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1954–1962 1962–1968 1968–1971 1971–1986
1954–1962 1962–1968 1968–1971 1971–1986
1986–1992 1992–1995 1995–1997 1997–present
1986–1992 1992–1995 1995–1997 1997–present

1954–1962[]

Ktrk55

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.

1962–1968[]

KTRK logo 1950s

The Chronicle sold channel 13 to Capital Cities in 1967.

1968–1971[]

Channel 13 KTRK Houston Texas Eyewitness News Commercial 1971

1971–1995[]

1971–1986[]

KTRK 1971 1

Under Capital Cities ownership, KTRK introduced its "Circle 13" logo – which is loosely patterned after the Circle 7 logo long used by ABC stations and affiliates broadcasting on channel 7 – in 1971. The original version, used until 1995, was set in a Helvetica typeface, with the bottom of the "3" trailing off outside the circle (similar also to the way the stem of the number 7 terminates at the bottom of the Circle 7 logo)--a nod to livestock branding of the Old West.

1986–1995[]

1986–1992[]

KTRK 1986 1

Capital Cities bought ABC in 1986, making channel 13 an ABC owned-and-operated station and the first network-owned television station in the state of Texas. That year, the trailing portion of the station's logo was "trimmed" and was turned slightly horizontal in a similar fashion to the present-day version (the logo began to be superimposed over a stylized version of the Texas state flag on July 3, 1992).

1992–1995[]

KTRK 1992 1

1995–present[]

KTRK Circle 13 logo

This "Circle 13" is nearly identical to former sister station WTVG in Toledo since 1996, and WHAM-TV since 2010.

1995–2001[]

KTRK 1995

1997–present[]

KTRK97 standalone

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