List of ABC slogans
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Advertising slogans of the American Broadcasting Company
- 1963: "The New ABC"
- 1966: "7 Nights To Remember"
- 1970: "Let's Get Together"
- 1971: "This is the Place to Be" (Used by Nine Network in 1973)
- 1974: "What you see on ABC today, you'll be talking about tomorrow"
- 1975: "Welcome to the Bright New World of ABC" (slogan used by Seven Network)
- 1976: "Let Us Be the One" (based on a song by Carpenters) (used by Nine Network in 1977)
- 1977-1978, 1979-1980: "Still The One" (based on a song by Orleans), used since 1978 and still used by Australia's Nine Network. In 1990 - 1991 Britain's Sky Television, as part of its advertising war with British Satellite Broadcasting, reused ABC's 1977 promotional song with revised lyrics, initially as "We're the One", then as "Still the One".
- 1978: "We're the One (in a Million)" (based on "You're the One" by The Oak Ridge Boys) (Used by Nine Network in 1979)
- 1980: "You and Me and ABC"
- 1981: "Now is the Time, ABC is the Place" (the promo song for this slogan won a Clio) (used by ATN-7 as "Summer is the Time, Seven is the Place" during the Summer of 1986/87)
- 1982: "Come on Along with ABC" (used by Nine Network in 1983 as "Come on Along to Channel Nine")
- 1983: "That Special Feeling on ABC"
- 1984: "We're With You on ABC" (Used by TVW-7 in Perth as "We're With You on 7")
- 1985: "You'll Love It!" (based on "I Love L.A.", a song by Randy Newman)
- 1986: "Together"
- 1987: "Something's Happening on ABC"
- 1988: "Something's Happening on ABC (based on "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas)
- 1989: "Something's Happening on ABC" (based on "Shout" by The Isley Brothers and some elements of "Mockingbird" by Carly Simon & James Taylor)
- 1990: "America's Watching ABC" (1990 version contains same music as 1989, but with different lyrics) (1991 version contains different music)
- 1992: "It Must Be ABC" (This was the last official full-fledged fall ad campaign for the network)
- 1993: "Watched by more Americans than any other network"
- 1994: "The American Broadcasting Company"
- 1995: "Get with the Program!"
- 1996: "This is your TV, ABC"
- 1997: "TV is Good"
- 1998: "We Love TV"
- 1999-2004: "America's Broadcasting Company"
- 2000: "America's #1 Broadcasting Company"
- 2001: "America's Favorite Network"
- 2003: "Celebrating 50 Years on Television"
- 2003: "Welcome to the New ABC"
- 2004: "Only Americans"
- 2005-Present: "Only on ABC"
Many of these slogans (or variants of them), especially Still The One, were used on the Nine Network in Australia & regional affiliates, as well as by Sky One of the British SKY Broadcasting corporation.
[edit] External links
- The Evolution of ABC
- The '80s TV Theme SuperSite: Promos (ABC) - audio and video of ABC slogans and campaigns