Originally signed on the air on June 1, 1984 as an independent television station on UHF channel 28. It was first owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and it was the company's third television after WPTT-TV (now WPNT) in Pittsburgh and flagship station WBFF in Baltimore.
1986–1993
1986–1987
This logo's design is influenced by sister station WBFF in Baltimore, WPTT-TV in Pittsburgh, and WIIB (now WIPX-TV) in Bloomington/Indianapolis.
1987–1990
1990–1993
SVG NEEDED
1993–1994
SVG NEEDED
1994–1995
SVG NEEDED
On January 13, 1995, WTTE began to carry programming in the overnight hours from the upstart United Paramount Network. This arrangement ended in 1997, when UPN programming was moved to WB affiliate WWHO on a secondary basis until 2000, when the station gave a primary affiliation after its purchase by UPN's parent Viacom through the Paramount Stations Group.
1995–1996
SVG NEEDED
1996–1997
Station ID
1997–1999
SVG NEEDED
1999–2006
Website header and transparent logo
2006–2021
2021–2025
On January 7, 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group (owner of WSYX and operator of WTTE & WWHO) moved the "Fox 28" intellectual property to WSYX 6.3 and converted WTTE's main signal into a primary affiliate of Sinclair-owned TBD (moving up from WTTE 28.2), as part of Columbus's upgrade to ATSC 3.0. As Sinclair effectively owns Cunningham Broadcasting (the owner of WTTE's licensed assets), this makes WTTE a de-facto TBD O&O station.
Most stations are operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. 1Station is owned by Cunningham, but operated by Nexstar Media Group. 2Station is owned and operated by Cunningham directly. 3Station is owned by Palm Television, L.P. but operated by Cunningham under a LMA.
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.
