WFRV-TV



1954–1955	Pre-launch	1955–1959	1959–1969	1969–1973	1973–1976


1976–1983	1983–1992	1992–1996	1996–2001	Early 2001–Late 2001	2001–2003


2003–2006	2006–2012	2012–2018	2018–present

WNAM-TV[]

1954–1955[]

The predecessor of WFRV-TV is WNAM-TV, a UHF station (Channel 42) owned and operated by the Neenah-Menasha Broadcasting Company and serving as a sister station to WNAM radio.

WFRV-TV[]

Pre-launch[]

By 1954, Valley Telecasting Company was preparing to launch WFRV-TV (Channel 5), promoting its efforts in trade ads such as that shown here. Fearing that a third VHF signal in the Green Bay/Fox Cities TV market would doom its UHF outlet, WNAM-TV's owners suspended the station's operations at the beginning of 1955 and merged with Valley Telecasting.

1955–1959[]

WFRV-TV formally commenced programming on Channel 5 in May 1955 as an ABC affiliate, using the studios and facilities of the former WNAM-TV.

1959–1969[]

SVG NEEDED

WFRV switched affiliations from ABC to NBC in 1959.

1969–1973[]

SVG NEEDED

1973–1976[]

In the mid-1970s, WFRV would use a logo in the same Microgramma typeface as those of WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina and WTVF in Nashville.

1976–2001[]

In 1976, WFRV and satellite WJMN-TV adopted logos that utilized the Verona Serial Heavy font used by fellow Orion Broadcasting stations in Louisville (WAVE), Cedar Rapids (WMT-TV), and Evansville (WFIE).

1976–1983[]

SVG NEEDED

1983–1992[]

On April 18, 1983, WFRV rejoined ABC after 24 years away. The "5" became enclosed in a circle.

1992–1996[]

After its owner Midwest Radio and Television was purchased by CBS, WFRV-TV became a network owned-and-operated station on March 15, 1992 (with WBAY-TV taking over the ABC affiliation). With the switch came an exit of the "5" logo from its ABC-era circle.

1996–2001[]

SVG NEEDED

Early 2001–Late 2001[]

SVG NEEDED

This short-lived logo was the last to incorporate the Orion-era "5" logo.

2001–present[]

2001–2003[]

SVG NEEDED

2003–2006[]

SVG NEEDED

2006–2012[]

SVG NEEDED

CBS sold both WFRV and WJMN to Liberty Media in 2007, who in turn would sell them to Nexstar Broadcasting Group in 2011.

2012–2018[]

SVG NEEDED

2018–present[]

SVG NEEDED

V • T • E

Nexstar Media Group

Predecessors:

Other assets:
The Hill | Nexstar Advertising | WGN

¹Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Skydance Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery.
²Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%.
³Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.
⁴Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting.
⁵Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA.
⁶Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media.
⁷Predecessor company of LIN Media.
⁸Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.

V • T • E

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