WESH

This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see: News

Contents
1956–1958	1958–1961	1961–1968	1968–1970	1970–1976	1976–1979	1979–1987
1987–1990	1990–1992	1992–1996	1996–1999	1999–2005	2005–present

1956–1958

Originally signed on the air on June 11, 1956, as a Daytona Beach-licensed independent station on VHF channel 2, and was owned by Palm Beach-based Perry Publications, who acquired channel 2's license from businessman W. Wright Esch. It became Central Florida's exclusive NBC affiliate on November 5, 1957 after WDBO-TV (VHF channel 6, now WKMG-TV) relinquished its secondary affiliation with the network.

1958–1961

LOGO MISSING

1961–1970

1961–1968

Perry Publications sold channel 2 to Des Moines, Iowa-based Cowles Communications in 1965.

1968–1970

1970–1992

1970–1976

This sailboat "2" logo would be retained with only slight alterations until 1992.

1976–1979

1979–1987

1979 ident

1980 (Proud as a Peacock)

1983 print ad

WESH news open, 1986

in the morning

in the morning

at night

at night

at night

at night

Despite NBC replacing the "Proud N" logo after May 12, 1986, WESH-TV continued to use it in their station logo until 1987. Cowles exited broadcasting in 1984 and sold two of its stations, WESH and Des Moines' KCCI to Houston-based H&C Communications, owned by the publishers of the Houston Post, the Hobby family.

1987–1990

with Call letters

"Come Home to Channel 2" (1987)

WESH nightly news open, 1987

WESH afternoon news open, 1988

WESH nightly news open, 1988

1990–1992

1992–present

The "2" logo used starting in 1992 is identical to the one used from 1985-1994 by former sister station KPRC-TV in Houston, also on VHF channel 2. The Hobbys decided to liquidate their company in 1992 after an attempt to sell its entire television station group to Young Broadcasting fell through, with KCCI and WESH being the first two sold to Pulitzer, Inc. for $165 million in 1993, and KPRC-TV and KSAT-TV to The Washington Post Company on April 22, 1994.

1992–1996

1996–1999

Hearst-Argyle Television acquired Pulitzer's entire broadcasting division for $1.8 billion in 1998, the sale was finalized on March 18 of the following year (1999).

1999–2005

Station ID (1999)

2005–present

Olympics logo (2006–present)

Watermark version, used during syndicated programming

Watermark

External links

• WESH.com