WMAR-TV

==1947–1954==
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WMAR-TV first began broadcasting on October 27, 1947. It was the first television station in Maryland, and was the fourteenth commercial television station to sign on in the United States (another two stations were experimental). WMAR was founded by the A. S. Abell Company, publisher of the Sunpapers (The Baltimore Sun and its evening counterpart, The Evening Sun) and was the first completed phase of the Sunpapers' expansion into broadcasting; the newspapers also held construction permits for WMAR-FM, which signed-on at 97.9 MHz (frequency now occupied by WIYY) in January 1948 and a proposed WMAR (AM), which never made it to air (planned for 850, it eventually went on the air in 1955 as WAYE on 860).
On March 29, 1948, WMAR-TV was announced as CBS' third full-time television affiliate, after WCBS-TV in New York City and WCAU-TV (now owned and operated NBC affiliate) in Philadelphia. It also had secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont for its early days, but it later lost both affiliations to upstart WAAM-TV (channel 13, now WJZ-TV) when the station signed on in November.
Wmar53.png|Station ID (1954)
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Wmar53-3.png|1954 ID slide celebrating arrival of color TV to WMAR and the new Baltimore Orioles team. ID was shown in both black and white and in color.
==1954–1958, 1975-1981==
Also used by KGAN from 1981-1986.
===1954-1958===
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File:Wmar tv 1954 test pattern.JPG|Test pattern (1954)
==1958–1960==
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==1960–1968==
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==1968–1975==
==1975–1981==
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File:WMAR TV The laurel and hardy show id 1980s.JPG
File:WMAR TV The Dating Game id 1980s.JPG
File:WMAR TV ID 1980.JPG|Station ID (1980)
File:WMAR TV Donahue ID 1980s.JPG
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==1981–1995==
On August 30, 1981, WMAR and WBAL-TV switched affiliations, with WMAR joining NBC. The 1975 Kabel Black '2' logo was slightly redone, adding a line to give it a "split" effect.
WMARWelcome2PromoFall1981.jpg|Welcome 2 promo (Fall 1981)
WMARWelcome2IdentFall1981.jpg|Welcome 2 ID (Fall 1981)
WMAR-TV 1981 NBC Sign off.png|Sign Off Variant, 1982
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File:Wmar tv 1982.JPG
WMAR-TV 2 NBC 1984 Angels vs Orioles.png
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WMAR-TV 2 NBC 1985 Orioles vs Brewers.png
WMAR-TV 2 NBC 1985 Orioles vs Red Sox.png
WMAR-TV 1985.JPG|Ident (1985)
WMAR-TV Come Home to Channel 2 1986.jpg|Ident (1986)
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WMAR88.jpg|Ident (1987) - 40th Anniversary variant
WMAR-TV 2 The Place to Be! 1990.jpg|Ident (1990)
FFFCB8D2-B271-42E4-A3CF-1F5B1E898238.png|Sign Off Variant, 1986
WMAR ID Late 1980s.jpg
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===1992–1995===
==1995–1998==
On January 2, 1995, WMAR-TV switched to ABC, with NBC returning to WBAL-TV. The "bisected" 2 was slightly redone, the upper stroke does not reach the diagonal part of the '2' now.
WMAR 3.svg|Standalone "2"
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==1998–2002==
==2002–2018==
This logo, and the variants that followed through 2018—is similar to Scripps sister station KNXV-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. KNXV received a similar design around the same time.
===2002–2007===
DIY baltimore.gif|Early-2000s partnership with former corporate sibling DIY Network.
===2007–2012===
===2012–2018===
==2018–present==
On April 16, 2018, WMAR-TV changed its branding to "WMAR 2 [News], Working for You," and introduced a new logo incorporating a minor alteration of the 1975–81 "2" design.
WMAR 2018 Black and White Vector.svg|Print variant
WMAR 2018 Black and White Vector 2.svg|Print variant without slogan
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WMAR (2021).png|Logo with the 2021 ABC logo, seen from the 2021 Rebrand Styleguide
*"Baltimore Station Rebrands to Underscore Local Focus" (TVSpy)
==External links==
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