Originally signed on the air on September 26, 1978 as WPTT-TV, an independent television station on UHF channel 22. It was first owned by the Commercial Radio Institute, which later became the Sinclair Broadcast Group and the second established by the group after WBFF in Baltimore.
1983–1984
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1985–1986
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Promo backdrop
1986–1991
The logo is similar to WTTE's logo, also then owned by Sinclair
After Sinclair successfully purchased WPGH-TV from Renaissance Broadcasting in 1991, they sold channel 22 to general manager Eddie Edwards.
1991–1995
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WPTT-TV affiliated with UPN when the network launched on January 16, 1995, and changed its on-air branding to "UPN 22".
1995–1998
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WCWB
1998–2006
Station ID (1998)
Station ID (1999)
Station ID #1 (2000)
Station ID #2 (2000)
"My Generation" promo (2001–2002)
On-Screen Bug during syndicated programming
WPTT-TV dropped its UPN affiliation on January 15, 1998 (which moved to WNPA-TV, UHF channel 19; now WPKD-TV) and affiliated with The WB as part of a wide-ranging affiliation deal that saw Sinclair Broadcast Group's owned and managed UPN affiliates and independent stations switch to the network. The station also changed its call sign to WCWB (for "C, or See, the WB") on the 13th, two days before the switch, to reflect its new affiliation. The WCWB calls had previously been used by the NBC affiliate in Macon, Georgia (now WMGT-TV); the WPTT calls were later used by a radio station on 1360 AM in Pittsburgh, which later changed its callsign to WMNY in 2008.
WPMY
2006–2015
WCWB, meanwhile, later decided to affiliate with MyNetworkTV, another new network owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group and 20th Television divisions. On April 17, WCWB changed its call letters to WPMY to reflect the new affiliation while keeping the "Pittsburgh's WB22" until the WB's end.
WPNT
May–September 2015
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On May 19, 2015, WPMY quietly changed its call letters to WPNT for the landmark "Point" confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in downtown Pittsburgh, which previously appeared in the market nearly three decades earlier on FM 92.9, now WLTJ. Coincidentally, WLTJ also shares its transmitter facilities with WPGH-TV and WPNT.
2015–present
Horizontal version
Version with New Home of The CW tagline (2023–2024)
Horizontal version with Home of The CW tagline (2023–2024)
Social media version with Home of The CW tagline (2024–present)
Transparent horizontal version with "Home of CW tagline" (2024–present)
Version with Home of CW tagline (2024–present)
On-screen bug during syndicated programming (2015–2021)
On-screen bug during syndicated programming (2021–2023)
On-screen bug during syndicated programming (2023–present)
Channel 11 News at 10 on Fox 53 midnight rebroadcast promo (2021–2024)
The National Desk L-bar 1 (2021–present)
The National Desk L-bar 2 (2021–present)
On September 1, 2023, due to Paramount dropping The CW from its stations, WPNT became a CW affiliate, replacing Paramount-owned WPCW (now WPKD-TV) while retaining MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.
1Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. 2Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. 3Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA. 4Owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd., operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 5Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 6Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. 7Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 8Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA. 9Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA. 10Owned by Main Street Sports Group. 11Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company. 12Co-owned with Chicago Cubs. 13Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA. 14Operated by Marquee Broadcasting under an SSA. 15Owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA. 16Owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group, but operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 17Owned and operated directly by Cunningham. 18Owned by Sinclair, but operated by Rincon Broadcasting Group under an SSA.
Notes Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area. +Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus. +1Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel. 1Local CW affiliate carries only sports programming.
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