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[[File:ABC O&O Circle 7 logo 1962.svg|125px|right]]

The '''Circle 7 logo''' is an often-used [[television station]] [[logo]] in the [[United States]]. Designed in the early 1960s for the [[American Broadcasting Company]]'s five [[owned-and-operated station]]s (all of which broadcast on [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 7), the logo, or a version of it, is currently being used not only by several ABC stations and affiliates, but also by a number of television broadcasters around the world.

== History and information ==
[[File:WLS TV Eyewitness News team 1972.JPG|thumb|200px|Members of WLS-TV's ''[[Eyewitness News]]'' team wearing blazers adorned with a ''Circle 7'' patch, c. 1972.]]
The Circle 7 logo was created by G. Dean Smith, a [[San Francisco]] graphic designer,<ref>((cite book | last1 =Fischbeck | first1 =George | author-link =George Fischbeck | last2 =Roach | first2 =Randy | title =Dr. George: My Life in Weather | publisher =[[University of New Mexico Press]] | date =2013 | location =[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=FrCkc8_mLz4C&dq=Circle+7+logo+ABC&pg=PT67 | isbn =9780826353337 ))</ref> and was first used in 1962 by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as the logo for its (then) five owned-and-operated television stations: [[WABC-TV]] in [[New York City]]; [[KABC-TV]] in [[Los Angeles]]; WBKB (now [[WLS-TV]]) in [[Chicago]]; [[KGO-TV]] in San Francisco; and [[WXYZ-TV]] in [[Detroit]]. When ABC applied for television station licenses in the late 1940s, it was thought that the low-band channel frequencies (2 through 6) would be removed from use for television broadcasting, thus making these five stations broadcasting on VHF channel 7 the lowest on the television dial; those plans never came to pass.<ref name="TVinAm">((cite book |editor-last=Murray |editor-first=Michael D. |editor-last2=Godfrey |editor-first2=Donald G. | title =Television in America: Local Station History from Across the Nation| publisher=Iowa State Press| year =1997| location =Ames, IA| page =6| isbn =0-8138-2969-0 ))</ref> [[American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres]], ABC's then-corporate parent, registered the Circle 7 logo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1962.

When WABC-TV adopted the ''[[Eyewitness News]]'' format in January 1968, all reporters and anchors were required to wear a [[blazer]] with a ''Circle 7'' patch (a lapel pin in later years)<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB421CA72D653DA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Chicago Sun-Times:: Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> when they appeared on the air – a marketing practice that spread to the other ABC O&Os, and eventually to other ABC affiliates. Stations commonly used the logo on microphone flags, newscaster clothing and design of sets, as well as on-air graphics for locally originated programming.<ref>((Citation | last1 =Grey | first1 =Johnathan | last2 =Johnson | first2 =Derek | title =A Companion to Media Authorship | publisher =[[John Wiley & Sons]] | year =2013 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhHJUqFyFNwC&dq=Circle+7+logo+ABC&pg=PT237 | isbn =9781118495254 ))</ref> 

[[Circle Seven Animation]], a short-lived (2005-2006) division of ABC parent company [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] that was working on sequels to Disney-owned [[Pixar]] films, was indirectly named after the logo, as its studios were located on Circle Seven Drive in [[Glendale, California]], a street which was renamed for the logo when KABC-TV moved its studios there.<ref>((cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Jim|title=The Skinny on Circle Seven|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/08/655.aspx|access-date=May 26, 2021|work=Jim Hill Media|date=August 7, 2005))</ref>

==U.S. stations currently using the Circle 7 logo or a variant==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col"| Station
!scope="col"| Market name
!scope="col"| Affiliation and ownership
|-
!scope="row"| [[KABC-TV]]
| [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| '''[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]''' [[owned-and-operated station]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KATV]]
| [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KETV]]
| [[Omaha, Nebraska]]/[[Council Bluffs, Iowa]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by [[Hearst Television]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KGO-TV]]
| [[San Francisco]]/[[Oakland, California|Oakland]]/[[San Jose, California]]
| '''ABC''' owned-and-operated station
|-
!scope="row"| [[KIRO-TV]]
| [[Seattle]]/[[Tacoma, Washington]]
| '''[[CBS]]''' affiliate owned by [[Cox Media Group]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KLTV]]
| [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]/[[Longview, Texas]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by [[Gray Television]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KMGH-TV]]
| [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KOAT-TV]]
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]/[[Santa Fe, New Mexico]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Hearst Television
|-
!scope="row"| [[KPLC]]
| [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]]
| '''[[NBC]]''' affiliate owned by Gray Television
|-
!scope="row"| [[KQCD-TV]]
| [[Dickinson, North Dakota]]
| '''NBC''' affiliate owned by Gray Television, satellite to [[Bismarck, North Dakota]], NBC affiliate [[KFYR-TV]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KRCR-TV]]
| [[Redding, California|Redding]]/[[Chico, California]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
!scope="row"| [[KSWO-TV]]
| [[Lawton, Oklahoma]]/[[Wichita Falls, Texas]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Gray Television
|-
!scope="row"| [[KTVB]]
| [[Boise, Idaho]]
| '''NBC''' affiliate owned by [[Tegna, Inc.|Tegna]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KVIA-TV]]
| [[El Paso, Texas]]/[[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by [[News-Press & Gazette Company]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[KVII-TV]]
| [[Amarillo, Texas]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
!scope="row"| [[WABC-TV]]
| [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| '''ABC''' owned-and-operated station
|-
!scope="row"| [[WBBJ-TV]]
| [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| '''ABC''' (7.1) and '''CBS''' (7.3) affiliate owned by [[Bahakel Communications]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[WDAM-TV]]
| [[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]]/[[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
| '''NBC''' (7.1) and '''ABC''' (7.2) affiliate owned by Gray Television
|-
!scope="row"| [[WHDH (TV)|WHDH]]
| [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
| '''[[Independent station (North America)|Independent station]]''' owned by [[Sunbeam Television]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[WHIO-TV]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| '''CBS''' affiliate owned by Cox Media Group
|-
!scope="row"| [[WJLA-TV]]
| [[Washington, D.C.]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
!scope="row"| [[WLS-TV]]
| [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| '''ABC''' owned-and-operated station
|-
!scope="row"| [[WSVN]]
| [[Miami]]/[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]
| '''[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]''' affiliate owned by Sunbeam Television
|-
!scope="row"| [[WWNY-TV]]
| [[Carthage, New York|Carthage]]/[[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown, New York]]
| '''CBS''' affiliate owned by Gray Television
|-
!scope="row"| [[WWSB]]
| [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]/[[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]]/[[Venice, Florida|Venice]]/[[North Port, Florida]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Gray Television;<br />refers to being branded by cable channel 7 rather than actual virtual channel (station is on Channel 40)
|-
!scope="row"| [[WXYZ-TV]]
| [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, formerly an '''ABC''' owned-and-operated station
|-
!scope="row"| [[WZVN-TV]]
| [[Naples, Florida|Naples]]/[[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]]/[[Cape Coral, Florida|Cape Coral]]/[[Port Charlotte, Florida]]
| '''ABC''' affiliate owned by Montclair Communications Inc.<sup>1</sup>;<br />refers to being branded by cable channel 7 rather than actual virtual channel (station is on Channel 26)
|}
<sup>1</sup>WZVN is operated through an [[Local marketing agreement|LMA]] by Hearst Television.

==Non-U.S. use==
* In Australia, [[Seven Network]] affiliate [[ATN|ATN-7]] used the "Circle 7" logo from 1968 to 1969 with customized versions across the network from 1970 to 2000.
* In Malaysia, this logo was adopted by [[NTV7]] from 2001 until March 5, 2018. 
* In Peru, RTP (now [[TV Perú]]) adopted this logo in 1989 and used it until 1991.
* In the Philippines, [[GMA Network|GMA]] (also known as [[DZBB-TV]]) used the logo from 1961 until 1974 when it was dropped due to Marcos' martial law and the handover to new owners.((citation needed|date=May 2014)) The logo stayed until the latter part of the decade.
* In Indonesia, [[Trans7|TV7]] used the stylized Circle 7 logo from its launch in November 2001 until its relaunch as [[Trans7]] in December 2006.
* In Brazil, [[RecordTV]] adopted the logo in 1965 and used it until 1970.
* In Bermuda, ABC affiliate [[ZFB-TV]] uses the Circle 7 logo, although the station refers to being branded by cable channel 7 rather than actual virtual channel (station is on Channel 19).
* In Turkey, [[Kanal 7]] used the Circle 7 logo since 2002, The circle in the logo is slightly oval and leg of digit 7 through the circle.

==See also==
*[[American Broadcasting Company logos]]
*[[Enclosed Alphanumerics]], a section of Unicode that includes circle-IRP dingbats (e.g. ➆)

== References ==
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==Sources==
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*"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1962/1962-08-27-BC.pdf New '7' logo designed for KGO-TV (ch.7)]" (PDF file), ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]'', August 27, 1962, p.&nbsp;72.
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-03-28/news/mn-546_1_dean-smith "Designed Symbols for AT&T, ABC Stations Dean Smith; Corporate Logo Creator"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 28, 1987

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