KOVR

==1954–1975==
===1954–1969===
KOVR first signed on the air on September 6, 1954, with its first broadcast originating from the California State Fair. KOVR is the oldest continuously operating television station in the Sacramento market. Originally serving as an independent station with its transmitter located on Mount Diablo, its signal reached the San Francisco Bay Area, lending to the KOVR call letters ("covering" all of Northern California). The station originally operated from studio facilities located on Miner Avenue in Stockton. It would later gain its ABC affiliation in May 1957, when it consolidated its operations with original affiliate KCCC-TV (UHF channel 40, now occupied by KTXL). In 1958, the Rochester-based Gannett Company (whose successor company, Tegna, now owns rival KXTV) bought KOVR from its original owners, then sold it the following year to New York City-based Metropolitan Broadcasting (which later became Metromedia). Metromedia sold KOVR to McClatchy Newspapers in 1965, who later sold channel 13 to the Providence-based Outlet Company in 1978.
===1969–1975===
KOVR Channel 13 (Early-1970s).png|"It's a Great Time" (early 1970s)
==1975–1978==
KOVR Channel 13 (1975 ID).png|Station ID (1975)
==1978–1980==
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==1980–1987==
This logo is similar to the one used by fellow ABC affiliate WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee. The station was then sold to Narragansett Television LP in 1986, then to Anchor Media in 1988. Anchor Media was merged into River City Broadcasting in 1993, and River City was purchased by the Sinclair Broadcast Group three years later.
ABC-KOVR ID (1980)
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KOVR NewsWatch 13 Update 1981.jpg|NewsWatch 13 Update open (1980-1984)
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==1987==
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==1987–1989==
KOVR 1988.png
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==1989–1995==
KOVR 1989 1.svg|Logo with inverted call letters in a square
KOVR 13 NEWS OPEN - 1989 - SACRAMENTO, CA.jpg
KOVR 13 News 5pm 1989.jpg|KOVR 13 News open (1989-1993)
KOVR 13 News open 1990s.jpg|KOVR 13 News open (1993-1995)
KOVR 13 America's Watching ABC 1990.jpg
KOVR-TV Channel 13 America's Watching ABC 1991.jpg
==1995–2005==
KOVR swapped affiliations with Sacramento-licensed then-CBS affiliate KXTV (VHF channel 10) on March 6, 1995. This logo was similar to that of then-sister station, WGME-TV in Portland, Maine.
KOVR ID (late 1990s).png|Station ID (1995–1998)
KOVR 13 News 6pm 1995.jpg|KOVR 13 News 6pm open (1995-1998)
KOVR 13 News OLY 1998.jpg|KOVR 13 News Winter Olympics open (1998)
KOVR 13 News 11pm 1998.jpg|KOVR 13 News 11pm open (1998-2005)
==2005–present==
===2005–2013===
In December 2004, Viacom, then the owner of CBS, agreed to acquire KOVR from Sinclair for $285 million. The deal was completed on April 29, 2005. This gave Viacom a duopoly in Sacramento, where it already had UPN owned-and-operated station KMAX-TV. The station subsequently changed its branding from KOVR 13 to the current CBS 13.
KOVR CBS13 News 6pm 2006.jpg|CBS 13 News 6pm open (2006–2008)
CBS Sacramento 2010.svg|Website logo (2010–2018)
===2013–2023===
KOVR CBS 13 (with alt font slogan).svg|Alternate variant with lighter colors and the slogan set in Gotham Bold, used in newscasts since 2013
KOVR CBS 13 Print.svg|Monochrome version
KOVR 2021.svg|Simplified version, as seen on its website
KOVR Watermark (2021).svg|Watermark, used during its main programming
KOVR Syndicated Watermark (2021).svg|Syndicated watermark
KOVR G&W.svg|Gold version
KOVR news open 2013 1.png|CBS 13 News night open (2013)
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KOVR CBS 13 News at 4 open 2016.png|CBS 13 News 4pm open (2016–2023)
KOVR CBS 13 News at 5 open 2016.png|CBS 13 News Noon/5pm open (2016–2023)
KOVR CBS 13 News at 6 open 2020's.png|CBS 13 News 6pm open (20??–2023)
KOVR news open 2016.png|CBS 13 News 6pm/10pm open (2016–2023; 6pm until 20??)
KOVR CBS 13 News at 11 open 2018.png|CBS 13 News 11pm open (2018–2023)
KOVR CBS 13 Mornings open 2022.png|CBS 13 Mornings open (2022–2023)
CBS Sacramento 2018.svg|Website logo (2018–2022)
===2023–present===
As part of a drastic branding change affecting all CBS' owned-and-operation stations, KOVR rebranded as "CBS Sacramento" (though its newscast continues to be branded as CBS 13 News, with streaming integration from CBS News Sacramento) on May 25, 2023; With this, KOVR becomes the last CBS O&O station to implement a major rebrand of all CBS-owned stations to conform to the network's current corporate identity.
KOVR square only (2023).svg|Standalone "CBS 13" square logo; used as on-screen bug
CBS Sacramento logo (2023).svg|"CBS Sacramento" version
KOVR CBS 13 Mornings open 2023.png|CBS 13 Mornings open (2023–present)
KOVR CBS 13 News open 2023.png|CBS 13 News generic open (2023–present)
KOVR CBS 13 News - 7 at 11 open 2023.png|7 at 11 open (2023–present)
KOVR Xfinity Sports Zone bump 2023.jpg
KOVR CBS 13 Breaking News open 2023.png|Breaking news open (2023–present)
KOVR CBS 13 Breaking News alt open 2023.png|Breaking news alternate open (2023-present)
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==External links==
Category:Paramount Global
Category:National Amusements
Category:Outlet Communications
Category:Former Gannett stations
Category:Former Metromedia stations
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