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=== Operating under the Ansin family ===
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[[File:Sidney_and_Edmund_Ansin.jpg|thumb|Sidney and [[Edmund Ansin]]]]
Upon the change in ownership on December 19, 1962,{{r|Miam630614}} Edmund Ansin—who was Sunbeam's treasurer—was installed as the station's executive vice president, while Sidney was named WCKT board chairman.{{r|Miam760731}} Having graduated from the [[Wharton Business School]] in 1957, Edmund began working with his father Sidney's real estate holdings in South Florida as the region continued to enjoy substantial [[post-war]] growth.<ref name="SFLBiz20010827">{{cite news|last=Gale|first=Kevin|date=August 27, 2001|title=Ansin family to keep working until the cows have no home|work=South Florida Business Journal|url=http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2001/08/27/focus5.html|access-date=January 1, 2011|archive-date=September 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927190817/http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2001/08/27/focus5.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Edmund's addition was the only substantial change made with the license changeover, which was otherwise conducted in such a manner that the new WCKT subsequently claimed the prior WCKT's history as its own.{{r|Miam760731}} Edmund's want to work with his father was his lead reason for joining Sunbeam after briefly considering working on [[Wall Street]].{{r|SFLBiz20010827}} Edmund was the executive vice president for a [[life insurance]] company Sidney co-founded in 1966 which bore the Sunbeam name;<ref name="Miam660715">{{Cite news|last=Bedwell|first=Don|date=July 15, 1966|title=Miamians Form Insurance Firm|page=10C|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95188964/miamians-form-insurance-firm/|access-date=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217210223/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95188964/miamians-form-insurance-firm/|url-status=live}}</ref> this company was sold off in 1969.<ref name="Palm691220">{{Cite news|date=December 20, 1969|title=Columbia National Life Insurance Co. ...|page=29|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95192295/columbia-national-life-insurance-co/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218020535/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95192295/columbia-national-life-insurance-co/|url-status=live}}</ref> Edmund headed the most significant expansion for Sunbeam's real estate operations: a $1&nbsp;million purchase (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|1000000|1968}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) of {{Convert|637|acre|ha|lk=in|abbr=out}} of land in northeast [[Marion County, Indiana]], on August 21, 1968, at the time the largest [[land sale]] in the county's history.<ref name="Indi680822">{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=James L. |date=August 22, 1968 |title=Northside Land Sale 1 Of County's Biggest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95215759/northside-land-sale-1-of-countys/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218020534/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95215759/northside-land-sale-1-of-countys/ |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |access-date=February 18, 2022 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95215828/northside-land-sale-1-of-countys/ 16] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The purchased land was developed into Indianapolis's [[Castleton, Indianapolis|Castleton neighborhood]], helping make Sunbeam one of the largest land developers in Indiana.<ref name="Indi920705">{{Cite news |last=Koenig |first=Bill |date=July 5, 1992 |title=Sunbeam is a land developer that's been growing with Indianapolis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95217921/sunbeam-is-a-land-developer-thats-been/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218061144/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95217921/sunbeam-is-a-land-developer-thats-been/ |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |access-date=February 18, 2022 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |pages=C1–[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95218040/sunbeam/ C2] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Due to the license being a short-term permit similar to the one awarded for WPST-TV replacement [[WPLG|WLBW-TV]], Sunbeam faced another bidding process for a full-time license. Sunbeam's only opposition came from Community Broadcasting Corp., composed of [[advertising executive]] Tally Embry and other Miami-based interests.<ref name="Miam630614">{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Jack E.|date=June 14, 1963|title=New Group Bids For Ch. 7 Reins|page=16C|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95237959/new-group-bids-for-ch-7-reins/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218183801/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95237959/new-group-bids-for-ch-7-reins/|url-status=live}}</ref> FCC examiner Thomas Donahue ruled in favor of Sunbeam, saying that even though much of the station's programming output was done so "knowing ... that continued operation of the station was at stake", Sunbeam demonstrated that they knew how to operate WCKT.<ref name="Miam640801">{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Philip|date=August 1, 1964|title=Sunbeam License OKd In Channel 7 Dispute|page=7C|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95310934/sunbeam-license-okd-in-channel-7-dispute/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218173653/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95310934/sunbeam-license-okd-in-channel-7-dispute/|url-status=live}}</ref> The FCC's broadcast bureau disagreed with Donahue's findings and with how Sunbeam was given credit for operating the station under pressure of the interim authority. An FCC attorney considered the bidding process to be "very close" but Sunbeam still held an edge.<ref name="Miam650302">{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Phil|date=March 2, 1965|title=Fight to Control Channel 7 Close, FCC Lawyer Says|page=2A|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95315574/fight-to-control-channel-7-close-fcc/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218212759/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95315574/fight-to-control-channel-7-close-fcc/|url-status=live}}</ref> The FCC awarded Sunbeam a full-time license on May 15, 1965, by a unanimous 5–0 vote, concluding that they possessed all the necessary qualifications.<ref name="Miam650515">{{Cite news|last=McMullan|first=John|date=May 15, 1965|title=Channel 7 Operators Win License Battle|page=18A|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95312786/channel-7-operators-win-license-battle/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218173645/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95312786/channel-7-operators-win-license-battle/|url-status=live}}</ref> Community Broadcasting Corp. filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, arguing that the FCC's inclusion of Sunbeam's ongoing record maintaining the interim operation was unfair to their bid.<ref name="WCKTAppealsCt1966">{{Cite news |date=July 4, 1966 |title=A tough decade can't be ignored: Court backs FCC ruling that WCKT's record since '57 be part of hearing |volume=71 |page=57 |work=Broadcasting |issue=1 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1966/1966-07-04-BC.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2022 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> The court ruled in favor of Sunbeam and the FCC in June 1966, with judge [[Carl E. McGowan]] noting:

{{Blockquote|text=Where a qualified applicant for a licensee has been compelled, by the moral shortcomings of his original competitors and of public servants themselves, to spend 10 years in the quest... it is perhaps not arbitrary to suggest that, as against the new applicants who have been spared that frustrating and expensive experience, the commission may take note of the fact—for it is nothing more—that the four-months licensee has actually been operating the station.{{r|WCKTAppealsCt1966}}}}

WCKT became the first station in the market to broadcast all local programming in [[Color television|color]] on December 27, 1965, through a $500,000 investment in new color cameras and color news film.<ref name="MiamiH19651227p9">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jack E. |date=December 27, 1965 |title=WCKT Scores a First: Color Cameras Are In |page=7B |newspaper=The Miami Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97432981/wckt-scores-a-first-color-cameras-are/ |access-date=March 12, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> By the end of 1966, station manager Charles Kelly had left WCKT for a similar position at West Palm Beach's [[WEAT-TV]],<ref name="Miam670311">{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Jack E.|date=March 11, 1967|title=Ken Taylor, Dick Bate Take Over News Posts|page=11D|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95303354/ken-taylor-dick-bate-take-over-news/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218175205/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95303354/ken-taylor-dick-bate-take-over-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> with Edmund assuming his role as station manager.{{r|Miam760731}} After Sidney Ansin died of a heart attack on October 22, 1971,<ref name="Miam711023">{{Cite news|date=October 23, 1971|title=Sidney Ansin Dies; Owner of Channel 7|page=B1|newspaper=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95183713/sidney-ansin-dies-owner-of-channel-7/|access-date=February 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218171953/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95183713/sidney-ansin-dies-owner-of-channel-7/|url-status=live}}</ref> Edmund succeeded him as Sunbeam's president.{{r|Miam760731}}