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The Circle 7 logo is one of the most classic and familiar television station Logo s in the United States .


HISTORY AND INFORMATION

The Circle 7 logo was first designed by in New York City , KABC-TV in Los Angeles , WBKB-TV (now WLS-TV ) in Chicago , KGO-TV in San Francisco and WXYZ-TV in Detroit . When ABC applied for TV licenses in the late 1940s, it was thought that the low-band (channels 2 through 6) TV channels would be discontinued, thus making these five stations broadcasting on VHF channel 7 the lowest on the TV dial. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., ABC's corporate parent, registered the Circle 7 logo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1962.

When WABC adopted the Eyewitness News format in 1968 , all anchors and reporters were required to wear a circle 7 lapel pin when they appeared on the air--a marketing practice that spread to the other ABC O&Os.

The Circle 7 logo was designed to be interchangeable with the circular ABC logo in network and channel imaging, although many current variations of the Circle 7 have incorporated the ABC logo itself (see below).

This logo has become iconic in local television, largely due to the presence of the logo in major markets. Today, many other ABC affiliates around the United States which broadcast on channel 7 are allowed to use the Circle 7 logo. Such stations include KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas , WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. (it used its own stylized version until 2001, when it adopted the original version), WVII-TV in Bangor, Maine , KVII-TV in Amarillo, Texas , KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico , KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas , KSWO-TV in Lawton, Oklahoma , KLTV in Tyler, Texas , and WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tennessee . It was formerly used on WTVW in Evansville when it was ABC affiliated.

Due to its popularity, several variations have arisen for use by non-ABC affiliates.

In addition, the Channel 7 band in Boston, Massachusetts has had three different Circle 7 logos. In the mid-1970s, as WNAC, it had a logo similar to the ABC logos (except it was a white "7" inside a filled circle). That logo was abandoned in 1977 for a Times-Serif-Italic "7". In 1987, as WNEV, the filled-circle came back, and inside was a "7" made up of 7 small white dots. That logo was abandoned shortly after the sale of the now-WHDH to WSVN , after which WHDH took on WSVN's Circle 7. WHDH still uses the WSVN logo to this day.


Usage by stations not on channel 7

Similarly, some stations that do ''not'' broadcast on channel 7 have used a variation of this logo adapted for their channel number:

  • Channel 2:

    • : KTVU , Oakland - San Francisco, California 's Fox affiliate, has utilized a circle 2 logo for years; the 2 is created with a bolder line than most circle logos to make it look like a laser. The logo has only changed once in the many years of its use, to accommodate the Fox logo beneath the 2's hook.

: WBAY , Green Bay 's ABC affiliate also has used a circle 2 since 1986, which originally had a blue-fading-into-red color motif within the circle, and the station's call letters on the bottom line of the 2. Currently the inside of the circle is red and the 2 and circle are colored gray, and optionally, the ABC logo appears left-center next to the circle 2. The circle 2 logo with a bule inside is currently used by WKRN in Nashville, Tennessee , also an ABC affiliate. WESH in Orlando , an NBC affiliate, also currently uses a circle 2 logo. Additionally, KJRH in Tulsa , KTVN in Reno , WJBK in Detroit and CBS New York City flagship WCBS-TV all once used circle 2 logos.

  • Channel 3:

    • : WTKR , the CBS affiliate in Norfolk has used a circle 3 logo since 2002 combined with their "Your NewsChannel 3" branding. Additionally, WFSB in Hartford and now-independent KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona have used circle 3 logos for many years.




  • Channel 5:

    • : WEWS in Cleveland used a circle 5 logo for many years, discontinuing it in 1998 . This circle 5 is still used on sister station WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida , an NBC affiliate. Another current user of a circle 5 logo is KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City . WAGA-TV in Atlanta used a circle 5 logo for a time prior to becoming a Fox O&O, placing it on the "O" in the network logo shortly before discontinuing it completely. During the mid 1990's, WNYW in New York City used a logo similar to the latter version of the WAGA logo.




  • Channel 8:

    • :BCTV in Vancouver, British Columbia used its flower-like logo from 1975 to 2001. BCTV was short for British '''C'''olumbia '''T'''ele'''v'''ision and had the CTV affiliation from 1961 to 2001. Today, the station is known as Vancouver's Global affiliate CHAN-TV -- owned and operated by CanWest MediaWorks .








  • Channel 13:

    • : KTRK in Houston, Texas has used two forms of circle 13 logos since 1971. The first ran from 1971 until the mid 1990s, which resembled a "13" in Helvetica font, with the bottom of the "3" trailing off. This was replaced by a plainer logo sitting on a Texas flag, with an ABC logo added in the late 1990s.


:A version of the latter KTRK logo is used on fellow ABC O&O WTVG in Toledo, Ohio , but with the ABC logo at the lower right corner as opposed to the left side (accordingly the identity of KTRK is ''ABC13'', while WTVG is ''13ABC''), and there is no flag. However WTVG did start using a circle and 13 in the early 1990s. This was when WTVG was still an NBC affilate.

:El Paso's KVIA was originally on channel 13 (using the same circle 13 logo as KTRK) until 1981, when the station switched to channel 7 and adopted the regular circle 7 logo.



  • Channel 17:

    • : KGET in Bakersfield has used a circle 17 logo for close to 2 decades.












  • Channel 30:

    • : WHCP-TV in Portsmouth, Ohio currently uses a circle 30 logo, where the circle looks like a planet in orbit around The WB 's logo. It may or may not keep the circle 30 when it becomes a CW affiliate in September 2006 .






  • Cable networks:

    • :Not only local stations have the circle in their logo even cable networks have

:the logo too. Examples are Turner Network Television , Showtime, SpeedVision which is
:now known as SPEED Channel , Food Network , The Golf Channel , Nick At Nite & Home Shopping Network & Style Network .


International usage

  • ATN-7 in Sydney, Australia used a circle 7 in the 1960s that resembled the ABC O&O version, but had the top line of the 7 extend out of the circle as an arrow. ATN-7, along with other Seven Network stations in Australia , later used other variations of the circle 7 logo from the early 1970s until 2000 . {Link without Title}

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  • Malaysia 's NTV7 also uses a circle 7 logo that greatly resembles the one used originally on the ABC O&Os, specifically the current WABC version.

  • Brazil 's Rede Record used in the 1970s, when it was called simply TV Record in São Paulo , a text logo all in capital letters, but the O was replaced by a circle 7 logo.

  • Argentina 's Canal 7 used from 1999 to 2002 , a circle 7 logo, but the 7 was scripted.



TRIVIA

  • A variant of the circle 7 logo was featured in the film '' Bruce Almighty '' ( 2003 ). The station that Jim Carrey 's character works at is based on the real-life WKBW-TV , the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, New York , which used that same logo.

  • The logo has been used on '' The Fairly Oddparents '' as the official symbol of the Dimmsdale TV station, on which Chet Ubetcha is the anchorman.

  • In the first season of '' Full House '' Danny Tanner uses the Circle 8 logo as a sportscaster



EXAMPLES OF VARIATIONS OF THE LOGO



ABC


  Image:KABCTVABC7png "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KABC-TV" class="copylinks">KABC-TV (O&O)
  Image:WLSTVABC7png "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WLS-TV" class="copylinks">WLS-TV (O&O)
  Image:KGOTVABC7png "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KGO-TV" class="copylinks">KGO-TV (O&O)
  Image:Wviijpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WVII" class="copylinks">WVII
  Image:WxyzlogoPNG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WXYZ-TV" class="copylinks">WXYZ-TV
  Image:Wwsblogo2PNG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WWSB" class="copylinks">WWSB (Cable channel, station airs on terrestrial channel 40)
  Image:WZVNLogoPNG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WZVN" class="copylinks">WZVN (Cable channel, station airs on terrestrial channel 26)
  Image:KOAT Logopng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KOAT" class="copylinks">KOAT
  Image:WKBW-TV Logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WKBW-TV" class="copylinks">WKBW-TV
  Image:WBBJlogoPNG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WBBJ" class="copylinks">WBBJ
  Image:Goodmorningwesttennesseejpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WBBJ" class="copylinks">WBBJ (Morning Show Logo, 2006)
  Image:KMGHgif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KMGH" class="copylinks">KMGH
  Image:KVIAgif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KVIA-TV" class="copylinks">KVIA-TV
  Image:Kvii-tv-logopng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KVII" class="copylinks">KVII
  Image:KATV-7gif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KATV" class="copylinks">KATV
  Image:kltvjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KLTV" class="copylinks">KLTV
  Image:ketvjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KETV" class="copylinks">KETV
  Image:wjla7jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WJLA" class="copylinks">WJLA
  Image:KSWO-TVjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KSWO-TV" class="copylinks">KSWO-TV
  Image:Krcr2006jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KRCR-TV" class="copylinks">KRCR-TV
  Image:Ktvbgif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KTVB" class="copylinks">KTVB (NBC)
  Image:WHDH-WSVNpng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WSVN" class="copylinks">WSVN ( Fox )
  Image:WHDHpng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WHDH-TV" class="copylinks">WHDH ( NBC )
  Image:WHIO-TV Logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WHIO-TV" class="copylinks">WHIO-TV ( CBS )
  Image:Kiro7jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KIRO-TV" class="copylinks">KIRO-TV (CBS)
  Image:KWWL7Logogif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KWWL" class="copylinks">KWWL (NBC)
  Image:Wjhgjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WJHG" class="copylinks">WJHG (NBC)
  Image:Wwnygif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WWNY-TV" class="copylinks">WWNY-TV ( CBS )
  Image:Logo Frontgif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/NTV7" class="copylinks">NTV7
  Image:ATN7gif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/ATN-7" class="copylinks">ATN-7 1960s logo ( Seven Network )
  Image:Gma Logo 1979gif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/GMA-7" class="copylinks">GMA-7 ( Philippines ) 1970s logo
  Image:Wabc-id-77-newjpgABC Flagship Station "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WABC-TV" class="copylinks">WABC-TV ( 1977 - 1979 )
  Image:Abc7 80jpgABC FS WABC-TV (1980- "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1981" class="copylinks">1981 )
  Image:Kabc84jpgABC West Coast Flagship "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KABC-TV" class="copylinks">KABC-TV ( 1984 - 1987 )
  Image:Kabc87jpgABC WC FS KABC-TV (1987- "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1989" class="copylinks">1989 )
  Image:Wbkb60sjpgABC O&O "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WLS-TV" class="copylinks">WLS-TV ( 1962 - 1968 ) -- Then as WBKB
  Image:Wls82jpgABC O&O WLS-TV (1982- "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1983" class="copylinks">1983 )
  Image:Wls83jpgABC O&O WLS-TV (1983- "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1984" class="copylinks">1984 )
  Image:Wmal1970sjpgWMAL-TV (Early "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1970s" class="copylinks">1970s - 1976 ) -- Now WJLA-TV (ABC)
  Image:Wjla92jpgWJLA-TV ( "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1992" class="copylinks">1992 - 1995 ) (ABC)
  Image:Wjla95jpgWJLA-TV (1995- "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1998" class="copylinks">1998 ) (ABC)
  Image:WXYZ 1980jpgFormer ABC O&O "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WXYZ-TV" class="copylinks">WXYZ-TV in 1980 -- Still an ABC affiliate even after
  Image:Wtvw792jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTVW" class="copylinks">WTVW in 1992 -- Now a Fox affiliate
  Image:Fox2 Logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KTVU" class="copylinks">KTVU ( Fox )
  Image:WJBK 1978jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WJBK" class="copylinks">WJBK from 1978 as a CBS affiliate (Now a Fox O&O)
  Image:WBAY-TV Logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WBAY-TV" class="copylinks">WBAY-TV ( ABC )
  Image:WeshtvPNG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WESH" class="copylinks">WESH ( NBC )
  Image:WKRN Logogif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WKRN-TV" class="copylinks">WKRN-TV (ABC)
  Image:Ktvn0286jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KTVN" class="copylinks">KTVN , 1986 (CBS)
  Image:Wtkr YOUR Logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTKR" class="copylinks">WTKR (CBS)
  Image:WFSBLogojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WFSB" class="copylinks">WFSB (CBS)
  Image:Logo 3tvgif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KTVK" class="copylinks">KTVK ( Independent )
  Image:WTMJ 1964-1967jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTMJ-TV" class="copylinks">WTMJ-TV -- From 1964 - 1967 (NBC)
  Image:WDAF 1987jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WDAF-TV" class="copylinks">WDAF-TV -- Used from 1987 to 1992 , then as an NBC affiliate (Now a Fox O&O)
  Image:Kron4gif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KRON-TV" class="copylinks">KRON-TV (Independent)
  Image:WTAE PGH Smjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTAE-TV" class="copylinks">WTAE-TV (ABC)
  Image:WIVB-TV Logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WIVB-TV" class="copylinks">WIVB-TV (CBS)
  Image:WYFF4logoJPG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WYFF" class="copylinks">WYFF (NBC)
  Image:Noticentro4gif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WAPA-TV" class="copylinks">WAPA-TV , news (Independent)
  Image:WBZcircle4logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WBZ-TV" class="copylinks">WBZ-TV , 1998-2003 (CBS O&O)
  Image:Kitv0476jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KITV" class="copylinks">KITV , 1976 (ABC)
  Image:WEWS 1991jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WEWS-TV" class="copylinks">WEWS-TV , used in different variations from the 1960s-95 (ABC)
  Image:WPTVjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WPTV" class="copylinks">WPTV (NBC)
  Image:KOCO5gif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KOCO-TV" class="copylinks">KOCO-TV (ABC)
  Image:WAGATV 94-97 LogoJPG "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WAGA_(TV)" class="copylinks">WAGA , 1994-97 (Fox O&O)
  Image:Wnyw93jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WNYW" class="copylinks">WNYW , 1993-96 (Fox O&O)
  Image:CBMT 1967jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/CBMT-TV" class="copylinks">CBMT-TV & CBLT-TV in 1967 -- CBLT now broadcasts on channel 5, both are CBC affiliates
  Image:Koin6jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KOIN" class="copylinks">KOIN (CBS)
  Image:Wdsu Nbc6 Neworleansjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WDSU" class="copylinks">WDSU (NBC)
  Image:WECTlogoprevjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WECT" class="copylinks">WECT , 1986-95 (NBC)
  Image:BCTV 1970s LogojpegBCTV Channel 8 ( "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/CTV_Television_Network" class="copylinks">CTV , 1975 - 1994 ) -- Now Global O&O CHAN-TV
  Image:BCTV 1990's LogopngBCTV 8 (CTV, 1994- "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/2001" class="copylinks">2001 ) -- Now Global O&O CHAN-TV
  Image:Kmbc-tvpng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KMBC-TV" class="copylinks">KMBC-TV (ABC)
  Image:Wusa9logojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WUSA_(TV)" class="copylinks">WUSA (CBS)
  Image:Wsoctvlogojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WSOC-TV" class="copylinks">WSOC-TV (ABC)
  Image:WTVAjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTVA" class="copylinks">WTVA (NBC)
  Image:Wtsp79jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTSP" class="copylinks">WTSP , 1979-80s (Then ABC)
  Image:Wpxipng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WPXI" class="copylinks">WPXI (NBC)
  Image:Whas11 Logopng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WHAS-TV" class="copylinks">WHAS-TV (ABC)
  Image:Wpix1974jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WPIX" class="copylinks">WPIX , 1969-77 and 1986-95 (Then independent, now WB -> The CW 09 / 06 )
  Image:KPLR-TV Pre-1995 Logogif "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KPLR-TV" class="copylinks">KPLR-TV , until 1998 (Then independent, now WB -> The CW 09/06)
  Image:KPLR-TV 1998-2003gifKPLR-TV, 1998-2003 ( "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WB_Television_Network" class="copylinks">The WB O&O -> The CW 09/06)
  Image:KNTV 1961jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KNTV" class="copylinks">KNTV in 1961 carrying ABC, NBC & CBS -- Now an NBC O&O
  Image:Ktrk1381jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KTRK-TV" class="copylinks">KTRK-TV , 1971-mid 90s (ABC O&O)
  Image:WTVG Abc13 Toledojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTVG" class="copylinks">WTVG (ABC O&O)
  Image:WICD15png "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WICD" class="copylinks">WICD (ABC)
  Image:KGET 17jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/KGET-TV" class="copylinks">KGET-TV (NBC)
  Image:Wkcfjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WKCF" class="copylinks">WKCF (The WB -> The CW 09/06)
  Image:WICS20png "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WICS" class="copylinks">WICS (ABC)
  Image:WUTRABC20png "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WUTR" class="copylinks">WUTR (ABC)
  Image:WWMBlogojpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WWMB" class="copylinks">WWMB ( UPN -> The CW 09/06)
  Image:WHCP Logopng "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WHCP-TV" class="copylinks">WHCP-TV (The WB/UPN -> The CW 09/06)
  Image:Wtvzmid80sjpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTVZ-TV" class="copylinks">WTVZ-TV , Mid 1980s (Then independent, now WB -> MNTV 09/06)
  Image:WTVS 1992jpg "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/WTVS" class="copylinks">WTVS -- Dates back to 1992 ( PBS )