Bob Young was a TV news journalist for ABC News. He served as the anchor of the ABC Evening News (now, World News Tonight) from October 1967 to May 1968. His only noteworthy broadcast would be on April 4, 1968, when he anchored ABC's coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... ABC World News Tonight (often abbreviated as WNT) is the ABC television networks flagship evening news program. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, Ph. ...