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1949–1954 1954–1956 1956–1962 1962–1997 1995–1997
1949–1954 1954–1956 1956–1962 1962–1997 1995–1997
1997–2007 2007–2012 2012–2013 2013–2021 2021–present
1997–2007 2007–2012 2012–2013 2013–2021 2021–present

KECA-TV

1949–1954

KECA-TV7 (1949)

KABC-TV originally signed on the air on September 16, 1949, as KECA-TV and has been owned-and-operated by ABC since its inception. The station's call sign was named after Los Angeles broadcasting pioneer Earle C. Anthony, whose initials were also present on channel 7's then-sister radio station, KECA (790 AM, now KABC).

KABC-TV

1954–1956

Kabc50s

On February 1, 1954, KECA-TV changed its call sign to the current KABC-TV.

1956–1962

KABC1957

1962–present

1962–1997

Circle 7 1962

In 1962, ABC commissioned designer G. Dean Smith to create a proprietary logo for its owned-and-operated stations, known as the "Circle 7". This logo has since expanded into use by many ABC stations not owned by the network. It predates Paul Rand's ABC logo by 4 months. This can be still seen as a patch on the station's news anchors, albeit in gold.

1995–1997
KABC 1995

1997–present

This logo's design is shared with sister station KGO-TV in San Francisco.

1997–2007
KABC 1997

As of November 2021, this is still used outside (and even on some parts inside) the station's Glendale, CA studios, as well as a handful of its news vans and helicopters.

2007–2012
KABC 7 logo

Like with the previous logo, this is still used on a handful of its news vans and helicopters. This was also still briefly used in the station's Sports Zone openings, even after the debut of the next 2 logos.

2012–2013
KABC-TV (2012)
Designer:  Hothaus Creative[1]
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  April 6, 2012

Although this logo was since replaced by the following one, it strangely reappeared on a special Eyewitness News broadcast on September 30, 2015.[2]

2013–2021
KABC-TV (2013-2021)
Designer:  Hothaus Creative, KABC
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  May 2013

As of November 2021, this is still used in tandem with the next one, as it is still seen on air on its Eyewitness News newscasts, on its website (with a gray version of the ABC logo), and even as a temporary on screen bug during syndicated programming.

2021–present
KABC-TV (2021)
Designer:  KABC
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  August 2021

References

  1. KABC Graphics Package. Hothaus Creative (2012). Retrieved on November 15, 2022.
  2. KABC-TV (30 September 2015). ABC7 Eyewitness News on Twitter: "Here's a shot of our empty newsroom following the evacuation". X (social media platform). Retrieved on December 18, 2021.

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