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| 1956–1958 | 1958–1962 | 1962–1970 | 1970–1976 | 1976–1980 | 1980–1983 | 1983–present |
WCKT
1956–1958
Originally signed on the air on July 29, 1956 as WCKT, channel 7 was a primary NBC affiliate owned by the Biscayne Television Corporation, a partnership between the Cox and Knight publishing families.
1958–1962
1962–1970
A new company called Sunbeam Television, a partnership between Miami Beach-based father-son duo real estate developer Sydney and Edmund Ansin, purchased the station for $3.4 million on December 19, 1962.
1970–1976
1976–1983
1976–1980
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This "Circle 7" (a similar, but not identical design as the G. Dean Smith-designed "Circle 7" logo for ABC stations transmitting on VHF channel 7) has been used by the station since 1976, surviving both a callsign and a network affiliation change. This logo came within weeks of NBC's own rebrand.
It was modified slightly to its current version in 1980 (seen below), detaching the tail of the "7" from the bottom of the circle.
1980–1983
WSVN
1983–present
On June 7, 1983, WCKT changed its callsign to the current WSVN, and added a new wordmark to go with this change.
Six years later, on January 1, 1989, at 3:00 a.m., WSVN, WTVJ (channel 4, now on channel 6), and WCIX (channel 6, now known as WFOR-TV on channel 4) initiated a three-way affiliation swap resulting from the latter two stations becoming network-owned outlets: NBC programming moved from WSVN to WTVJ following the network's 1987 purchase of that station from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, while its former CBS affiliation was sent to WCIX through that network's August 1988 purchase of channel 6 from the TVX Broadcast Group. Fox programming moved from WCIX to WSVN, after Sunbeam unsuccessfully sued General Electric/NBC and CBS over the acquisitions.
On March 20, 2025, Sunbeam and ABC announced a multiyear affiliation deal, moving ABC to a WSVN subchannel and displacing WPLG in the role;[1] the new service, branded "ABC Miami", launched on August 4, 2025.[2][3][4]
On June 26, 2025, Sunbeam reached another multiyear agreement, this one with locally based Findal Media to simulcast "ABC Miami" on the latter's own low-power station, WDFL-LD (channel 18.1), and "ABC Miami" appeared on channel 18 on area cable systems as well as Dish Network and DirecTV.[5]
References
- ↑ Jacobson, Adam (March 20, 2025). Miami Hurricane: WPLG To Drop ABC. It's Going To Sunbeam. Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved on March 25, 2025.
- ↑ Rivero, Danny (March 21, 2025). ABC programming to move to WSVN Channel 7 after WPLG Local 10 cuts ties with network. WLRN. Retrieved on March 25, 2025.
- ↑ Jackson, Barry (March 21, 2025). How the ABC affiliate change in South Florida will affect sports fans. What to know. The Miami Herald.
- ↑ Weprin, Alex (March 20, 2025). Warren Buffett's Only TV Station Loses ABC Affiliation as Disney Finds New Miami Partner. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on March 21, 2025.
- ↑ Kurz, Phil (June 26, 2025). Sunbeam, Findal Media Ink Deal to Broadcast ABC Miami. TV Tech. Retrieved on July 1, 2025.
External links
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