at its crest, its maximum capacity is and normal capacity is . The Indiana Department of