WTEN | Logopedia

Not to be confused with KTEN.



1953–1956	1956–1957	1957–1961	1961–1967	1967–1976	1976–1977


1977–1984	1984–1986	1986–1988	1988–1994	1994–2000	2000–2011


2011–2013	2013	2013–2019	2019–present

WROW-TV[]

1953–1956[]

WTEN began broadcasting on October 14, 1953 as WROW-TV on UHF channel 41. It was owned by the Hudson Valley Broadcasting Company, operating alongside WROW radio (590 AM). It was a primary ABC affiliate.

WCDA[]

After WROW was sold off to a New York City-based syndicate group, channel 41 changed its callsign to WCDA, and launching a satellite station, WCDB (channel 29), in nearby Hagaman.

1956–1957[]

WTEN[]

Hudson Valley merged with Durham Broadcasting Enterprises in December 1957, the owners of WTVD in Durham to form Capital Cities Television Corporation (predecessor of Capital Cities Communications) with WTEN as its flagship station. Also that year, channel 41 (by now, in VHF channel 10)'s call letters were changed again to the current WTEN. With the callsign change, its satellite changed its call letters to WCDC.

1957–1961[]

1961–1967[]

1967–1976[]

WTEN was sold to Poole Broadcasting as Capital Cities merged with Triangle Publications in 1971.

1976–1977[]

1977–1984[]

On October 23, 1977, WTEN rejoined ABC after a 22 year absence; the CBS affiliation went to WAST (currently a NBC affiliate as WNYT). Poole sold channel 10, including WJRT-TV and WPRI-TV, to Knight Ridder Broadcasting.

1984–1986[]

During this time, WTEN's alternate "TVTEN" logo provided a rare example of a TV station identifying its channel number as both a number and a word.

1986–present[]

The "10" in this logo has been used by the station since 1986.

1986–1988[]

SVG NEEDED

1988–1994[]

SVG NEEDED

1994–2011[]

1994–2000[]

2000–2011[]

SVG NEEDED

2011-2019[]

2011-2013[]

SVG NEEDED

2013[]

SVG NEEDED

WTEN unveiled its new logo on March 26, 2013; however, this would last for only a few months.

2013–2019[]

SVG NEEDED

WTEN's satellite station, WCDC-TV, shut down on November 19, 2017.

2019–present[]

SVG NEEDED

WTEN news opens

External links[]

Official website

V • T • E

Nexstar Media Group

Predecessors:

Other assets:
The Hill | WGN

¹Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery.
²Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%.
³Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.
⁴Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting.
⁵Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA.
⁶Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media.
⁷Predecessor company of LIN Media.
⁸Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.

V • T • E

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