Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (NYRE), billed since 2008 as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, is a New Year's Eve television special broadcast by ABC. The special broadcasts primarily from New York City's Times Square and prominently features coverage of its annual ball drop event hosted by television personality Ryan Seacrest, along with live and pre-recorded musical performances by popular musicians from Times Square and Hollywood. Since 2016–17, the special has regularly included performances and coverage of midnight festivities from other U.S. locations, including New Orleans and San Juan.
Logo for the 2023 edition
American-Irish rock band Three Dog Night hosted the first edition of New Year's Rockin' Eve in 1972.
George Carlin hosted the second edition of New Year's Rockin' Eve in 1973.
Guy Lombardo was a fixture on New Year's Eve until his death in 1977.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News.
Entrance of ABC's headquarters at 77 West 66th Street
WABC-TV buildings at 147–155 Columbus Avenue and behind 157 Columbus Avenue
ABC facilities in the former First Battery Armory of the New York National Guard