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1948–1953 1953–1957 1957–1962 1962–present
1948–1953 1953–1957 1957–1962 1962–present
1996–2007 2007–2013 2013-present 2021–present
1996–2007 2007–2013 2013-present 2021–present

WJZ-TV[]

1948–1953[]

New York's Channel 7 was signed on the air on August 10, 1948, as WJZ-TV, becoming one of the first of three television stations signed on by ABC, the sixth in the city, and the 32nd in the United States. The station has been owned-and-operated by the American Broadcasting Company since its sign-on.

WABC-TV[]

The station's call letters were changed to WABC-TV on March 1, 1953, after ABC merged its operations with United Paramount Theatres, a firm which was broken off from former parent company Paramount Pictures by decree of the U.S. government. The WJZ-TV callsign was later reassigned to the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (the original owners of WJZ radio in New York) as an historical nod in 1957 for their newly acquired television station in Baltimore – a station that was, by coincidence, a fellow ABC affiliate until 1995.

1953–1957[]

1957–1962[]

1962–present[]

Designer:  G. Dean Smith
Typography:  Custom
Launched:  August 27, 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 all ABC stations on channel 7 owned by the network, and other non-network owned channel 7 ABC affiliates. It predates Paul Rand's ABC logo by 4 months.

1996–2007[]

2007–2013[]

2013–present[]

It is still being used in tandem with the next logo, continues to be used on some of its promos, and is used as a favicon on its website.

2021–present[]

This logo is also used by sister station WLS-TV in Chicago, although WABC has the ABC logo smaller.

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