The station signed on December 21, 1957, taking the ABC affiliation away from KFDA-TV (channel 10). The station was originally owned by Southwest States. On June 21, 1958, Southwest States announced that it would sell channel 7 to Television Properties. The sale was approved by the FCC on July 16 of that same year but the deal later fell through.
1962–1967[]
LOGO MISSING
On August 1, 1963, Southwest States announced that it would sell channel 7 to the Walton Group. The sale was completed on November 12 of that same year.
1967–1968[]
LOGO MISSING
Walton added the "-TV" suffix to channel 7 during 1967. On October of that same year, the Walton Group sold channel 7 to Marsh Media. The sale was completed on January 31 of that same year.
1968–present[]
1968–2015[]
After Marsh Media purchased the station, channel 7 began adapting the G. Dean Smith-designed Circle 7 originally made for ABC's six original owned-and-operated television stations.
1979–1994[]
Alternate logo with ID for Sayre, Oklahoma satellite KVIJ-TV (now defunct)
KVII promotional ad for "Family Feud" from 1983.
1994–2001[]
Cable-only The WB affiliation, as "KDBA" (1998-2006)
2001–2006[]
On August 26, 2002, Marsh Media announced that it would sell KVII to New Vision Group. On April 7, 2005, New Vision sold the station to Barrington Broadcasting Group.
2006–2013[]
On February 28, 2013, the Sinclair Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of Barrington's television stations, including KVII. The sale was completed on November 25 of that same year.
In 2013, the ABC logo was incorporated into the circle 7.
2015–present[]
In 2015, the station began adapting a more thicker version of the circle 7 mainly to distinguish it from its sister stations WJLA-TV in Washington, DC and KATV in Little Rock/Pine Bluff. The ABC logo was also placed to the left.
With the ABC logo
Flat version with the ABC logo
Alternate logo
Alternate logo, used on on-air graphics
Print version
Alternate print version (not actually used)
ABC 7 News logo (2015–present)
ABC 7 News horizontal logo (2015–present)
Twitter logo
"StormSearch 7" weather logo (2015–present)
Alternate "StormSearch 7" weather logo (2015–present)
1Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. 2Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. 3Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA. 4Owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. and operated by Sinclair under a LMA. 5Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair. 6Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 7Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. 8Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 9Owned by Roberts Media, but operated by Sinclair. 10Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. 11Owned by GOCOM Media and operated by Sinclair. 12Owned by Waitt Broadcasting, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA. 13Owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA. 14Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA. 15Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA. 16Owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture of Sinclair and Entertainment Studios. 17Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company. 18Co-owned with Chicago Cubs. 19Owned by Sinclair and operated by Jukin Media. 20Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA.
Notes Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area. +Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus. +1Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel.