WJHG-TV

Contents
1953–1960	1960–1964	1964-1970	1967–1969	1970–1974	1974-1975	1975–1982
1982–1988	1988–1993	1993-1994	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

1960–1964

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

SVG NEEDED

1967–1969

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

In the 1970s, the "Circle 7" was added to this station. It is sort of a similar design to the original G. Dean Smith "Cricle 7" design.

Slide from February 1976.

Slightly different Circle 7 seen in ads by itself.

Slide from 1978.

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.

1982–1988

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

ID slide (May 1982)

News slide (1982)

Sign from this era, displayed until 2010.

ID slide (September 1984)

ID slide (September 1984)

ID slide (September 1984)

Variant used from 1985-1987.

Variant with skinnier Circle 7 used in IDs until 1993.

Bug seen in 1988.

1988–1993

Chrome variant, seen October 1993.

1993-1994

1994–1997

"Circle 7" design

1997–2018

1997–2001

Slide from April 1999.

2001–2018

Monochrome version

Metallic version

WJHG-DT3 logo (2006–present)

Olympics logo (2002-2018)

2018–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.

News Channel 7 logo

Olympics logo (2021-present)

News Channel 7 open (January 2022-present)

External links

• WJHG.com