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1950–1957 1957–1964 1964–1968 1968–1972 1972–1976 1976–1980
1950–1957 1957–1964 1964–1968 1968–1972 1972–1976 1976–1980
1980–1993 1993–1996 1996–2000 2000–2008 2008–2016 2016–present
1980–1993 1993–1996 1996–2000 2000–2008 2008–2016 2016–present

WSYR-TV[]

1950–1957[]

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Originally signed on the air as WSYR-TV on February 15, 1950, a primary NBC affiliate on VHF channel 3 and was first owned by Advance Publications, ran by the Newhouse family, which owned Syracuse Post-Standard, Syracuse Herald-Journal, and WSYR radio (AM 570 and FM 94.5, now WYYY).

1957–1964[]

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1964–1968[]

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1968–1972[]

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1972–1976[]

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1976–1980[]

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WSTM-TV[]

1980–1993[]

WSTM 3 numeral 1980

The Newhouse family largely exited broadcasting in 1980. The WSYR cluster had been grandfathered after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) forbade common ownership of newspaper and broadcasting outlets, but lost this protection when Advance dismantled its broadcasting division. Channel 3 was sold to the Times Mirror Company, who—so as to comply with an FCC rule in effect at the time that prohibited TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different owners from sharing the same callsigns—changed the television station's calls to WSTM-TV (for "Syracuse Times Mirror") on March 28 and kept the James Street studios, also introducing a new logo to go with the new callsign. They later sold channel 3 to to SJL Broadcast Management, a broadcast holding company controlled by George Lilly. SJL then sold WSTM-TV to Federal Broadcasting in 1992, who would later be acquired by Raycom Media in 1997. The WSYR-TV callsign has been used for channel 3's rival, the ABC affiliate on VHF channel 9 (formerly WIXT) since 2005. They also used the logo for KIEM-TV in Eureka, California in 1996.

1993–1996[]

WSTM 1993
Designer:  Television by Design
Typography:  Newtext
Helvetica
Launched:  1993

1996–2000[]

WSTM NBC 3 (1996)

2000-2016[]

WSTM 3 2000 reduced

2000–2008[]

WSTM 3 2000

On March 27, 2006, Raycom Media announced the sale of WSTM-TV and WSTQ-LP to the Barrington Broadcasting Group. The sale was finalized that August.

2008–2016[]

Wstm 2009 (1)
Designer:  Indie Box
Typography:  Custom ("3")
Eras
Launched:  2008

On February 28, 2013, Barrington Broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group, including WSTM-TV and the SSA for WTVH, to the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group (which announced that it would not renew the SSA with WTVH when it expires in March 2017).

2016–present[]

WSTM-TV NBC 3

The logo is similar to the 1993 logo, except the "3" is smaller.

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