The "26" logo used here appears to be influenced by the logo used by KMPH-TV from 1984-86.
WGBA(–TV)
1985–1992
When the station was bought by Florida-based Family Group Broadcasting in 1985, it changed call signs from WLRE to WGBA and adopted a logo patterned after those of other Family-owned stations including WFTX-TV, WFGX-TV, WPGX-TV, WVFT-TV, WQRF-TV and WLAX-TV.
In-program station ID
WGBA-TV station ID from 1990
WGBA-TV "The Fun's On Us!" promo from 1990 (this ID also displays the station's low-power Upper Michigan repeater signals)
In February 1992, Green Bay's original Fox affiliate WXGZ–TV (channel 32) went dark due to financial problems (it would return to the air two years later as WACY-TV). WGBA took over the Fox affiliation for Green Bay the next morning and would rebrand aurally and visually to "Fox 26".
On August 28, 1995, WGBA-TV swapped affiliations with WLUK-TV (channel 11), becoming the NBC affiliate for the Green Bay market as part of a group affiliation deal with SF Broadcasting who purchased four stations (including WLUK-TV) from Burnham Broadcasting and become Fox affiliates; WGBA then became known on-air as "NBC 26".
NBC 26 News logo (1996-1998). The station's news operation began on July 19, 1996.
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