when was this company founded?
1927
American Broadcasting Company
The network's history dates back to 1927, when the network was created as an NBC-operated radio network called the NBC Blue Network. 
who is ben and why does he appear He is a fictional character on the ABC television series "Lost"; he appears after the death of his adoptive daughter Alex Rousseau. what is this channel? A.k.a the American Broadcasting Company - an American multinational commercial broadcast television network.
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American Broadcasting Company [SEP] History
The network's history dates back to 1927, when the network was created as an NBC-operated radio network called the NBC Blue Network. It would later become an independent television network known as the American Broadcasting Company in 1943, and be purchased by The Walt Disney Company on February 6, 1996.