WJHG-TV

Contents
1953–1960	1960–1966	1967–1969	1969-1970	1970–1974
1974-1975	1975–1982	1982–1986	1986–1987	1987–1989
1989–1994	1994–1997	1997–2001	2001–2018	2018–present

WJDM-TV

1953–1960

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

1960–1966

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-TVafter his initials. It was the second television station in Gray's portfolio, after company flagship WALB-TV in Albany, Georgia.

1967–1969

1969–1970

1970–1974

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

Slide from February 1976.

Slightly different Circle 7 seen in ads by itself.

Slide from 1978.

In the 1970s, the "Circle 7" was added to this station.

1982–1994

1982–1986

ID slide (May 1982)

News slide (1982)

Sign from this era, displayed until 2010.

In 1982, WMBB and WJHG switched networks; WJHG returned to NBC.

1986–1987

1987–1989

Bug seen in 1988.

1989–1994

1994–1997

"Circle 7" design

1997–2018

1997–2001

Slide from April 1999.

2001–2018

Metallic version

WJHG-DT3 logo (2006–present)

Olympics logo (2002-2018)

2018–present

Olympics logo (2021-present)

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.

External links

• WJHG.com