Originally signed on the air on December 1, 1953 as WJDM-TV, an independent station and later a primary NBC affiliate and secondary CBS and ABC affiliates on VHF channel 7. It was owned by local businessman J. D. Manley. It became known by many people as "Wait Just a Darn Minute" (a play on its call letters) because it would frequently go off the air with technical problems. Mel Wheeler purchased the station in 1957.
WJHG-TV[]
1960–1964[]
In 1960, James H. Gray, Sr., the founder of Gray Communications (now Gray Television) bought the station and changed the call letters to the current WJHG-TV after his initials. It was the second television station in Gray's portfolio, after company flagship WALB-TV in Albany, Georgia.
1964–1970[]
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1967–1972[]
1972–1974[]
On August 1, 1972, channel 7, along with then-sister station KTVE in El Dorado, Arkansas switched its primary affiliation to ABC, leaving the area without a primary NBC affiliate until WDTB (now WMBB) began a year later as the NBC affiliate.
1974–1975[]
1975–1982[]
The G. Dean Smith "Circle 7" was adopted by the station in the 1970s.
1982–1993[]
Two versions of this Circle 7 emblem were used in tandem, the first becoming less common around the late 1980s in favor of the bolder version.
1982–1987[]
In 1982, WMBB and WJHG switched networks; WJHG returned to NBC.
1987–1993[]
1993–1994[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Folio Extra Bold (modified)
Launched:
October 1993
This logo was slowly phased in in the first half of October 1993, and was used exclusively starting November 1.
1994–1997[]
1997–2018[]
1997–2001[]
2001–2018[]
2018–present[]
2018–2023[]
On June 6, 2018, WJHG made its most significant logo change yet, omitting the Circle 7 motif for the first time in almost 40 years.
2023–present[]
On December 5, 2023, WJHG and sister WECP silently omitted the logos of their affiliated networks.
