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(Created page with "{{Draft}} ===Background=== WUSA is a CBS station based on Washington, D.C. On June 26, 1978, Post-Newsweek Stations exchanged WTOP-TV with the Evening News Association's WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV) in Detroit. That same day, WTOP-TV changed its call letters to WDVM-TV, with the new call letters representing the initials of the areas which channel 9 serves: '''D'''istrict of Columbia, '''V'''irginia and '''M'''aryland. On July 4, 1986, WDVM-TV changed its ca...")
 
 
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[[WUSA]] is a [[CBS]] station based on Washington, D.C. On June 26, 1978, Post-Newsweek Stations exchanged WTOP-TV with the Evening News Association's WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV) in Detroit. That same day, WTOP-TV changed its call letters to [[WDVM TV|WDVM-TV]], with the new call letters representing the initials of the areas which channel 9 serves: '''D'''istrict of Columbia, '''V'''irginia and '''M'''aryland. On July 4, 1986, WDVM-TV changed its callsign to the current '''WUSA''' in honor of the station's being located in the U.S. capital city, and the acquisition of USA Today from the former broadcaster, Gannett. The WUSA callsign had previously been used by another station in Minneapolis (also owned by Gannett), which changed its callsign to KARE. The WDVM-TV callsign is now in use on an unrelated station in Hagerstown, Maryland since 2017.
[[WUSA]] is a [[CBS]] station based on Washington, D.C. On June 26, 1978, Post-Newsweek Stations exchanged WTOP-TV with the Evening News Association's WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV) in Detroit. That same day, WTOP-TV changed its call letters to [[WDVM TV|WDVM-TV]], with the new call letters representing the initials of the areas which channel 9 serves: '''D'''istrict of Columbia, '''V'''irginia and '''M'''aryland. On July 4, 1986, WDVM-TV changed its callsign to the current '''WUSA''' in honor of the station's being located in the U.S. capital city, and the acquisition of USA Today from the former broadcaster, Gannett. The WUSA callsign had previously been used by another station in Minneapolis (also owned by Gannett), which changed its callsign to KARE. The WDVM-TV callsign is now in use on an unrelated station in Hagerstown, Maryland since 2017.


===1st Logo (1970s)===
===1st ID (1970s)===
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, {{color|blue}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|hotpink|pink}}, and{{color|gold|yellow}} copies of "'''WTOP-TV'''" merge while moving left and right. {{color|blue|Blue}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|hotpink|pink}}, and{{color|gold|yellow}} copies of "'''9'''" whirls and merges. The logo zoomes out until "WASHINGTON, D.C." slides from the bottom.
'''Visuals:''' On a black background, {{color|blue}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|hotpink|pink}}, and{{color|gold|yellow}} copies of "'''WTOP-TV'''" merge while moving left and right. {{color|blue|Blue}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|hotpink|pink}}, and {{color|gold|yellow}} copies of "'''9'''" whirls and merges. The logo zooms out until the white text "WASHINGTON, D.C." slides from the bottom.


'''Technique:''' Scanimation.
'''Technique:''' Scanimation.


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===2nd ID (1970s)===
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{{Chronology||[[WDVM TV]]}}
{{Chronology||[[WDVM TV]]}}

Latest revision as of 12:10, 20 May 2024



Background

WUSA is a CBS station based on Washington, D.C. On June 26, 1978, Post-Newsweek Stations exchanged WTOP-TV with the Evening News Association's WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV) in Detroit. That same day, WTOP-TV changed its call letters to WDVM-TV, with the new call letters representing the initials of the areas which channel 9 serves: District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland. On July 4, 1986, WDVM-TV changed its callsign to the current WUSA in honor of the station's being located in the U.S. capital city, and the acquisition of USA Today from the former broadcaster, Gannett. The WUSA callsign had previously been used by another station in Minneapolis (also owned by Gannett), which changed its callsign to KARE. The WDVM-TV callsign is now in use on an unrelated station in Hagerstown, Maryland since 2017.

1st ID (1970s)


Visuals: On a black background, blue, red, pink, andyellow copies of "WTOP-TV" merge while moving left and right. Blue, red, pink, and yellow copies of "9" whirls and merges. The logo zooms out until the white text "WASHINGTON, D.C." slides from the bottom.

Technique: Scanimation.

Audio:

2nd ID (1970s)

Visuals:

Technique: Scanimation.

Audio:

WTOP-TV
WDVM TV
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