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ABC's news program gets name change

Diane Sawyer arrives on the red carpet for Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world issue Gala in New York City on May 5, 2009. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) .
Diane Sawyer arrives on the red carpet for Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world issue Gala in New York City on May 5, 2009. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) . | License Photo

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- ABC says its U.S. evening news broadcast will be called "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer," starting Monday.

The program was previously known as "ABC World News with Charles Gibson."

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Gibson's last day as the broadcast's anchor was Friday.

Sawyer, former co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America," takes over the post of anchor from the retiring Gibson Monday.

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