What are some TV stations that have kept the same logo for many years...

[anotherguyTN]

KAIT ABC 8 in Jonesboro, AR used to have the ei8ht logo well into the 80's and possibly into the 90's:


And when it comes to ugly logos, nothing beats the original logo from WPTY (now WATN) ABC 24 in Memphis 🤮 :

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

The KTRK ABC 13 logo is the longest running logo in Houston since Capcities owned the station.

Note variations of the circle 13 logo have been around over the years.



Circa late 1980's right when Capcities took over ABC.


Here is the Disney edition of the ABC13 logo as of 2022.

 

[NYAZSporty]

Unfortunately replaced a few years ago with the bland "Arizona PBS" moniker (apparently ignoring KUAT - Arizona Public Media -down in Tucson).

Noticed that quite a bit with the Phoenix TV market, with many stations marketing themselves as "Arizona" as if the stations broadcast statewide, which is an easy mistake to make considering how large that market is in terms of size covering pretty much all of AZ except for 5 counties, 4 to the south/southwest (Tucson, Yuma) & Apache in the northeast (Albuquerque, NM).

 

[KeithE4]

Noticed that quite a bit with the Phoenix TV market, with many stations marketing themselves as "Arizona" as if the stations broadcast statewide, which is an easy mistake to make considering how large that market is in terms of size covering pretty much all of AZ except for 5 counties, 4 to the south/southwest (Tucson, Yuma) & Apache in the northeast (Albuquerque, NM).

The Phoenix stations DO transmit statewide, or at least the northern 2/3 of the state. The major stations have translator networks that cover most of the parts of the state where people actually reside.

 

[IM42A]

The Phoenix stations DO transmit statewide, or at least the northern 2/3 of the state. The major stations have translator networks that cover most of the parts of the state where people actually reside.

Yes, it's a similar setup, though I am assuming without the legendary "daisy-chain" translator network (created before satellite transmission was possible) that blankets the farthest corners of Utah with the major Salt Lake City stations. Utah is such a socially cohesive and comparatively homogeneous state (the LDS church and other related factors) that any other arrangement there probably would have been a non-starter.

But, as noted, it is different due to the existence of Tucson and Yuma. If those two urban areas did not exist, Phoenix would indeed blanket the whole state pretty much by default. The role of the Albuquerque stations in New Mexico is pretty much the same, except in the southern portion where El Paso stations have coverage. The Albuquerque market also, somewhat incongruously, takes in large parts of southern Colorado, as well as much of the Navajo Nation. The Farmington and Roswell stations are basically full-power translators of Albuquerque, including KREZ in Durango, CO. (Does Roswell have any local cut-ins? KOBF in Farmington had its own local news cut-ins until they became 100% KOB.)

 

[nelsonincharlotte]

WBTV has had this logo since 2001

And WSOC has pretty much had this logo since the 80s.

 

[IM42A]

WBTV has had this logo since 2001

And WSOC has pretty much had this logo since the 80s.

Ah, yes, the fat woman in the bathing suit.

And, yes, that WSOC logo has been around forever. Has to have been at least 40 years, probably more like 50.

Feeling kind of old there 🪦

 

[IM42A]

Well, Logopedia says the following, but I seem to recall the logo (or at least the same basic idea) from the 1970s. I could be wrong. But it's still a very old logo.

 

[KeithE4]

But, as noted, it is different due to the existence of Tucson and Yuma. If those two urban areas did not exist, Phoenix would indeed blanket the whole state pretty much by default.

That is a non-starter. Both Tucson and Yuma predate Phoenix. Yuma started out as Colorado City (no relation to the current one on the Utah border) in the 1850s. Tucson predates the American Revolution by a year or so. Phoenix was founded in 1867.

 

[IM42A]

And WSAZ, Huntington WV, has had basically the same logo since 1972 (!)

Now that is OLD.

But it's got very clear lines, very minimalist, and doesn't look the least bit dated.

That's a logo that probably will never change.

Just so long as Gray doesn't go and do something goofy like that "Local [insert channel here]" business.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

WBTV, Charlotte Joke is if you turn your head 90 degrees left it looks like a girl in a bikini. I heard CBS didn't like their logo half covered.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

WSOC-TV Charlotte may have used their logo even longer than WBTV.

 

[crainbebo]

KIII (K-Triple-I) Corpus Christi TX. Same circle 3 logo since 1977, a 45-year run!

 

[IM42A]

View attachment 3124 WBTV, Charlotte Joke is if you turn your head 90 degrees left it looks like a girl in a bikini. I heard CBS didn't like their logo half covered.

Yep, that's the joke. It's the kind of thing that once you see, you can never un-see.

When an affiliate has been a legacy station as long as WBTV has, I guess they can do pretty much anything they want to, except for that business of constantly pre-empting network programming. WLWT in Cincinnati and their affiliates in Dayton and Columbus were notorious for this WRT NBC back in the day. Fox doesn't play that.

 

[IM42A]

KIII (K-Triple-I) Corpus Christi TX. Same circle 3 logo since 1977, a 45-year run!

Yes, come to think of it, that's another old one.

From Logopedia:

 

[Mike Sheridan]

Yep, that's the joke. It's the kind of thing that once you see, you can never un-see.

When an affiliate has been a legacy station as long as WBTV has, I guess they can do pretty much anything they want to, except for that business of constantly pre-empting network programming. WLWT in Cincinnati and their affiliates in Dayton and Columbus were notorious for this WRT NBC back in the day. Fox doesn't play that.

When I worked at WBT in the '80's CBS had there Southeastern US news bureau at the station so CBS and WBTV have been close for years. I'm surprised CBS didn't buy the station. I guess the market isn't big enough to interest them but it's growing fast!

 

[nelsonincharlotte]

I'm surprised CBS didn't buy the station.

Well they still could…honestly I wish they would…I don’t like how Gray has let a lot of the good talent leave and let the sports department be whittled down to next to nothing but I’m sure they don’t mind not having any syndicated programming.

 

[IM42A]

When I worked at WBT in the '80's CBS had there Southeastern US news bureau at the station so CBS and WBTV have been close for years. I'm surprised CBS didn't buy the station. I guess the market isn't big enough to interest them but it's growing fast!

Are you talking about WBT radio or WBTV?

WBTV would indeed make sense as a CBS O&O. It'd be no more incongruous than WTVD and ABC.

And I'm confident they'd fire the bikini girl.

 

[nelsonincharlotte]

View attachment 3124 WBTV, Charlotte Joke is if you turn your head 90 degrees left it looks like a girl in a bikini. I heard CBS didn't like their logo half covered.

I was today years old when I realized that.

 

[Radionys]

WKBW Buffalo when they were bought by Scripps had the same logo as their sister station in Detroit a circle 7 logo. They have recently changed to a new logo which looks somewhat like their original logo when they went on the air in 1958 but modernized.