On November 13, 1959, WVEC moved from channel 15 (a UHF channel; at the time televisions weren't required to carry UHF tuners) to channel 13 (a VHF frequency). Also, WVEC swapped affiliation with WAVY-TV to ABC.
196?–196?
196?–197?
197?–1981
Ad proclaiming the station's switch to a 24-hour schedule, 1979
1981–1992
A logo design similar to WVEC's logo was used at other Corinthian Broadcasting-owned stations, including KXTV, KHOU and WANE-TV. The Corinthian station group was sold to the A.H. Belo Corporation in 1984. This logo was used for the first "Spirit of Hampton Roads" image campaign.
"13 Newshour" (1981)
Print ad for Doctor Who, 1983
ABC-WVEC ID (1985)
Rock Palace promo, 1984
on-screen ID, 1984
"The Spirit of Hampton Roads" using a cut from Frank Gari's "Turn to a Friend", 1987
WVEC station ID from ABC's "America's Watching" campaign (1990)
WVEC station ID from ABC's "America's Watching" campaign (1991)
WVEC ID (1991)
1992–1996
In September 1992, WVEC revamped their "Spirit of Hampton Roads" image campaign with a new logo/graphics package and theme.
1996–2009
WVEC dropped the "Spirit of Hampton Roads" image campaign in October 1996 with this new logo. The new image kept the blue-and-white "13" square but completely redid the logo's design in Garamond font.
Logo seen outside studios.
Pilot 13 News logo (1997-2001)
2001–2004
Eventually, WVEC changed the blue-and-white colors to blue-and-gold, while also putting the words "WVEC" in a new font.
Alternate logo, but with a dot instead of a dash between the call letters and the "TV" suffix.
WVEC 50 Years Logo (2003)
2004–2009
Meanwhile, on New Year's Eve 2003, WVEC temporarily reintroduced the "Spirit of Hampton Roads" image campaign with this logo, until 2008, after WVEC ditched Convergence by Stephen Arnold Music with Propulsion by 615 Music, which was also used by its sister station WFAA.
Legal ID (2005-2006)
2009–2018
WVEC phased in the "Your Local News Leader" image in 2009 with this new "circle 13."
2009-2013 version
13 News logo w/ website domain from 2009-2013.
Alternate logo as "ABC 13", even though the station isn't identifed by that branding until recently.
13 News Now logo w/ website domain from 2013-2018.
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