KWCH-DT

==KTVH==
===1953–1957===
Channel 12 first signed on the air on July 1, 1953 as KTVH, the first television station based in the state of Kansas. The station has been a primary CBS affiliate from the start, with secondary affiliations with NBC (until 1954), DuMont (until 1955), and ABC (until 1956). The Wichita-Hutchinson Company, Inc. was the station's original owners; they would sell 80 percent of the station to Des Moines-based Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company (owned by the Cowles family and later rechristened Cowles Media) for $1.07 million.
===1957–1964===
===1964–1976===
During this logo's use, Cowles proposed a sale KTVH to the WKY Television System of Oklahoma City for $4.4 million in December 1968; the sale essentially fell apart, however, when the Federal Communications Commission designated the sale for hearing in August 1969.
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Kays0776.jpg|Logo for sattellite station KAYS
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Kansas Broadcasting System (1960s).png|Kansas Broadcasting zsystem logo (1960s)
Screen Shot 2020-03-09 at 6.43.32 PM.png|Print banner for the statewide "Kansas Broadcasting System" (of which KTVH was the flagship)
===1976–1981===
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===1981-1983===
In 1982, Cowles Media would sell KWCH to Kansas Broadcasting System Inc., a Hays, Kansas-based business that already owned two KBS stations, KAYS and KLOE. The sale would be approved in January 1983.
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==KWCH (-TV/-DT)==
===1983–2002===
The goal of the KTVH's new ownership and its newly-hired general manager, Ron Bergamo, was to transform the station from a ratings laggard with a staid reputation into a first-place outlet. The revamp included improved equipment; new graphics packages; and, on July 4, 1983, the adoption of a new logo, a new motto ("The Look of a Leader"), and a new call sign, KWCH-TV (the station's calls would retain the "-DT" suffix after the 2009 DTV transition).
====1983–1989====
KWCH (1983, original version).svg|Original version (1983–1984); the logo was initially structured so that the "1" and the bottom swash of the "2" in the numerical "12" logo formed the "L" in "Leader", but was modified likely due to viewer confusion as this was not readily apparent outside of station IDs rendering the slogan in this manner
KWCH Eyewitness News (1983).svg|Eyewitness News logo (1983–1989)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1983).svg|Kansas Broadcasting System logo (1983–1987)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1987).svg|Kansas Broadcasting System logo (1987–1989)
1985 1.jpg|Station ID (1983-1984)
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906582 721270974603145 4233852741405420764 o.jpg|1986 shared ID with other KBS stations
KWCH (1989-1993).PNG|Slogan variant, as seen in station IDs (1985–1989)
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====1989–1992====
KWCH (1989, alternate).svg|Horizontal variant (1989–1992); used primarily in station promos
KWCH Eyewitness News – 1989.svg|Eyewitness News logo (1989–1994)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1989, KBSD).svg|KBSD logo (1989–1992)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1989, KBSH).svg|KBSH logo (1989–1992)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1989, KBSL).svg|KBSL logo (1989–1992)
KWCH 1991 ID 1.jpg|Daytime ID (1989–1992)
KWCH 1991 ID.jpg|Nighttime ID (1989–1992)
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Snapshot2022-11-29-10h22m59s035.jpg|January 28, 1990 KWCH ID (sports anchor Bruce Haertl). This and the next two images were taken from a KWCH recording of Super Bowl XXIV.
Snapshot2022-11-29-10h38m50s725.jpg|January 28, 1990 KWCH promo (sports anchors Bruce Haertl and Malcolm Briggs)
Snapshot2022-11-29-11h26m29s370.jpg|January 28, 1990 KWCH Sports Sunday promo with sports anchor Malcolm Briggs
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====1992–1997====
Spartan Communications of Spartanburg, South Carolina, purchased KBS from DiPasquale in 1994 for $58 million. Spartan would merge with Media General in 2000.
KWCH (1992. alternate).svg|Alternate version, used in newscast opens (1992–1994)
KWCH Eyewitness News (1994).svg|Channel 12 Eyewitness News logo (1994–1997)
KWCH.jpg|Station ID #1
KWCH 1993 ID.jpg|Station ID #2
====1997–2002====
KWCH (1997, primary logo).svg|Primary logo (1997–2000)
KWCH Eyewitness News (1997).svg|Channel 12 Eyewitness News logo (1997-2000)
KWCH Eyewitness News (1997, horizontal variant).svg|Channel 12 Eyewitness News horizontal logo (1997-2000)
KWCH Eyewitness News (1997, standalone variant).svg|Channel 12 Eyewitness News standalone logo (1997-2000)
KWCH Eyewitness News (2000).svg|KWCH 12 Eyewitness News logo (2000-2002)
KWCH Eyewitness News (2000, alternate).svg|KWCH 12 Eyewitness News alternate logo (2000-2002)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997).svg|Kansas Broadcasting System logo (1997–2002)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, primary logo).svg|Kansas Broadcasting System primary logo (1997–2000)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, KBSD).svg|KBSL logo (1997–2002)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, KBSD primary logo).svg|KBSL primary logo (1997–2000)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, KBSH).svg|KBSH logo (1997–2002)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, KBSH primary logo).svg|KBSH primary logo (1997–2000)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, KBSL).svg|KBSD logo (1997–2002)
Kansas Broadcasting System (1997, KBSL primary logo).svg|KBSD primary logo (1997–2000)
KWCH 1998 ID.jpg|Station ID (1997–2000)
KBSKansas1998.png|Kansas Broadcasting System station ID (1997–2000)
KBSL 1998 ID.png|KBSL station ID (1997–2000)
KBSD 1998 ID.png|KBSD station ID (1997–2000)
KBSH 1998 ID.png|KBSH station ID (1997–2000)
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KWCH 12 Storm Team 1998.jpg
KWCH I-Team 1998.jpg
KWCH Sports Sunday Promo 1998.jpg
KWCH 12 EWN Promo 2000.jpg
KWCH 12 This Morning 2000.jpg
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===2002–2022===
On April 6, 2006, Media General announced that it would sell KWCH, its satellites, and four other stations as a result of its purchase of four former NBC owned-and-operated stations (WVTM-TV/Birmingham WCMH-TV/Columbus, WNCN/Goldsboro, NC, and WJAR/Providence). South Bend, Indiana-based Schurz Communications eventually emerged as the winner and took over on September 25.
Schurz announced on September 14, 2015, that it would exit from broadcasting and sell its entire broadcasting division, including KWCH (and its satellites), KSCW-DT, and the JSA with KDCU-DT, to Gray Television for approximately $442.5 million. Gray already owned KAKE, which it divested to Lockwood Broadcast Group in order to retain the higher-rated KWCH. The FCC approved the sale on February 12, 2016, and the sale was completed on February 16.
KWCH 1.svg|2009-2022 variant
KWCH (2009, slogan variant).svg|General slogan variant (2013–2022)
KWCH 12 2002.svg|Alternate version (2002–2009)
KWCH (2009, alternate).svg|Alternate version (2009–2022)
KWCH Eyewitness News (2002).svg|KWCH 12 Eyewitness News logo (2002–2009)
KWCH Eyewitness News (2002, later variant).svg|KWCH 12 Eyewitness News logo (2009–2022)
KWCH Eyewitness News (2009, HD variant).svg|KWCH 12 Eyewitness News HD variant (2009v2022)
KWCH Eyewitness News (2009, slogan variant).svg|Eyewitness News slogan variant (2013–2022)
KWCH12-0.png|Social media profile picture
===2022–present===
KWCH 12News 2022.svg|12 News logo (2022–present)
KWCH Storm team 12.PNG|Storm Team 12 logo
KWCH News at nine.PNG|12 News 9:00pm open on KSCW-DT (2022–present)
KWCH news bug2022.PNG|On-screen bug (2022–present)
KWCH-DT Hutchinson KS (70th anniversary) 2023.png|Logo commemorating KWCH's 70th anniversary in 2023
KWCH twitter.jpg|Twitter profile picture
==External links==
Category:Television stations in the United States
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Hutchinson, Kansas
Category:Wichita
Category:Kansas
Category:Gray Television
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953
Category:Television stations formerly owned by Media General
Category:Overmyer/United Network