WMAQ-TV

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W9XAP[]

1930–1933[]

WMAQ-TV was founded as the first experimental TV station in Chicago, and sixth in the United States on August 30, 1930 as W9XAP from WMAQ-AM studios, and owned by the Chicago Daily News at the time. It was experimented by mechanical TV broadcasting for three years on Channel 1, and on November 1, 1931, WMAQ-AM sold to NBC, four years after joined the Red Network. This began the NBC ownership from that point on; W9XAP was the short-lived predecessor which returned fifteen years after ending the experimental broadcast.

WNBQ[]

1948–1956[]

The station first signed on the air on October 8, 1948, as WNBQ (Channel 5); it was the fourth television station to sign on in Chicago, and the 38th of the U.S. It was also the third of NBC's five original owned-and-operated television stations to begin operations, after WNBC-TV in New York City and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., and before WKYC in Cleveland and KNBC in Los Angeles. The station originally proposed WNBY as its call letters. At NBC's request, however, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an application filed by the network to change the station's calls to WNBQ, a move that was announced on March 3, 1948. NBC officials cited the need to avoid possible confusion with WMBI (1110 AM) and to obtain a callsign that was closer to co-owned NBC Red Network radio station WMAQ (670 AM, frequency now occupied by WSCR; and 101.1 FM, now WKQX) as the reasons for the change.

1956–1964[]

WMAQ-TV[]

1964–1969[]

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Although NBC had long owned the WMAQ radio stations, the television station continued to maintain call letters separate from those used by its co-owned radio outlets; this changed on August 31, 1964, when the network changed the station's calls to WMAQ-TV.

1969–1976[]

This logo dates back to when it was originally used by KING-TV in Seattle from 1959–1967.

1976–1985; 1992–1995[]

1976–1979[]

1979–1985[]

1992–1995[]

WMAQ-TV revived the Helvetica 5 used from 1975–1985.

1985–1992[]

1985–1986[]

1986–1992[]

When the same 1985 "Abstract 5" logo was kept by WMAQ-TV, NBC updated it's peacock on May 12, 1986.

1995–2000[]

1995–1998[]

1998–2000[]

2000–2012[]

Designer:

NBC

Typography:

Oddlini Semi Bold Ultra Expanded

Launched:

2000

This logo was the first longest reigning usage by the station for 11 years, which is later surpassed by the next logo in 2012.

2012-present[]

2012–2024[]

Designer:

NBC ArtWorks

Typography:

Neue Helvetica

Launched:

January 2012

This logo has been updated with the NBC generic "Look F" package. Currently, it is the second longest reigning logo usage by the station, surpassing the 2000 logo. As of July 2024, it is no longer used as a primary logo, but became as a secondary logo since the same month; which is retaining on the news graphics and on the screenbug, and it is in tandem with the current logo.

2024–present[]

Designer:

Sibling Rivalry Studio (2022 NBC peacock)
NBC ArtWorks (typeface)

Typography:

Neue Helvetica

Launched:

July 27, 2024

With the same 2012 "5 CHICAGO" typeface still in use by the station, the 2022 NBC Peacock was incorporating into this logo, with that logo is currently used in promos and it is used in tandem with the previous logo.

External links[]

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²	Co-owned with Hearst Corporation.
³	Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
⁴	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
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⁸	Joint venture with Ion Media Networks, DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic.
⁹	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
¹⁰	Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
¹¹	Owned by Discovery Networks Latin America under brand license
¹²	Co-owned with Participant, Entertainment One, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and Alibaba Group.
¹³	Co-owned with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
¹⁴	Co-owned with TV18.
¹⁵	Co-owned with Trans Corp.
¹⁶	Co-owned with The Walt Disney Company.
¹⁷	Co-owned with Major League Baseball.
¹⁸	Previously owned by Walmart.
¹⁹	Sold its stake to Ion Media.
²⁰	Joint venture with Pioneer Corporation.
²¹	Co-owned with Seven West Media.
²²	GE sold to Westwood One.
²³	In partnership with IHeartMedia, Inc.
²⁴	Joint-venture with Nikkei and TV Tokyo.
²⁵	Joint-venture with Class Editori and Mediaset.
²⁶	Co-owned with Mediawan Thematics.
²⁷	Owned by Times Brasil under brand license.
²⁸	Co-owned with the National Geographic Society and Fox International Channels, stake acquired by the News Corporation in 2009.

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