KVII-TV



1957–1962	1962–1967	1967–1968	1968–2015	1979–1994


1994–2001	2001–2006	2006–2013	2013–2015	2015–present

1957–1962[]

LOGO MISSING

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After Marsh Media purchased the station, channel 7 began adapting the G. Dean Smith-designed Circle 7 originally made for ABC's six original owned-and-operated television stations.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[]

SVG NEEDED

1994–2001[]

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.

2013–2015[]

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.

External links[]

Official website

V • T • E

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Television stations

Regional cable news:
WJLA 24/7 News

National cable networks:
Marquee Sports Network¹⁶ | Tennis Channel | YES¹⁵

Defunct cable network: Stadium College Sports¹⁴

Magazines: Tennis

Digital subchannel networks:
Charge! | Comet | Roar | The Nest

Former / Defunct Streaming services:
Honor Club | NewsON | Stirr

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.
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 Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA.
¹²Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA.
¹³Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA.
¹⁴Owned by Main Street Sports Group
¹⁵Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company.
¹⁶Co-owned with Chicago Cubs.
¹⁷Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA.
¹⁸Operated by Marquee Broadcasting under an SSA.
¹⁹Owned by Standard Media, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA.

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ABC owned and affiliated television stations

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CW owned and affiliated television stations

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⁺Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus.
⁺¹Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel.
¹Local CW affiliate carries only sports programming.