WKRN-TV

==WSIX-TV==
===1953–1965===
WKRN-TV originally signed on the air on November 29, 1953, as WSIX-TV, a primary CBS affiliate on VHF channel 8, it was owned by Louis and Jack Draughon, who owned AM radio station WSIX (now WYFN). It became a full-time ABC affiliate after only one year when WLAC-TV (VHF channel 5, now WTVF) signed on and took the CBS affiliation due to WLAC radio's long history as a CBS radio affiliate.
===1965–1969===
The Draughons sold the WSIX stations to General Electric in 1966.
===1969–1971===
Screenshot 452.png|Station ID (December 4, 1970)
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===1971–1972===
Screenshot 2021-08-16 10.25.41 AM.png|Station ID (February 24, 1971)
===1972–1973===
Screenshot 2021-08-16 11.19.21 AM.png|Station ID (May 7, 1973)
Screenshot 2021-08-16 7.42.32 PM.png|Station ID (October 25, 1973)
==WNGE-TV==
On December 11, 1973, WSIX-TV and PBS member station WDCN-TV (now WNPT) switched channel positions; with the change, WSIX-TV became WNGE-TV on VHF channel 2, which stood for "Nashville General Electric".
===1973–1979===
====1973–1976, 1976–1979 (secondary)====
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Screenshot 2021-08-16 12.46.30 PM.png|Station ID (January 15, 1974)
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===1976–1979===
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Screenshot 2021-08-16 2.18.18 PM.png|Station ID (June 14, 1979)
Screenshot 2021-08-16 2.36.14 PM.png|"We're the One" ID (December 18, 1978)
WNGE 1979.jpg|"We're the One" ID (November 19, 1979)
===1979–1981===
This logo was similar to the one used by WJBK in Detroit from 1977 until 1978.
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Screenshot 2021-08-16 2.40.37 PM.png|"Still The One" ID (1979–1980)
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WNGE TV ID 1980.JPG|"You & Me & ABC" ID #1 (1980–1981)
Screen Shot 2014-05-22 at 11.46.44 AM.png|"You & Me & ABC" ID #2 (1980–1981)
WNGE ID (1980-1983).svg|ID bug (1980–1983)
===1981–1983===
This "Circle 2" logo is similar to the one used by KTVN in Reno, Nevada from 1986 to 1997, and KJRH-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1990 to 1998.
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ABC Network ident with WNGE-TV Nashville byline - Fall 1981.jpg|"Now is the time, ABC is the Place" ID (June 26, 1982)
WNGE Channel 2 station ident - 1981.jpg|Station ID (February 25, 1982)
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ABC Network ident with WNGE-TV Nashville byline - Fall 1982.jpg|"Come on Along!" ID #1 (1982–1983)
WNGE TV ID 1982.JPG|"Come on Along!" ID #2 (1982–1983)
WNGE TV ID 1982 2.JPG|"Come on Along!" ID #3 (1982–1983)
WNGE Channel 2 station ident - Fall 1983.jpg|"That Special Feeling" ID (November 24, 1983)
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==WKRN-TV==
WNGE-TV changed its callsign to the current WKRN-TV on November 29, 1983 as a result of General Electric selling off its broadcast stations (including channel 2, which went to Knight Ridder, except for KCNC-TV in Denver).
====1983–1990 (no change)====
The "Circle 2" from its final years as WNGE-TV was retained. Knight Ridder sold all of its television stations including channel 2 (along with WTEN in Albany, New York), at which point Young Broadcasting purchased in 1989.
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WKRN Channel 2 station ident - Late Fall 1983.jpg|"That Special Feeling" ID (1983)
ABC Network ident with WKRN-TV Nashville byline - Fall 1985.jpg|"You'll Love It!" ID (February 5, 1986)
ABC Network ident with WKRN-TV Nashville byline - Fall 1986.jpg|"Together" ID (September 5, 1986)
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===1990–2016===
====1990–1994====
A new version of the circle 2 logo was introduced, using a new typeface.
===1994–1996===
The '2' was now set in a solid blue circle with no outline.
Wkrn19950324 5pmtalent.JPG|1994–1996
===1996–1997===
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===1997–2016===
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Wkrn20000922 6amopen.JPG|2000–2001
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Wkrn20050118 4pm.JPG|2004–2005
Wkrn20060426 4pmopen.JPG|2005–2007
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===2016–present===
On October 31, 2016, WKRN introduced a refreshed news graphics and music package and station logo, retiring the "Circle 2", which the station had been using in some capacity since 1981. It also reintroduced the Helvetica typeface on the logo.
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== Video compilation ==
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==External links==
Category:Nexstar Media Group
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:General Electric
Category:Television stations formerly owned by Media General
Category:Former Young Broadcasting stations
Category:Television stations in the United States
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Category:Tennessee
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953
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