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Our first PBS affiliate in this series, we now turn to WAPM-TV (or WUIE-TV on FictionalTVStations Wiki) Callsign History: WUIE-TV (1957-1999) WAPM-TV (1999-present) Affiliation History: Independent (1957-1960) NET (1960-1970) PBS (1970-present) Ownership History: WUIE Educational Telecommunications (1957-1993) Wuhu Island Public Education Foundation (1993-present) History: WUIE-TV would launch on September 8, 1957 as an educational independent station. Being the first independent station in the Wuhu archipelago. However, unlike other independent stations at the time, it operated under a non-commercial educational license. In 1960, it became an affiliate of the nationwide educational network, NET. It, alongside other NET affiliates switched to the newly-launched PBS in 1970, after NET ceased operations that year. WUIE-TV would introduce its circle 7 symbol in 1975, initially using ABC's circle 7 logo until 1985, replacing it to a more custom looking version of it. In 1993, WUIE Educational Telecommunications would merge with the Wuhu University's recently spun-off radio station WTWD (90.1 FM) to form the Wuhu Island Public Education Foundation. Both stations began branding themselves as "Wuhu Archipelago Public Media" that same year. WUIE-TV and WTWD would change their call-letters to WAPM-TV and WAPM-FM respectively in 1999, to better reflect their monikers. That same year, both stations introduced a stylized flower emblem. It is still used despite some minor alterations. From 2006 to 2016, WAPM-TV added the PBS logo to its look. It was reintroduced in 2019, where it is still used to this day.
