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1981–1982 1982–1986 1986–1995 1995–2001 2001–2002
2002–2006 2006–2008 2008–2014 2014–2023 2023–present
2002–2006 2006–2008 2008–2014 2014–2023 2023–present

WVEU[]

1981–1982[]

ATLveu

WUPA started off on August 22, 1981 as WVEU, a station that aired music videos. The station took the on-air name VEU, which can slightly be seen in the above logo aka WVEU-TV 69

1982–1986[]

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1986–1995[]

WUPA[]

1995–2001[]

WUPA UPN 69 1995

WVEU became the charter UPN flagship station upon the network's launch (debut) on January 16, 1995. The station then adopted the name UPN 69. In the summer of that year after the station's owners, Ellis Communications sold WVEU to Viacom's Paramount Stations Group in exchange for KSLA in Shreveport, Louisiana & the station changed its callsign to WUPA for UPN Atlanta.

2001–2002[]

Wupa69 upn atlanta

2002–2006[]

Wupa upn69 atlanta

In 2002, UPN unveiled a new logo and WUPA introduced this new identity which eschewed the channel number in favor of UPN Atlanta.

2006–2008[]

WUPA 2006-2008 logo

In 2006, UPN and The WB were merged to form The CW. WUPA joined The CW despite the presence of a Tribune-owned WB affiliate, WATL. Tribune had agreed to sign their WB affiliates to The CW, except in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Seattle where Viacom/CBS had strong UPN O&Os.

2008–2023[]

2008–2014[]

CW69 Logo

The channel number returned to the station's identity in 2008, after a six-year absence, and the word "Atlanta" was removed.

2014–2023[]

WUPA 2014

In 2014, the word "Atlanta" was re-added to the logo.

2023–present[]

WUPA Atlanta69 2023

Exercising an option in its 2022 sale of controlling interest in The CW to Nexstar Media Group, CBS News and Stations announced on May 5, 2023 that WUPA and all of their affiliated CW stations would drop the network and move to independent status on September 1. In preparation for the move, WUPA unveiled this "Atlanta 69" logo on its social media accounts in August 2023; the logo is similar in "city + channel" form to fellow ex-CW siblings WKBD-TV/Detroit, WTOG/Tampa-St. Petersburg, KMAX-TV/Sacramento, KSTW/Seattle-Tacoma and WPSG/Philadelphia.


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