WLS-TV

For the station that also formerly used the WBKB-TV callsign, see WBBM-TV.

For the station in Alpena, Michigan that currently uses the WBKB-TV callsign, see WBKB-TV.

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1948–1953	1953–1962	1962–1968	1968–1996


1996–2013	2013–2018	2018–2021	2021–present

WENR-TV

1948–1953

Channel 7 first signed on the air on September 17, 1948, as WENR-TV. It was the third television station to sign on in Chicago.

WBKB-TV

1953–1962

WENR became WBKB-TV in 1953, after ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres (UPT), the former theater division of Paramount Pictures; of which UPT subsidiary Balaban and Katz owned the old WBKB (on channel 4; sharing the CBS affiliation with WGN-TV).

1962–1968

Designer:

G. Dean Smith

Typography:

Unknown

Launched:

1962

In 1962, ABC commissioned designer G. Dean Smith to create a proprietary logo for its owned-and-operated stations, known as the "Circle 7". This logo has since expanded into use by many ABC stations not owned by the network. It predates Paul Rand's ABC logo by 4 months.

WLS-TV

1968–present

1968–1996

Channel 7 had its call letters changed to WLS-TV on October 7, 1968, named after WLS Radio, which ABC had wholly owned since 1959 when the network bought the 50% interest it did not already hold in the station from the Prairie Farmer magazine.

1996–2021

1996–2013

Secondary variation of logo. Used from 1996, it was gradually phased out in 2012 in favor of the shinier, glossy version (see /Other).

2013–2018

Still used as secondary logo when the 2018 logo below was introduced.

2018–2021

2021–present

First debuted on the Windy City Weekend debut minicut. Concurrently used alongside the logo above.

External links

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TV stations in Chicago

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WAUR-LD

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WEDE-CA

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Ind.

Defunct stations:

Ind.

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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

United States broadcast television
ABC (HD) | Localish

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

Television production
ABC News Studios | ABC Signature

News broadcast

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

Other assets
ABCtek

Defunct
ABC1 |} ABC Circle Films | ABC Films | ABC Kane Productions | ABC Kids | ABC Motion Pictures | ABC News Now (network) | ABC Pictures Corporation | ABC Productions | ABC Studios | ABC Video | Creative Wonders | Live Well Network | The Baseball Network

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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios

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The Walt Disney Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Disney Music Group:
Walt Disney Records | Hollywood Records (Marvel Music) | Disney Music Publishing | Buena Vista Records | S-Curve Records

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

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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

United States broadcast television
ABC (HD) | Localish

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

Television production
ABC News Studios | ABC Signature

News broadcast

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

Other assets
ABCtek

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (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 | TSN 4K) | 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.
⁵Airs only on DStv.

Disney XD
Canada¹² | Netherlands and Flanders | Poland

FX
Latin America

Star Channel
Latin America

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Radio | ABC News Now | ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra

Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Other assets: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | Walt Disney Imagineering

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

¹ Distributed by Paramount Pictures
² Distributed by Universal Pictures
³ Distributed by Sony Pictures
⁴ Formerly original series on Netflix

X-Men films¹
Original trilogy: X-Men | X2: X-Men United | X-Men: The Last Stand
Prequel films: X-Men: First Class | X-Men: Days of Future Past | X-Men: Apocalypse | Dark Phoenix
Wolverine saga: X-Men Origins: Wolverine | The Wolverine | Logan
Deadpool saga: Deadpool | Deadpool 2
Spin-off: The New Mutants

Spider-Man films²
Sam Raimi films: Spider-Man | Spider-Man 2 | Spider-Man 3
Marc Webb films: The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Spin-off films: Venom | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Morbius | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Fantastic Four films¹
Tim Story films: Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Other: Fant4stic

Other films
Daredevil¹ | Elektra¹ | Hulk (2003)³

Other
Marvel Stadium⁷

¹ Distributed by 20th Century Fox
² Distributed by Sony Pictures
³ Distributed by Universal Pictures
⁴ Distributed by Netflix
⁵ Produced by Toei
⁶ Produced by Marvel Studios; Not canon to Marvel Cinematic Universe
⁷ Sponsorship with Australian Football League

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Disney Star

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Regional-language TV channels:
Entertainment channels: Tamil: Star Vijay ^HD | Telugu: Star Maa ^HD | Kannada: Star Suvarna ^HD | Malayalam: Asianet ^HD and Asianet Plus | Bengali: Star Jalsha ^HD | Marathi: Star Pravah ^HD | Odia: Star Kiran ^HD
Movie channels: Tamil: Vijay Super (HD upcoming) | Telugu: Star Maa Movies ^HD and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet Movies (HD upcoming) | Bengali: Jalsha Movies ^HD | Marathi: Pravah Picture ^HD
Music channels: Tamil: Vijay Music | Telugu: Star Maa Music

Star Sports:
English: Star Sports 1 ^HD | Star Sports 2 ^HD | Star Sports 3 | Hindi: Star Sports 1 Hindi ^HD | Star Sports First
Regional languages: Star Sports 1 Tamil (HD upcoming), Telugu (HD upcoming), Kannada, Bangla and Marathi
Star Sports Select: Star Sports Select 1 ^HD, Star Sports Select 2 ^HD

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus ^HD, Utsav Gold ^HD and Utsav Bharat | UMP Movies¹
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV, Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life

Former channels and properties:

Indian channels:
Defunct: Life OK ^HD/Star One | Star Movies Action | FX ^HD | Fox Crime | Channel V | ESPN | Movies OK | Nat Geo Tamil and Nat Geo Telugu | ESPN Star Sports | UTV World Movies¹ | UTV Stars^{HD, 1} | Bindass Play¹ | UTV Action Telugu¹
Divested: News network³ (Star News | Star Ananda | Star Majha) | Star CJ Alive⁴ | MTV (India)⁵ | Bloomberg UTV/UTVi¹
International channels discontinued in India: Nat Geo Music ^HD | Nat Geo People ^HD | BabyTV (SD only)
Unlaunched: Star Sports 1 Gujarati | Star Sports 1 Malayalam

Notes:
¹Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ ENM.
⁵Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India.
⁶Sold to China Media Capital.
⁷Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁸Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
⁹Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar | UTV Software Communications (UTV Motion Pictures)

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

Disney Platform Distribution (International)
Theatrical Distribution:
United States/International: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Searchlight Pictures distribution unit | Buena Vista International)
Regional: Walt Disney Studios Japan (Japan)

Home Media Distribution:
Disney Banner | Marvel Banner | Lucasfilm Banner | 20th Century and Searchlight Banner

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A+E Networks

Co-owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company

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

Canada:
Lifetime | History | Historia | History 2

Latin America²:
A&E | History | History 2 | Lifetime³

United Kingdom & Ireland:⁴
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | Sky History | Sky History 2

Italy:
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | History

India:⁵
History TV18

Asia
Lifetime | History | Crime + Investigation

Others:
A&E Studios | A&E IndieFilms | Lifetime Films | History Films

Notes
¹Joint venture with Vice Media.
²Joint venture with Ole Communications.
³Joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.
⁴Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁵Joint venture with TV18.

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

Notes
¹Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²Disney manages and operates this television and interactive units by Saban Capital Group.
³Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁵Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰Owned by Corus Entertainment.
¹¹Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²Co-owned with TDC Group.

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ABC owned and affiliated television stations

Owned Television Stations:

^{Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.}

WLS-TV

WENR-TV

1948–1953

WBKB-TV

1953–1962

1962–1968

WLS-TV

1968–present

1968–1996

1996–2021

1996–2013

2013–2018

2018–2021

2021–present

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