neo_prankster Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Believe it or not, closer to the time The Walt Disney Company acquired the Fox Family Channel from Rupert Murdoch, they almost changed the name to XYZ, but because this guy got in the way... The name changed instead to ABC Family, and most recently, Freeform. Here is a concept for a logo that could've been used had Disney went ahead with cancelling the 700 Club and adopting the XYZ brand... C&C Welcome. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwburke94 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 This story's had several tellings in the past. With the rename to Freeform, it's clear the "Family" clause never existed, so we no longer know what we thought we knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxColonels Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 3 hours ago, bwburke94 said: This story's had several tellings in the past. With the rename to Freeform, it's clear the "Family" clause never existed, so we no longer know what we thought we knew. Is it clear, though? It's possible there could have just been some time horizon they needed to reach before changing the channel's name. But the point is well-taken, we really don't know what terms were involved with the whole Family Channel thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 The ABC O&O in Detroit is WXYZ, maybe that's why they were never that set on it for the cable channel. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETROJR79 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I like it wish Disney had used this name instead of Freeform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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