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KDWI-TV[]

1956–1957[]

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Channel 9 began broadcasting on June 3, 1956 as KDWI-TV.

KGUN (-TV)[]

H. U. Garrett purchased channel 9 from rancher D. W. Ingram of the Tucson Television Company, Inc. in 1957, and changed the station's call sign to KGUN on March 14, 1957. The change came in part because Garrett was concerned about possible negative connotations with the letters "DWI" (or driving under the influence). Garrett was also an avid Western fan and gun collector, and thought having "gun" in the station's calls would be apropos.

1957–1964[]

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Garrett sold the station to Cincinnati meatpacker Henry S. Hilberg, who added the -TV suffix, on February 1, 1961. Hilberg sold both KGUN and WEHT in Evansville, Indiana to Gilmore Broadcasting in 1964.

1964–1966[]

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1966–1974[]

KGUN 1960s

Gilmore then sold it to May Broadcasting in 1968.

1974–1987[]

KGUN 1974
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May would sell KGUN and KMTV-TV in Omaha, Nebraska to Lee Enterprises in December 1986.

1987-2004[]

KWTV 1988 and WNCT 1995

1987–1994[]

KGUN 1980s

1994–1999[]

KGUN 9 1994
Designer:  Television by Design
Typography:  Custom ("9")
Copperplate
Gill Sans
Launched:  1994

1999–2004[]

KGUN 9 1999

Lee in turn sold all of its stations to Emmis Communications in 2000.

2004–2006[]

KGUN 9 2003
Designer:  Giant Octopus
Typography:  Eurostile Bold Extended
Launched:  2004

In 2005, Emmis liquidated all of its television properties, sending control of KGUN to the Milwaukee-based Journal Broadcast Group, which already owned four radio stations in Tucson. The sale was finalized in December 2005.

2006-present[]

2006–2012[]

KGUN 9 2006
Designer:  Renderon Broadcast Design
Typography:  Futura (modified, "9")
Univers Extended
Launched:  2006

This logo phased in the current slogan "On Your Side".

2012-2020[]

2012–2013[]
Kgun 2012

Notice the glossy design, to match the "Start Here" look.

2013–2020[]
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Kept up to date to mark the new ABC logo's introduction. However, the previous version was still used in news opens and lower thirds until the introduction of the 2020 logo and its adoption of the Scripps standardized graphics.

2020–present[]

KGUN 1

Currently used in tandem with the 2021 logo.

2021-present[]

KGUN 2021

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