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The Union Broadcasting System was a fictional television network in the 1976 film Network, written by Paddy Chayevsky.

The Union Broadcasting System is the lowest rated of the four major networks in the film (NBC, ABC, CBS, UBS) and is considered an industry joke when bought by CCA, the Communication Corporation of America, headed by Arthur Jensen. UBS's luck begins to change when the network's anchorman Howard Beale becomes a hit after suffering a breakdown live on the air, or as Diana Christensen puts it, "articulating the popular rage."

UBS features at least 67 affiliates including stations in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sandusky, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; as well as KGIM, Boise, Idaho; WCGG, Atlanta, Georgia and KTNS, Kansas City, Missouri.

UBS is not limited to television and controls UBS Radio Division, UBS Records Group, UBS Publishing Group and the UBS Theater Chain.


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