WIAT

==WBMG (-TV)==
===1965–1970===
WBMG first signed on the air on October 17, 1965, as an CBS and NBC affiliate owned by Birmingham Television Corporation, a consortium between Bill DuBois and Southern Broadcasting in which DuBois held controlling interest.
===1970–1978===
On May 31, 1970, WBMG-TV took over CBS affiliate, after WAPI (now WVTM-TV) gained its NBC affiliation. DuBois and Southern Broadcasting then sold WBMG to Park Communications in 1973.
===1978–1982===
===1982–1987===
===1987–1994===
The Americana "42" continued to be used until 1996.
===1994–1996===
===1996–1998===
==WIAT==
===1998–2004===
After Media General purchased Park's stations, Media General planned to rename WBMG to the current WIAT in February 1, 1998; debuting a new tagline known as It's About Time. A month earlier, WBMG's general manager Eric Land fired all but one member of its news department staff and replaced channel 42's evening newscasts with a countdown clock to signal the forthcoming relaunch of the station as WIAT on February 5.
===2004–2007===
WIAT was sold to New Vision Television in 2006 after Media General purchased NBC's three smallest owned-and-operated stations, including Birmingham’s WVTM.
===2007–2014===
====2007–2010====
====2010–2014====
LIN Media purchased New Vision in 2012, in turn, all of LIN's stations were sold to Media General two years later; returning Media General's ownership with WIAT after selling WVTM and WJCL in Savannah to Hearst Television. A year later; Media General merged with Nexstar Media Group.
===2014–2018===
====2014–2016====
====2016–2018====
In 2016, WIAT reverted its branding to "CBS 42."
===2018–present===
This logo also resembles the one used by sister station WNCN from 2016-2018.
==External links==
Category:Television stations in the United States
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Former NBC network affiliates
Category:Birmingham, Alabama
Category:Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Category:Anniston, Alabama
Category:Alabama
Category:Nexstar Media Group
Category:Television stations formerly owned by New Vision Television
Category:Television stations formerly owned by Media General
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1965
Category:1965