WTNH

==WNHC-TV==
===1948–1953===
WTNH first went on the air on June 15, 1948 as WNHC-TV, originally broadcasting on channel 6. It is the first television station in Connecticut, and the 28th of the United States. The station was founded by the Elm City Broadcasting Corporation, owners of WNHC radio (1340 AM, now WYBC; and 99.1 FM, now WPLR). It was originally an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network, and claims to have been the first full-time affiliate of that short-lived network. The station originally broadcast from WNHC radio's building on Chapel Street in downtown New Haven. However, with no studio facilities of its own, it could not produce local programming. For a time, WNHC-TV simply rebroadcast the signal of DuMont's New York City flagship, WABD (now Fox flagship WNYW). In October 1948, the station added CBS programming to its schedule, and additional secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC followed a year later.
===1953–1955===
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WNHC-TV changed frequencies and moved to channel 8 in December 1953 due to the FCC's Sixth Report and Order issued one year earlier, which TV stations must recognize channel allocations to alleviate interference issues. In this case, only this station and the future WFSB would be the VHF channels in the Hartford–New Haven Market, for the reason that New York City and Boston TV stations; plus WRGB and later WTEN in the Capital District of New York, and WJAR-TV (and future stations WPRO-TV and WTEV) in Province, Rhode Island cover nearby Connecticut.
===1955–1960===
In 1956, the WNHC stations were purchased by Philadelphia-based Triangle Publications. Also that same year, WNHC-TV lost its CBS affiliation when that network purchased WGTH-TV in Hartford (channel 18, later WHCT and now Univision affiliate WUVN). This left channel 8 as a sole ABC affiliate, although it shared ABC programming with WATR-TV (channel 20, now WCCT-TV) in nearby Waterbury until 1966.
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===1960–1961===
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===1961–1967===
===1967–1971===
The "8" logo was similar to KPTS-TV, WFLA-TV, WGAL-TV and WOOD-TV.
==WTNH (-TV)==
===1971–1976===
WNHC-TV changed its call letters to the current WTNH-TV in April 1971, not long after Capital Cities officially took over (the station dropped the -TV suffix from its calls in 1985, but continued to call itself "WTNH-TV" on-air well into the 1990s).
===1976–1989===
On March 19, 1985, Capital Cities announced its intention to buy ABC in a deal that would stun the broadcast industry. As part of the deal, Capital Cities was required to sell WTNH due to a significant signal overlap with ABC's New York flagship station, WABC-TV. At the time, the FCC normally did not allow common ownership of two stations with overlapping coverage areas, and would not even consider granting a waiver for a city-grade overlap. As a result, WTNH was sold to Cook Inlet Television Partners, a subsidiary of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (an Alaska Native Regional Corporation); the deal was eventually completed in January 1986.
File:WTNH TV ID 1977.jpg|"Still The One!" (1977–1978)
File:WTNH TV ID 1979.JPG|"Still The One!" (1979–1980)
Wtnh-051983-ch37.png|"Come on Along!" #1 (1982–1983)
0002.gif|"Come on Along!" #2 (1982–1983)
WTNH 1983.jpg|"That Special Feeling!" #1 (1983–1984)
WTNH Channel 8 promo That Special Feeling 1983.jpg|"That Special Feeling!" #2 (1983–1984)
File:WTNH TV ID 1985.JPG|"You'll Love It on ABC" (1985–1986)
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File:WTNH TV 1982.JPG
WTNH 8 1984.svg|Italicized version used (1984–1989)
File:WTNH Connecticut High School.JPG
WTNH85.jpg|"You'll love it on WTNH 8!" (1985–1986)
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WTNH 1985.jpg|1984–1987
WTNH ID 1988.jpg|Station ID (1988)
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===1989–1996===
====1989–1994====
====1994–1996====
Cook Inlet sold WTNH to LIN Television in 1994. When a new UHF station in New Haven, WTVU (channel 59, now WCTX) signed on in April 1995 as a WB affiliate, WTNH began operating the station through a local marketing agreement (LMA); prior to WTVU's launch, WTNH held a temporary secondary WB affiliation, airing its programming (which at the time consisted solely of a Wednesday prime time lineup) Saturdays in late night. In 2001, LIN TV bought WCTX outright.
===1996–2010===
This design is similar to WKBT's logo, which was used from 1998 to 2004.
WTNH 1997 logo.svg|Alternate version without callsign
WTNH 3D logo.jpg|3D logo
WTNH 1997 print.svg|Print logo
WTNH Weather 1999.JPG|WTNH weather logo (1996–2001)
WTNH Weather 2000.JPG|WTNH weather logo (2001–2005)
WTNH Weather 2008.JPG|WTNH weather logo (2005–2010)
WTNH and WCTX print logo.svg|Print logo for WTNH and sister station WCTX (2002–2005)
WTNH WCTX print logo 2006.svg|Print logo for WTNH and sister station WCTX (2006–2010)
WTNH 11pm open 2007.jpg|News Channel 8 11pm open (2007–2010)
===2010–present===
On April 26, 2010, WTNH re-branded from NewsChannel 8 to News 8. In addition, WTNH began broadcasting its newscasts in 16:9 widescreen enhanced definition, with WCTX's newscasts and Connecticut Style being included in the upgrade. On October 4, 2010, WTNH became the third station in the market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. WCTX's newscasts also made the transition, while Connecticut Style made the transition in 2015.
WTNH 8 ABC.svg|Flat alternate logo
Wtnh.png|Alternate logo (2010–2013)
WTNH Logo.png|Alternate logo (2013–present)
WTNH print.svg|Print version
WTNH 8 ABC (print).svg|Alternate print version
WTNH 8.svg|Standalone logo with web address
WTNH-TV's News 8's Storm Team 8 Video Open From 2010.jpg
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WTNH 2022.png|2013 alternate logo with 2021 ABC logo
News 8 generic open (2018).png|News 8 generic open (2018–present)
WTNH news opens
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