![]() ![]() ![]() Supreme Court for recording and broadcasting the entire human cannonball act of Hugo Zacchini. WEWS also aired two NBC programs, both of which had been preempted by Westinghouse-owned NBC affiliate KYW-TV (now WKYC): the network's evening newscast The Huntley-Brinkley Report, during the 1959–1960 season and The Tonight Show, with hosts Jack Paar and later Johnny Carson, from October 1957 to February 1966. WEWS was also an affiliate of the short-lived Paramount Television Network the station was one of the network's strongest affiliates, airing such Paramount programs as Time For Beany, Hollywood Reel, and Frosty Frolics. The station later lost the DuMont affiliation when that network ceased operations in 1956. ![]() WEWS originally operated as a CBS affiliate, with secondary ABC and DuMont affiliations it lost the CBS affiliation to WJW-TV (channel 8) in 1955 after that station's then-owner, Storer Broadcasting, used its influence with CBS to land the affiliation. Modified "Circle 5" logo used from 2009 to 2016. ![]()
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