WLS-TV

WENR-TV (Blue Channel 7: 1948-1953)

1948–1953

WBKB-TV (ABC 7: 1953-1968)

1953–1962

1962–1968

WLS-TV (ABC 7: 1968-Present)

1968-present

1968-1996

On Monday October 7, 1968 WBKB-TV has changed it's call sign to WLS-TV (an acronym for World's Largest Store, a reference to WLS radio's one-time owner Sears).

1996–present

Current variation of logo. Used since 2018.

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WLS-TV/News

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TV stations in Chicago

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WLS-TV

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Defunct stations:

WOCH-CD

Charge!

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ABC

Parent company: The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies: Capital Cities/ABC | American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres

United States broadcast television:
ABC (HD) (Others)

Radio networks:
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Radio, Inc. (1945-2007)

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Sources: ABC Radio, Cumulus Media, Cumulus Media Networks, Radio Disney and Westwood One on Wikipedia

Other assets:
ABCtek

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ABC News

Special programming:
ABC News Special Report

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Studios

Home Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Others) | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Disney Theatrical Productions Group
Disney on Broadway | Disney on Ice | Disney Theatrical Productions | Disney Live!

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Endemol Shine Group

Parent companies:

The Walt Disney Company | Apollo Global Management (50%)

Predecessors:
Endemol | Shine Group

Endemol Shine Iberia:
Endemol Portugal | Gestmusic | Shine Iberia | Telegenia | Zeppelin Television

Endemol Shine Nordics:
Friday TV | Metronome Film & Television | Metronome Productions | Metronome Spartacus | Rubicon TV

Asia Pacific:
Asia | China | India | SE Asia

Endemol Shine Australia:
Endemol Shine Banks

Kuarzo:
Argentina | Chile

Endemol Australia:
Endemol Southern Star | Southern Star Singapore

Endemol UK:
Bazal | Brighter Pictures | Cheetah Television

Endemol USA:
Latino | Original Media | True Entertainment

Notes:
¹ Joint-venture with Grupo Globo.

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Corporation (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

Canadian networks (Co-Owned with Bell Media):
The Sports Network (TSN1 | TSN2 | TSN3 | TSN4 | TSN5) | RDS | RDS2 | RDS Info | ESPN Classic Canada

Japanese networks
J-Sports 1 | J-Sports 2 | J-Sports 3 | J-Sports 4

¹Operated by BT under license.
²Also airs on MLB Network.
³Partnership with TV5 Network Inc.
⁴Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.

Fox Life
Asia | India | Latin America | Spain

FX
Asia | Latin America (FXM)

Indian properties

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The Walt Disney Company India

Parent: The Walt Disney Company

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Star TV

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Star India (Special logos)
Television channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Star Plus (HD), Star Bharat (HD) and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold (HD), Star Gold Select (HD), Movies OK and Star Utsav Movies

English: Entertainment: Star World (HD) and Star World Premiere HD | Movies: Star Movies (HD) and Star Movies Select HD | Lifestyle: Fox Life (HD) | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic (HD) (Tamil | Telugu) and Nat Geo Wild (HD) | Kids’: BabyTV HD¹

Regional languages: Tamil: Star Vijay (Other) (HD) and Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa (HD), Star Maa Movies (HD), Star Maa Music and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna (HD) and Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet (HD), Asianet Plus and Asianet Movies | Bangla: Star Jalsha (HD) and Jalsha Movies (HD) | Marathi: Star Pravah (HD)

International channels:
Africa: Star Life (HD in South Africa, SD elsewhere)

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky² (HD, + HD; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Notes:
¹Withdrawn from India in March 2019 (SD feeds) and June 2019 (Nat Geo Music and People HD); BabyTV HD is still running in India. They were run by Fox Networks Group Asia; there was no dedicated Indian feed.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ E&M.
⁵Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V.

Non-Indian companies using the Star brand:

Taiwan: Star Movies HD (Taiwan)

Disbanded channels and properties:
China: Star China Media¹ (Star Sports | Xing Kong | Channel V (China) | Fortune Star)
Southeast Asia²: Star World (Asia) and Star Movies (Asia, Philippines and Taiwan), MTV³
Indonesia: antv⁴ | Film Indonesia
Philippines: Viva Cinema⁵
South Korea: Channel V (Korea)

Notes:
¹Sold to China Media Capital.
²Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Now owned by Fox Networks Group.
³Formerly a joint-venture with Viacom International but ended in 1994. MTV Southeast Asia later relaunched in 1995.
⁴Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁵Relauched as Pinoy Box Office.

Non-Star television channels:
India: Hindi youth entertainment: Bindass | Hindi movies: UTV Movies, UTV Action and UTV HD | English entertainment: Disney International HD | Kids’ channels: Disney Channel, Hungama, Marvel HQ and Disney Junior

International: United Kingdom: UMP Movies

Defunct channels: UTV World Movies | UTV Stars (HD) | Bindass Play | UTV Action Telugu
Divested channels: BTVI

UTV Software Communications: UTV Motion Pictures
Defunct: UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

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Star TV

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

International channels:
Africa: Star Life (HD in South Africa, SD elsewhere)

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky² (HD, + HD; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Non-Indian companies using the Star brand:

Taiwan: Star Movies HD (Taiwan)

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company

Other Marvel films

X-Men

Other films

Marvel live action TV

Marvel animation

Marvel comic books

Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International
Subsidiaries: France | Germany | India | Italy | Latin America

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A+E Networks

Co-owned by Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company

NOTE: Except for European markets which fully owned by Hearst (and its respective partners) since 2019.

Latin America²:
A&E (HD) | History (HD) | History 2 (HD) | Lifetime³ (HD)

United Kingdom & Ireland:⁴
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | History | H2 | Lifetime

Iberian Peninsula:⁵
Blaze (HD) | Historia (HD) | Crimen & Investigación/Crime & Investigação

India:⁶
History TV18 (HD) | FYI TV18 (HD)

¹Joint venture with Vice Media.
²Joint venture with Ole Communications.
³Joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.
⁴Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁵Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁶Joint venture with TV18.

Inactive
Touchstone Pictures (Others | Logo Variations) | Touchstone Television | Touchstone Home Entertainment (Others)

Predecessor companies: 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc.
Split companies: Fox Corporation

Notes
¹ Disney manages and operates this station owned by Emmis Communications.
² Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
³ Disney manages and operates this television and interactive units by Saban Capital Group.
⁴ Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁵ Operated by Cumulus Media under an LMA.
⁶ Joint venture with the Hearst Corporation, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁷ Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁸ Joint verture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁹ Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
¹⁰ Joint venture with Sky Limited.
¹¹ Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹² Owned by Corus Entertainment.
¹³ Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹⁴ Joint venture with Global Group.
¹⁶ Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁷ Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁸Joint venture with CJ E&M.
¹⁹Joint venture with Televisión Nacional de Chile.
²⁰Co-owned with NBCUniversal
²¹Co-owned with CBS Corporation

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WENR-TV (Blue Channel 7: 1948-1953)

1948–1953

WBKB-TV (ABC 7: 1953-1968)

1953–1962

1962–1968

WLS-TV (ABC 7: 1968-Present)

1968-present

1968-1996

1996–present

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