WMBB

Not to be confused with WBBM-TV.

Contents

1973–1976	1976	1976–1977	1977–1978	1978–1979	1979	1979–1982


1982–1987	1987–1990	1990–1997	1997–2001	2001–2005	2005–2013	2013–present

WDTB-TV

1973–1976

Originally signed on the air on October 4, 1973 as WDTB-TV, a primary NBC affiliate on VHF channel 13 and was owned by Panhandle Broadcasting Corporation (run by attorney Denver T. Brannen, from where the original call letters were derived from).

1976

1976–1977

WMBB (-TV)

1977–1978

On February 28, 1977, WDTB was sold to Octagon Broadcasting, an Atlanta-based ouufit. Upon the change, Octagon changed the station's call sign to the current WMBB (which stands for "The World's Most Beautiful Beaches").

1978–1982

1978–1979

1979

1979–1982

The bird was added back in November 1979.

1982–1987

WJHG and WMBB swapped affiliations on January 4, 1982, with WMBB joining ABC. The bird from the 1977 logo was kept, but a new 13 logo was introduced with the switch. Tyler, Texas-based Buford Television purchased channel 13 on December 5, 1986.

1987–1997

1987–1990

1990–1997

After being purchased by Spartanburg-based Spartan Radiocasting (later Spartan Communications) on April 12, 1990, channel 13 began using this logo on August 6 of that year, when they began broadcasting from a new 1,500-foot (457 m) state-of-the-art antenna and transmitter tower now in Youngstown.

1997–2001

This logo began to be used in March 1997. This was the rebrand which introduced the "News 13" branding.

2001–2005

This logo is similar to one used by then-sister station WDEF-TV from 1997 to 2005. Richmond, Virginia-based Media General, which owns NBC affiliate WFLA-TV (VHF channel 8) in Tampa, purchased Spartan Communications for $605 million in March 2000.

2005–present

Designer:

Media General

Typography:

Verdana

Launched:

2005

2005–2013

2013–present

External links

MyPanhandle.com

V • T • E

TV stations in the Eastern Florida Panhandle, including Panama City

7.2

WMBB

21.2

BTV

V • T • E

Radio station: WGN

Streaming service: KTLA+

Digital subchannel networks: Antenna TV | Rewind TV

Cable networks: Cooking Channel⁷ | Food Network⁷ | NewsNation

Newspaper: The Hill

¹Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.
²Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting.
³Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA.
⁴Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media.
⁵Predecessor company of LIN Media.
⁶Currently a repeater for WWLP.
⁷Joint venture with Discovery, Inc., in which Nexstar owns 31% while Discovery owns the remaining 69%.

V • T • E

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.}

WDTB-TV

1973–1976

1976

1976–1977

WMBB (-TV)

1977–1978

1978–1982

1978–1979

1979

1979–1982

1982–1987

1987–1997

1987–1990

1990–1997

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–present

2005–2013

2013–present

External links

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