WLBT

==WJBT==
===1953–1954===
==WLBT==
===1954–1961===
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WLBT first signed on in 1953 under the ownership of the Lamar Life Insurance Company, and became notorious for its aggressive support for racial segregation throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The station went as far as pre-empting NBC programs with African-American actors or any reference to racial justice, and ignored coverage of the Civil Rights Movement.
The station preceded broadcasts of NBC's Today with an advisory claiming that the morning show contained “biased, managed Northern news," and in 1955, when civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall appeared on Today, WLBT interrupted it by putting up a slide that falsely stated "Sorry, Cable Trouble." All of this led to petitions being sent to the FCC from civil rights groups, as well as NBC, to revoke WLBT's license. In the mid-1960s, WLBT began taking some measures to attempt to change its segregationist image, but the damage had been done as the United States Court of Appeals ordered the FCC to revoke WLBT's license in 1969.
===1962–1967===
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===1967–1971===
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===1971–1975===
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In 1971, the FCC handed control of WLBT to "Communications Improvement, Inc.", a non-profit and bi-racial foundation, who controlled the station while hearings were being held for a permanent licensee. Communications Improvement would control WLBT over the next decade before handing over the license to "TV-3, Inc.," a consortum led by African-American executives, in 1979.
===1976–1979===
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===1979–1985===
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File:WLBT 1983A.png|1983
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===1985–present===
====1985–1998====
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WLBT Noon Report open 1990.jpg|Opening from a 1990 newscast
WLBT 3 News open 1994.jpg|Opening from a 1994 newscast
WLBT 3 News opening 1996.jpg|Opening from a 1996 newscast.
====1998–2000====
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The Liberty Corporation purchased channel 3 from Melton in 2000.
====2000–2004====
====2004–2009====
====2009–2023====
WLBT Olympics.svg|Olympics logo (2010–2022)
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WLBT NBC 3.png|Website icon
====2023–present====
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==External links== 
Category:Television stations in the United States
Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:Jackson, Mississippi
Category:Mississippi
Category:Gray Television
Category:Television stations formerly owned by the Liberty Corporation
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953