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In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an
Seven's owned-and-operated stations have their master control operations centralised at the network's facilities in Melbourne.
WABC-TV's news vehicle. The circle 7 logo seen here is also used on other ABC O&Os broadcasting on channel 7.
9 Channel Nine Court, home to both CTV's network operations and Toronto O&O CFTO-DT
Circle 7 logo
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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 stations, the logo, or a ve
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…its O&Os can use the same graphics and music rather than to have each station commission their own individual branding package. Examples include the circle 7 logo (originally designed in 1962 for ABC's aforementioned O&Os, all of which at the time had broadcast on VHF channel 7) and the "This is Chicago, Chicago…
Members of WLS-TV's Eyewitness News team wearing blazers adorned with a Circle 7 patch, c. 1972.