WLS-TV

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

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1 WENR-TV
- 1.1 1948–1953
2 WBKB-TV
- 2.1 1953–1962
- 2.2 1962–1968
3 WLS-TV
- 3.1 1968–present
  - 3.1.1 1968–1996
- 3.2 1996–present

WENR-TV

1948–1953

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WBKB-TV

1953–1962

1962–1968

DESIGNER
G. Dean Smith

TYPOGRAPHY
Unknown

USAGE
Official

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.

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WLS-TV

1968–present

1968–1996

DESIGNER
G. Dean Smith

TYPOGRAPHY
Unknown

USAGE
Official

In 1968, WBKB changed its callsign to the current WLS-TV (an acronym for World's Largest Store, a reference to WLS radio's one-time owner Sears).

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1996–present

Current variation of logo. Used since 2018.

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TV stations in Chicago

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Defunct stations:

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Parent company: The Walt Disney Company

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

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

Other assets:
ABCtek

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ABC News

Special programming:
ABC News Special Report

Live-streaming networks:
ABC News Live

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Studios

Disney Music Group
Walt Disney Records | Hollywood Records (Marvel Music | Fox Music) | Disney Music Publishing | Buena Vista Records

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

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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) | 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. ^{5</Airs only on DStv.}

Fox Life
Africa | Asia | India | Latin America | Spain

FX
Asia | Latin America (FXM)

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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 (Other), Star Bharat ^HD and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold ^HD, Star Gold 2 ^HD, Star Gold Select ^HD 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 and Wild ^HD | Kids’: BabyTV HD¹

Regional languages:
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
Movie channels: Tamil: Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa Movies ^HD and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet Movies | Bengali: Jalsha Movies ^HD
Music channels: Tamil: Vijay Music | Telugu: Star Maa Music

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

Upcoming channels: Bangla: Jalsha Josh | English: Star Movies Select SD | Sports: Star Sports 3 HD, Star Sports 1 Malayalam and Star Sports 1 Gujarati

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

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Disney+ 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 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 (HD upcoming), 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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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

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

Other Marvel films

X-Men

Other films

Marvel live action TV

Marvel animation

Marvel comic books

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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 (HD) | History (HD) | History 2 (HD) | Lifetime³ (HD)

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

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

Asia
Lifetime | History | Crime + Investigation

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 AMC Networks International.
⁶Joint venture with TV18.

Inactive
Touchstone Pictures | Touchstone Home Entertainment

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

Notes
¹Disney manages and operates this station owned by Emmis Communications.
²Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
³Disney manages and operates this television and interactive units by Saban Capital Group.
⁴Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁵Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁶Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁷Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁸Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁹Joint venture with Sky Limited.
¹⁰Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹¹Owned by Corus Entertainment.
¹²Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹³Joint venture with Global Group.
¹⁴Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁵Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁶Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁷Joint venture with Televisión Nacional de Chile.
¹⁸Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁹Co-owned with ViacomCBS
²⁰Operated by Good Karma Brands under an LMA.
²¹Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²²Joint venture with Rede Globo.
²³The Walt Disney Company established Movies Anywhere as Disney Movies Anywhere on February 25, 2014 and later renamed the video-on-demand service "Movies Anywhere, LLC" in the United States on October 12, 2017.

WLS-TV

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WENR-TV

1948–1953

WBKB-TV

1953–1962

1962–1968

WLS-TV

1968–present

1968–1996

1996–present

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