WESH

==1956–1958==
WESH-TV first signed on the air on June 11, 1956. At first, it ran as an independent, but on October 27, 1957, it became an NBC affiliate, and has been with NBC ever since. Businessman W. Wright Esch (for whom the station is named) won the license, but sold it to Perry Publications of Palm Beach just before the station made its debut. The station's original transmitter tower was only 300 feet (91 m) high, which was tiny even by 1950s' standards, and limited channel 2's signal coverage to Volusia County. As such, it shared the NBC affiliation in Central Florida with primary CBS affiliate WDBO-TV (channel 6, now WKMG-TV). It finally became the market's exclusive NBC affiliate on November 5, 1957, when WDBO-TV relinquished its secondary affiliation with the network. On that day, the station activated a new 1,000-foot (305 m) transmitter tower in Orange City.
==1958–1961==
==1961–1970==
===1961–1968===
Perry Publications sold channel 2 to Des Moines, Iowa-based Cowles Communications (no relation to the Spokane, Washington-based Cowles Company) in 1965.
===1968–1970===
 
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Microgramma 2.svg|The number itself
==1970–1992==
This sailboat "2" logo would be retained with only slight alterations until 1992.
===1970–1976===
 
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===1976–1979===
 
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File:Wesh tv 1976 2.JPG
===1979–1987===
Despite NBC replacing the "Proud N" logo after May 12, 1986, WESH-TV continued to use it in their station logo until 1987. Cowles exited broadcasting in 1984 and sold two of its stations, WESH and Des Moines' KCCI to Houston-based H&C Communications, owned by the publishers of the Houston Post, the Hobby family.
 
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WESH 1979 (without gradients).PNG|1979 ident
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WESH-TV 1980.jpg|1980 (Proud as a Peacock)
1983-11-wesh-women-1.png|1983 print ad
Picture7.png|WESH news open, 1986
2017-07-14 (1).png|in the morning
2017-07-14 (3).png|in the morning
2017-07-14 (6).png|at night
2017-07-14 (7).png|at night
2017-07-14 (4).png|at night
2017-07-14 (5).png|at night
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===1987–1990===
WESH-TV2 (1987).svg|with Call letters
ComeHometoWESHTV.png|"Come Home to Channel 2" (1987)
Wesh2.png|WESH nightly news open, 1987
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Picture6.png|WESH afternoon news open, 1988
Picture3.png|WESH nightly news open, 1988
===1990–1992===
==1992–present==
The "2" logo used starting in 1992 is identical to the one used from 1985-1994 by former sister station KPRC-TV in Houston, also on VHF channel 2. The Hobbys decided to liquidate their company in 1992 after an attempt to sell its entire television station group to Young Broadcasting fell through, with KCCI and WESH being the first two sold to Pulitzer, Inc. for $165 million in 1993, and KPRC-TV and KSAT-TV to The Washington Post Company on April 22, 1994.
===1992–1996===
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===1996–1999===
Hearst-Argyle Television acquired Pulitzer's entire broadcasting division for $1.8 billion in 1998, the sale was finalized on March 18 of the following year (1999).
===1999–2005===
WESH 1999.png|Station ID (1999)
===2005–present===
WESH 2 3D logo.png|3D logo
WESH 2 logo glossy.svg|Glossy logo (2018–present)
MeTV Central Florida.svg|WESH-DT2
WESH Olympics (2006).svg|Olympics logo (2006–present)
WESH Watermark 1.svg|Watermark version, used during syndicated programming
WESH Watermark 2.svg|Watermark (2022-2023)
Weshwatermark.png|Watermark (2023-present)
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WESH header logo 2000s.jpg
WESH NBC 2 logo.png
==External links==
*WESH.com
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