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Second part of batch 1, we have WGC-TV, or rather WWGC-TV. Callsign History: WGC-TV (1948-1971) WWGC-TV (1971-present) Affiliation History: ABC (1948-1995; O&O from 1948-1971) Fox (1995-present; O&O since 1997) Ownership History: ABC, Inc./ABC-United Paramount Theatres (1948-1971) Wayne Telecasters (1971-1982) Times-Mirror Broadcasting (1982-1993) Argyle Television (1993-1994) New World Communications (1994-1997) Fox Television Stations (1997-present) History: WGC-TV launched on November 22, 1948. It was the second station serving Gotham City and northeastern New Jersey and was the only O&O at the time. Being an owned and operated affiliate of the ABC network. It was a sister station to WGC radio (620 AM and 103.5 FM), which were O&O affiliates of ABC Radio. Since its launch until 1971, it alongside sister station WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV) in New York City had problems covering fringe parts of their markets due to them being on the same channel number and having overlapping signals. ABC would keep its the larger-market and East Coast flagship station WABC-TV, and sold the smaller-market WGC-TV to Wayne Telecasters in 1971, a company led by millionaire Bruce Wayne. His son, Mark Wayne, was ironically the general manager for the station. WGC and WNJX (the former WGC-FM) were retained by ABC. WGC-TV had its call-letters immediately changed to WWGC-TV to comply with then-FCC rules over callsign usage. WWGC-TV while somewhat hampered with ABC's poor ratings, grew thanks to that network's lineup having better ratings by 1978. WWGC-TV was often either the most-watched or second most-watched station in northeastern New Jersey. Bruce, wanting to focus more on his non-media assets, sold WWGC-TV to Times-Mirror Broadcasting. It was Times-Mirror's first standalone station acquisition since KTBC-TV in 1973. In 1993, Times-Mirror spun off its broadcasting division into a new company called Argyle Television. This first version of Argyle Television was then sold to New World Communications a year later, in 1994. As part of a multi-station deal between New World and Fox, WWGC-TV would become a Fox affiliate, with ABC moving to then-CBS affiliate WGOT-TV. Fox (through Fox Television Stations) would later buy WWGC-TV as part of News Corporation's purchase of New World Communications in 1997, thus becoming an O&O station of Fox. WWGC-TV is one of the few stations in the United States to have been an owned and operated affiliate of two separate networks during its history. Since 1962, the circle 7 (with differing designs) has been used in the station's logos, hailing back to when it was under ABC.
