WFTS-TV

Contents
1981–1985	1985–1987	1987–1988	1988–1990	1990–1994	1991–1994
1994–2002	2002	2002–2007	2007–2013	2013–present	2021–present

1981–1985

Alternate variant

Originally signed on the air on December 14, 1981, channel 28 was the flagship station of Family Group Broadcasting, which also owned WFTX-TV, WFGX-TV, WPGX-TV, WVFT-TV, WGBA-TV and WLAX-TV. The Family Group Broadcasting sold WFTS-TV to Capital Cities on April 22, 1984, becoming their first television station in Florida, the group's first (and only) independent station, and the last station to be acquired by the group prior to its merger with ABC.

1985–1987

In March 1985, Capital Cities announced its intent to acquire ABC. In order to comply with the limits imposed by the FCC at the time, Capital Cities opted to sell both WFTS-TV and the ABC owned-and-operated station WXYZ-TV in Detroit to The E.W. Scripps Company, which the sale would be finalized in January 1986.

1987–2002

1987–1990

1987–1988

WFTS-TV picked up the Fox affiliation after WTOG disaffiliated from the network. The "28" design was used from 1987 until 2002, when it was retired in favor of Action News. Despite having the "FTS" as its call letters and its meaning as "Fox Television Station", Fox Television Stations would not have a station of its own until the swap in 1994, with the affiliation move to then-CBS affiliate WTVT and the acquisition of then-owner New World Communications in 1997.

1988–1990

1990–2002

1990–1994

Fox 28 Kids Club official membership ad

Station ID (September-December 1994)

1994–2002

"28 Tampa Bay" branding variant

28 Tampa Bay News vertical logo

28 Tampa Bay News horizontal logo

Website logo (1996-1998)

28 Tampa Bay News Station ID (1994)

Station ID (1994-2002)

Used after Fox moved to former CBS affiliate WTVT, with ABC from its affiliate at the time WTSP to then-Fox affiliate WFTS-TV.

2002

2002–present

Print version

ABC 28 was rebranded to ABC Action News in 2002, in full-time for both its general and news programming simultaneously.

2002–2007

2007–2012

Rare version of the logo with the call letters and channel number.

2013-present

News open (2012-2019)

Version with slogan

SVG NEEDED

WFTS-TV news opens

As of 2021, this is still being used in tandem with the next logo.

2021–present

External links

• ABCActionNews.com