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TV Station Mascots

Woah I never knew KRON San Francisco had another Mascot. I always thought it was “Buster and Me” was KRON’s mascot at one time.


Buster and Me - Official Website

Buster and Me official site. Meet cast of award winning San Francisco children's program starring Robin Goodrow, Vanilla and Buster
www.busterandme.com www.busterandme.com



For KTVU San Francisco at one point Charlie and Humphrey were that stations mascot in the 1970’s to 1980’s.


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The Inside Story of ‘Charley and Humphrey’—and the Brilliance of Pat McCormick | KQED

Forty years after they left the Bay Area airwaves, this horse and bulldog still have a huge following. Here’s why.
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In Jacksonville, FL, WFGA TV (Now WTLV) has a dolphin named "Jaxie".
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In Macon, GA, WMAZ 13 has a cat named "Teevee The Cat".
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In Louisville, KY, WHAS 11 has a guy named " FISBIE" (Foremost in service, best in entertainment).
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In Bangor, ME, WTWO (Now WLBZ) has a boy named "Mitey Two".
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And in Seatte, WA, KING 5 has a microphone named " King Mike".
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KGW Channel 8 in Portland, Oregon has a Mary Poppins kinda-like woman mascot with a number 8 for the outfit
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Here’s one for the example (I found the image on the Sponsor Magazine)
 
Beeper from Mr Cartoon was kinda-sorta a mascot for WSAZ Huntington WV. He didn't appear in the logo, but he was used in announcements of school closings and delays (this per Wikipedia, though with no citation, I'm just taking the writer's word for it).

WSAZ's 70th Anniversary | Remembering Mr. Cartoon

And while it wasn't some kind of anthropomorphic "mascot", WSAZ also had a steamboat in its logo, the "Television Queen", in the early days, so I suppose one could think of it as a mascot of sorts. Its captain was George Lewis, "Steamboat Bill", who became Mr Cartoon. (Fun fact, I actually met Mr Lewis when he came to my elementary school in the mid-1960s.)

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KTRK-TV

The station originally signed on the air on November 20, 1954 as a primary ABC affiliate on VHF channel 13, owned by the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle sold channel 13 to Capital Cities in 1967. Under Capital Cities ownership, KTRK introduced its "Circle 13" logo – which is loosely patterned...
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KTRK-TV Houston's first logo was a cat when the Houston Chronicle signed on the station.
 
In Portland, ME, WCSH-TV Channel 6 had a bear for a mascot
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In Dallas, TX, WFAA-TV Channel 8 had a half humanoid and half radio wearing a cowboy hat on his head, and an outfit with 8's on it
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In Buffalo, NY, WBEN TV (Now WIVB) had a boy dressed in a Davy Crockett-style mountain man with a number 4 for an outfit.
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(I found these images on the Broadcasting Telecasting magazine)

And in Grand Rapids, MI, WZZM Channel 13 had a cat with a hat and a bowtie. This mascot brought back for the 50th anniversary in 2012, and the 60th anniversary in 2022.
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Here's one for the example.
 
RetroBuffaloToronto said:
In Buffalo, NY, WBEN TV (Now WIVB) had a boy dressed in a Davy Crockett-style mountain man with a number 4 for an outfit.
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This would only be considered a "mascot" (mascots?) in the loosest sense of the word (or maybe not), but the "pioneer" thing made me think of WTVR Richmond VA and their old sign-on logo:

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They were using this at sign-on as late as 1990. It was supposed to be a nod to WTVR being the "pioneer" TV station in the South.

I've always thought it looked kind of dark, almost creepy. For 1990, it had an incredibly dated look as well.
 
In Columbus, OH, WBNS TV Channel 10 had a CBS-styled TV humanoid mascot.
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And in San Diego, KFMB TV Channel 8 had a pelican along with his humanoid with a long nose and his hair at the first animated station ID.
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Here's what I found a couple TV Station Mascots here in Northeastern United States/New England.

In Boston, Massachusetts, WBZ TV Channel 4 had a little boy named "Bee Zee".
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WNAC Channel 7 (Now moved to WNAC Channel 64 in Providence, RI) had a elf/pixie type character named " Sevenkins".
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In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, KDKA-TV Channel 2 had a girl named "Kadey".
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WIIC (Now WPXI) had a guy who wore colonial overalls with a big number 11 which looked like two I's in front named " Furston Teevee".
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And in Providence, Rhode Island, WJAR-TV Channel 10 had a chicken/rooster named "Rhode Island Red".
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In Toledo, Ohio, WSPD-TV Channel 13 (Now WTVG-TV) had a boy named “Speedy”.
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In Clarksburg, West Virginia, WBOY had a boy with striped shirt and pants.
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In Atlanta, Georgia, WAGA-TV Channel 5 had a Scottish Terrier dog named “Wagga”.
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In Columbus, Georgia, WRBL-TV Channel 3 had a boy named “Wee Rebel”.
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And in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, KFJZ-TV Channel 11 (now KTVT-TV) had two identical male figures that shaped like the number one.
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