 ABC 's fortunes were dramatically altered in February 1953 , when the FCC cleared the way for UPT to buy the network . The merger provided ABC with a badly needed cash infusion , giving it the resources to mount " top shelf " programming and to provide a national television service on a scale approaching that of CBS and NBC . Through UPT president Leonard Goldenson , ABC also gained ties with the Hollywood studios that more than matched those DuMont 's producers had with Broadway . 
 ABC <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>fortunes <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> dramatically altered in February 1953 , when the FCC cleared the way for UPT to buy the network . The merger provided ABC with a badly needed cash infusion , giving it the resources to mount " top shelf " programming and to provide a national television service on a scale approaching that of CBS and NBC . Through UPT president Leonard Goldenson , ABC also gained ties with the Hollywood studios that more than matched those DuMont <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>producers had with Broadway . 
ABC  fortunes was dramatically altered in February 1953 , when da FCC cleared the way fir UPT to buy the network . The merger provided ABC wid a badly needed cash infusion , givin it tdaresources to mount " top shelf " programming and to provide a national television service on a scale approaching dat of CBS and NBC . Through UPT president Leonard Goldenson , ABC also gained ties wwthe Hollywood studios that more than matched those DuMont  producers had with Broadway .