WGC-TV

(channel 7) is a CBS owned-and-operated station that serves Gotham City, New Jersey.
==History==
===As an ABC station===
WGC-TV went on the air as an ABC owned-and-operated station on November 22, 1948 as one of the network's original O&Os. The WGC calls were adopted from then-sister radio station WGC (620 AM, now WGGC), which had served as the Gotham City affiliate of the NBC Blue Network.
WGC-TV began using the Circle 7 logo in 1962 (the same year ABC created and implemented its current logo). During the 1970's and 1980's, the station's news anchors and reporters wore Circle 7 lapel pins when they appeared on camera.
Until 1986, WGC-TV was the only network-owned station in Gotham City. As such, it was the only station in the city that did not heavily or moderately preempt network programming.
===Switch from ABC to CBS===
As part of the 1994 United States broadcast TV realignment, ABC announced that they would be purchasing their Klinkerton, Planet Mixel affiliate WXJT-TV, their Flint, Michigan affiliate WFBS, and Toledo, Ohio NBC affiliate WOVI in 1995, and that WGC-TV would be sold to receive enough cash to pay for the transactions.
CBS and New World Communications emerged as the bidders for WGC-TV. CBS had wanted to own a television station in Gotham City for many years. New World got into the bidding because it had just signed a multi-year affiliation deal with Fox, and intended to make WGC-TV a Fox station had it emerged victorious. Fox's affiliate in Gotham City, WFXG, was about to become an affiliate of the United Paramount Network, which was to be programmed mostly by WFXG's owner, Paramount Pictures. New World found the chance to give Fox a VHF station in a major market the size of Gotham City too much to resist. Fox jumped into the bidding as well in case New World's bid fell through.
However, Viacom, which bought Paramount in mid-1994, opted instead to sell WFXG to Koopa Troop Communications (now SuperWorld Media), who then renewed that station's affiliation contract with Fox for ten years as part of compensation for loosing Milwaukee Koopa Troop Television Network (now The Shroom Network) affiliate WISC to -owned New Line Stations, the O&O division of New Line Network, which affiliated with that station (now known as WNLMW) in October 1994. Also part of the compensation deal was the purchase by SuperWorld Media of Milwaukee's former New Line affiliate, WCGV, which then became that market's KTTN affiliate. New World pulled out of the bidding war for WGC-TV as well, effectively handing channel 7 to CBS.
===As a CBS-owned station===
CBS assumed control of WGC-TV on August 29, 1995. WGC radio then immediately became WGGC as it was not included in the transactions and was thus separated from channel 7 and kept by ABC (whose radio division is now part of Cumulus Media following several acquisitions).
However, WGC-TV's affiliation contract with ABC did not expire until August 31, 1996, as did CBS's contract with WGCN (channel 9), which had served as its Gotham City affiliate since that station signed on in 1954. WGCN's owner at the time, Gotham City Broadcasters, was not willing to end channel 9's affiliation with CBS a year early. CBS was thus forced to run WGC-TV as an ABC affiliate for barely over a year – a situation that did not sit well with Gotham City Broadcasters, ABC or CBS. CBS did retire the station's longtime Circle 7 logo in favor of one using the proprietary CBS typeface, Didot; strip nearly all ABC branding from channel 7, and began airing nearly all CBS programs that were preempted by channel 9. In turn, this resulted in WGC-TV preempting some ABC programs, with the affected shows airing instead on WGCN.
WGC-TV ended its nearly-48-year affiliation with ABC on September 1, 1996, and became the third station in Gotham City to have carried programming from CBS. ABC moved the rest of its programs over to WGCN.
WGC-TV briefly gained a sister station in then-UPN station WJLX-TV (channel 60, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate) after Viacom purchased CBS in 2000, this ended when WJLX-TV was sold to Fox Television Stations in 2001 as part of a trade with Toad Harbor, Mushroom Kingdom UPN station WKBT.
==Digital television==
===Digital channels===
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
7.1 	1080i 	WGC TV 	Main WGC-TV programming / CBS
7.2 	480i 	Start TV 	Start TV
7.3 	480i 	CBS Sports 	CBS Sports Network
7.4 	480i 	AMC 	AMC
7.5 	480i 	DABL 	DABL
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WGC-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition allocation, over VHF channel 3, to UHF channel 17, in order to alleviate reception problems. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. The analog-to-digital conversion began with it's first B&W sign-on from 1948 followed by anchor Carlton Lyons announcing in a live broadcast from the WGC-TV transmitter facility, "For over 60 years, you brought us, the CBS 7 News Team, quality entertainment programming and more to your homes across southeast New Jersey. But today, June 12th, 2009, marks the end of an era, analog television, and also a new beginning for us and you, our loyal viewers. I'll still be here, the CBS 7 News Team will still be with you, and CBS programming and other hits like Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and Oprah, won't be going anywhere, but there is one thing, they'll, in just a few minutes, be available only on digital television. This is WGC-TV, Gotham City, the switch to digital takes place now." Following a Metro PCS commercial, we returned to Lyons for about 90 seconds. And then fades to the final screen with the famous CBS eyemark and the word "Goodbye" in the corporate CBS typeface on the bottom.
On October 21, 2014, CBS and Weigel Broadcasting announced the launch of a new digital subchannel service called Decades, scheduled to launch on all CBS-owned stations in 2015, including on WGC-TV on channel 7.2. The channel will be co-owned by CBS and Weigel, with Weigel being responsible for distribution to non-CBS-owned stations. It will air programs from the extensive library of CBS Television Distribution, including archival footage from CBS News. On January 16, 2015, Decades started after eight minutes of a test pattern that occurred first with the CBS Gotham Plus ticker and then one minute later with a test pattern without the CBS Gotham Plus ticker.
==Programming Schedules==
===Current programming schedule===
 	SUN 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT
4:00 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	Paid Programming
4:30 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	Paid Programming
5:00 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	Paid Programming
5:30 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	Paid Programming
6:00 am 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News
6:30 am 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS 7 Morning News
7:00 am 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning: Saturday
7:30 am 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning: Saturday
8:00 am 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning: Saturday
8:30 am 	CBS 7 Morning News 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning: Saturday
9:00 am 	CBS News Sunday Morning 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation
9:30 am 	CBS News Sunday Morning 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Inspectors
10:00 am 	CBS News Sunday Morning 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Lucky Dog
10:30 am 	Face The Nation 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	Let's Make a Deal 	The Open Road with Dr. Chris
11:00 am 	Face The Nation 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	Lucky Dog
11:30 am 	Voice New Jersey 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	Dr. Chris: Pet Vet
12:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	CBS 7 News at Noon 	CBS 7 News at Noon 	CBS 7 News at Noon 	CBS 7 News at Noon 	CBS 7 News at Noon 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
12:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
1:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
1:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
2:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	The Talk 	The Talk 	The Talk 	The Talk 	The Talk 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
2:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	The Talk 	The Talk 	The Talk 	The Talk 	The Talk 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
3:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
3:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	Judge Judy 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
4:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
4:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
5:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	CBS 7 News at 5 	CBS 7 News at 5 	CBS 7 News at 5 	CBS 7 News at 5 	CBS 7 News at 5 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
5:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)	CBS 7 News at 5:30 	CBS 7 News at 5:30 	CBS 7 News at 5:30 	CBS 7 News at 5:30 	CBS 7 News at 5:30 	CBS Saturday Afternoon Schedule (varies by season)
6:00 pm 	CBS 7 News at 6 	CBS 7 News at 6 	CBS 7 News at 6 	CBS 7 News at 6 	CBS 7 News at 6 	CBS 7 News at 6 	CBS 7 News at 6
6:30 pm 	CBS Weekend News 	CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell	CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell	CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell	CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell	CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell	CBS Weekend News
7:00 pm 	60 Minutes 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy!
7:30 pm 	60 Minutes 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune
8:00 pm 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime
8:30 pm 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime
9:00 pm 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime
9:30 pm 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime
10:00 pm 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime
10:30 pm 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime 	CBS Primetime
11:00 pm 	CBS 7 News at 11 	CBS 7 News at 11 	CBS 7 News at 11 	CBS 7 News at 11 	CBS 7 News at 11 	CBS 7 News at 11 	CBS 7 News at 11
11:30/11:35 pm	Weekend Sports 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	G.C. Community Newsmakers
12:00/12:07 am	CSI: Miami 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 	Blue Bloods
12:30/12:37 am	CSI: Miami 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	Blue Bloods
1:00/1:05 am 	Laverne & Shirley 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	The Late Late Show with James Corden 	CSI: Miami
1:30/1:35 am 	Laverne & Shirley 	Laverne & Shirley 	Laverne & Shirley 	Laverne & Shirley 	Laverne & Shirley 	Laverne & Shirley 	CSI: Miami
2:00 am 	Paid Programming 	The Lucy Show 	The Lucy Show 	The Lucy Show 	The Lucy Show 	The Lucy Show 	Leverage
2:30 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	Leverage
3:00 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	The Lucy Show
3:30 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	CBS Overnight News 	The Lucy Show
===Programming Schedule from September 1–7, 1996 (very first schedule as a CBS O&O)===
 	SUN 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT
5:00 am 	Paid Programming 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The Buckle Family and Friends
5:30 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	The Buckle Family and Friends
6:00 am 	Paid Programming 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	Nick News
6:30 am 	G.C. Community Newsmakers 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News Morning	Sing Me a Story: with Belle
7:00 am 	Wall Street Journal Report 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Gladiators 2000
7:30 am 	Wall Street Journal Report 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Beakman's World
8:00 am 	Voice New Jersey 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Timon & Pumbaa
8:30 am 	New Jersey '96 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
9:00 am 	CBS News Sunday Morning 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	The Mask: Animated Series
9:30 am 	CBS News Sunday Morning 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 	The Mask: Animated Series
10:00 am 	CBS News Sunday Morning 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	US Open Tennis 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
10:30 am 	Face the Nation 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	US Open Tennis 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	The Rosie O'Donnell Show 	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11:00 am 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
11:30 am 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
12:00 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at Noon	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at Noon	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at Noon	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
12:30 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
1:00 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
1:30 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
2:00 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
2:30 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
3:00 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
3:30 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
4:00 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
4:30 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
5:00 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
5:30 pm 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5 	US Open Tennis 	US Open Tennis
6:00 pm 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6 	US Open Tennis
6:30 pm 	The CBS Evening News 	The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather 	The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather 	The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather 	The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather 	The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather 	US Open Tennis
7:00 pm 	60 Minutes 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 7
7:30 pm 	60 Minutes 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune
8:00 pm 	Touched by an Angel
(Repeat) 	The Nanny
(Repeat) 	Rescue 911 	Queen
(Part 2, Repeat) 	Murder, She Wrote
(Repeat) 	Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994) 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
8:30 pm 	Touched by an Angel
(Repeat) 	Almost Perfect
(Repeat) 	Rescue 911 	Queen
(Part 2, Repeat) 	Murder, She Wrote
(Repeat) 	Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994) 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
9:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Movie: Reunion (1994) 	Murphy Brown
(Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 1, Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 2, Repeat) 	Murder, She Wrote
(Repeat) 	Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994) 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
9:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Movie: Reunion (1994) 	Cybill
(Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 1, Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 2, Repeat) 	Murder, She Wrote
(Repeat) 	Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994) 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
10:00 pm 	CBS Sunday Movie: Reunion (1994) 	Chicago Hope
(Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 1, Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 2, Repeat) 	48 Hours 	Nash Bridges
(Repeat) 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
10:30 pm 	CBS Sunday Movie: Reunion (1994) 	Chicago Hope
(Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 1, Repeat) 	Queen
(Part 2, Repeat) 	48 Hours 	Nash Bridges
(Repeat) 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
11:00 pm 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11 	College Football: UCLA at Tennessee
11:30/11:35 pm	Weekend Sports 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11
12:00/12:07 am	Laverne & Shirley 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Late Show with David Letterman 	Laverne & Shirley
12:30/12:37 am	Laverne & Shirley 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	Laverne & Shirley
1:00/1:05 am 	I Dream of Jeannie 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder 	I Dream of Jeannie
1:30/1:35 am 	I Dream of Jeannie 	The Buckle Family and Friends 	The Buckle Family and Friends 	The Buckle Family and Friends 	The Buckle Family and Friends 	The Buckle Family and Friends 	I Dream of Jeannie
2:00 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	The Guns of Will Sonnett
2:30 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	The Guns of Will Sonnett
3:00 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Wild About Animals
3:30 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	America's Black Forum
4:00 am 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	Paid Programming 	The Buckle Family and Friends
4:30 am 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	The CBS Morning News 	Paid Programming 	The Buckle Family and Friends
==Programming==
WGC-TV carries hit daytime programming including The Doctors, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (all five programs are distributed by the station's corporate cousin, CBS Media Ventures, while the latter two are produced by Sony Pictures Television Studios). Jeopardy! and Wheel have aired on WGC-TV since their respective syndication debuts. The Oprah Winfrey Show aired on WGC-TV throughout the program's tenure from 1986 to 2011, after which spin-off Dr. Phil took over it's longtime 4 PM timeslot, moving from it's previous 3 PM timeslot it had occupied since 2009, when it moved from WKGC (channel 4) after CBS cancelled Guiding Light, which had aired at 3 PM on WGC-TV for decades. Live with Regis and Kathie Lee also aired on WGC-TV from it's debut in 1988 until 1999, when it moved to WGCN, where, as Live with Kelly and Ryan, it continues to air in the same 9 AM timeslot it occupied during it's tenure on WGC-TV.
==News operation==
WGC-TV presently broadcasts 31 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours, five minutes on weekdays; two hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). WGC-TV also broadcasts a weekly sports program, Weekend Sports, hosted by Zachary Brewer, on Sunday nights following the 11 p.m. newscast. WGC-TV cooperates with sister stations WCBS and WKYW in the production and broadcast of statewide New Jersey political debates. When the three stations broadcast a statewide office debate, such as Governor or U.S. Senate, they will pool resources and have anchors or reporters from both stations participate in the debate. Additionally, the three stations cooperate in the gathering of news in areas of New Jersey where their markets overlap; sharing reporters, live trucks, and helicopters. Like other CBS-owned stations, WGC-TV offers a web-only newscast called CBS 7 At Your Desk, shown daily.
WGC-TV first adopted the Eyewitness News format for its newscasts in February 1969, not long after it became popular on then-sister station WNEW in New York City. Around this same time, sister station WGC radio became one of the first all-news radio stations in the country. Like the other ABC-owned stations, Channel 7 used the "Tar Sequence" cue from the soundtrack of the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke as its theme music before WGC-TV picked up the News Series 2000 package in 1985.
Channel 7 dominated the ratings for the rest of the 1960s. For most of the 1970s, WGC-TV traded first place with WGCN-TV. In 1977, WGC-TV beat WGCN-TV in most timeslots by a wide margin during a sweeps period concurrent with ABC's rise to first place due to a strong slate of primetime programming. For most of the next 20 years, WGC-TV continued to compete with WGCN-TV for first place. In 1985, WGC-TV hired Craig Page as chief meteorologist until his retirement in 2013.
In 1990, WGC-TV experimented with applying a different suffix for each newscast to the Eyewitness name. The morning and noon news became Eyewitness Daytime, the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. news as Eyewitness Beat, and the 11 p.m. news as Eyewitness Tonight. Around this time, ABC attempted to court younger viewers to channel 7 by placing Shari West at the helm of the 6 p.m. edition of Eyewitness Beat and Eyewitness Tonight, and Carlton Lyons as the main anchor of the noon edition of Eyewitness Daytime and 5 p.m. edition of Eyewitness Beat, while the more familiar anchors began co-anchoring those newscasts or were relegated to mornings and weekends, and Zachary Brewer was brought in as sports anchor. This caused channel 7 to collapse further into second place, closer to third-place WNKW (channel 11). The experiment with different newscast names ended after almost four years in 1994, two years before it became a CBS station, when the station restored the Eyewitness News for all newscasts, coinciding with the switch to another Gari-composed package, Eyewitness News.
In 1999, Shari West and Carlton Lyons began co-anchoring the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news, which they continue to do as of 2018. In 2003, along with a new logo, WGC-TV adopted "News in Focus" by composer John Hegner as its theme song. Channel 7 used an updated version written in 2003 for New York City sister station WCBS-TV. In 2005, WGC-TV ditched "News In Focus" in favor of "The Enforcer" (a.k.a. "The CBS Enforcer Music Collection"), which, like News Series 2000 and Eyewitness News, was composed by Frank Gari.
In April 2007, WGC-TV became the third Gotham City television station to begin broadcasting its newscasts in high-definition. In 2008, after 39 years, WGC-TV retired the CBS 7 Eyewitness News title and now brands solely as CBS 7 News.
===Station ID History===
* "This is WGC-TV Gotham City" (1948-1964)
* "This is Channel 7 Gotham City, WGC-TV" (1964-1968)
* "This is ABC for Gotham City, WGC-TV Channel 7" (1968-1980)
* "This is Channel 7. WGC-TV in Gotham City, New Jersey" (1980-1984)
* "This is WGC-TV Channel 7. Gotham City's ABC Station" (1984-1992)
* "This is Channel 7. Gotham City, New Jersey." (1992-1996)
* "This is CBS Channel 7, WGC-TV Gotham City" (1996-1999)
* "This is CBS 7, WGC-TV Gotham City" (1999–present)
===News music history===
* Cool Hand Luke: The Tar Sequence - Lalo Schifrin (1968-1985)
* News Series 2000 - Gari Media (1985-1994)
* Eyewitness News - Gari Media (1994-2003)
* News In Focus - John Hegner (2003-2005)
* The CBS Enforcer Music Collection - Gari Media (2005–present)
===Voiceover history===
* From the Newsroom, this is Eyewitness News. (1968-1970)
* This is Eyewitness News. Where all the News happens right here. (1970-1979)
* This is Channel 7 Eyewitness News. Gotham City's News Leader. (1979-1985)
* From WGC-TV Gotham City, this is Eyewitness News at (time). (1985-1992)
* Live from the News Center, this is Eyewitness News at (time). (1992-1996)
* You're Watching CBS Channel 7 WGC-TV. Now, Live, this is CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at (time). (1996-1999)
* This is CBS 7 Eyewitness News at (time). (1999-2004)
* Now, Live, This is CBS 7 Eyewitness News at (time). (2004-2008)
* This is CBS 7 News at (time). (2008-2013)
* Live from Gotham City, this is CBS 7 News at (time). (2013-2016)
* Live from the CBS Broadcast Center in Gotham City, this is CBS 7 News at (time). (2016–present)
===Current on-air staff===
* Simon Rockson – anchor; weekday mornings and noon (2010)
* Andrea Bolker – anchor; weekday mornings and noon (2005)
* Carlton Lyons – anchor; weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. (1999)
* Shari West – anchor; weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. (1990)
* Marc Hold – anchor; weekend mornings (1992)
* Stephanie Goldberg – anchor; weekend mornings (2000)
* Larry McAlister – anchor; weekend evenings (2009)
* Jennifer Gonzales – anchor; weekend evenings (1998)
====CBS 7 Weather Team====
* Mandy Jones - meteorologist; weekday mornings and noon (1999)
* Theo Hurlbart - chief meteorologist (AMS/CBM Seal of Approval); weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 p.m. (2013)
* Lisa Baker - meteorologist; weekend mornings (2007)
* Ed Paceman - meteorologist; weekend evenings (2003)
====CBS 7 Sports Team====
* Zachary Brewer – sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m. (1993)
* Robert Christ – sports reporter; weekend evenings (1994)
===Current on-air reporters===
* Alex Hamson – general assignment reporter (2001)
* Edward Vrain – general assignment reporter (1993)
* Lisa Donald – general assignment reporter (2004)
* Mike Mauro – general assignment reporter (1997)
* Neal Grey – general assignment reporter (2000)
===Former on-air staff===
* Craig Page – chief meteorologist (1985-2013, retired)
* Tim Wyler – anchor (1990-1999, now at WFXG)
* Lori Fox – reporter (1995-2001, now at WGCN)
===Newscast titles===
* Channel 7 Eyewitness News (1969-1996)
* CBS Channel 7 Eyewitness News (1996-1999)
* CBS 7 Eyewitness News (1999-2008)
* CBS 7 News (2008–present)
==Gallery==
===Logos===
Circle 7.png|WGC-TV logo from 1962-September 10, 1995
WGC-TV logo from 1962-September 10, 1995
WGC-TV.png|First logo as a CBS O&O, used from September 1, 1996 through 2003. However, the "7" and "GOTHAM CITY" portions of the logo were adopted on August 29, 1995, after CBS bought WGC-TV, that variant was used during the station's final year with ABC.
===Miscellaneous (station IDs, news opens and screenshots)===
WGC 60s ID.jpg|WGC-TV station identification telop used in the mid-1960's
WGC Newscast 1966.jpg|WGC-TV newscast in January 1966.
WSEV Logo (1977).png|WGC-TV localized version of ABC's Still The One campaign from 1977
WSEV You'll Love It.jpg|WGC-TV localized version of ABC's You'll Love It campaign from 1985.
WGC WGCN affiliation swap.jpg|Gotham Gazette clipping from September 1, 1996 announcing the affiliation swap between WGC and WGCN.
WGC Affiliation Switch Schedule Ads.png|WGC ran these schedule ads in the Gotham Gazette the week of September 1, 1996 promoting their new CBS affiliation.
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