 The group changed its programming on secondary channels to ABC Plus, a local news and public affairs format.ABC teamed up with AccuWeather to launch a multicast service on WABC's third subchannel between December 9, 2005 and March 31, 2006.On May 27, 2007, WABC-TV's studios suffered major damage as the result of a fire that knocked the station off the air shortly before the start of the 11