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The words then flicker quickly or disappear.

Availability: Near extinction. Can be seen on very old prints of programs from the University of Houston, despite this however, the logo is incredibly rare. Most old prints do not have this closing logo. This logo was probably sparsely used at the time of its original usage.

=== 2nd Logo (1955) ===

* A rare filmed variant with a plain blue background exists.

* A more common videotaped version with the animation chroma-keyed on a black/opal background.

* On ''Galveston: The Gilded Age of the Golden Aisle'', Bishop's Place fades in front of the 8.

Availability: Near extinction. Seen on ''Legacy in Sound: The Struggle'', which can be found at the University of Houston's Digital Library (where you can see the 1st, 5th, and 7th logos). The earliest confirmed sighting was on September 2, 1975. The filmed variant was seen on ''The Real World of Economics''.

Logo:On a starfield, we see "KUHT" in a gold-colored outline font, with "HOUSTON, TEXAS" below it (in blue), rotate clockwise slowly. As it does this, it sparkles.

Music/Sounds: A space-like synth theme, sampled from the beginning of "Oxygene Part 1" by Jean Michel Jarre.

Availability: Near extinction. Seen on shows from the era, such as ''A Cronkite Perspective'' and ''Signing with Cindy''. It's longer counterpart was seen on ''Confrontation at Hidalgo''. Older prints should have this logo intact.

Editor's Note: Cute logo, but the same cannot be said for the 1983 logo.

=== 5th Logo (Late 1970's-1980's) ===

Logo: Set on a black background, we see a red silhouetted outline of the Houston skyline (as opposed to the blue silhouetted skyline of Miami in the 90s WPBT logo) zooming toward us and wiping itself in over a blue grid that moves. When a star disappears, an "8", looking like a rope, zooms out and spins itself to the left, while "KUHT", at the same time, zooms out to the center from the bottom left corner of the screen. When they settle in place, two sparkles can be seen simultaneously on the logo.

=== 6th Logo (1983) ===

=== 7th Logo (1983-Late 1988) ===

Logo:The same "KUHT" text from before, along with "HOUSTON, TEXAS" below it (in blue), slides from the top of the screen at a tilted position, then settles into place, a la Parade Video (though unlike Parade's logo, there is no "reflection" underneath). Sparkles can be seen on the logo.

Availability: Near extinction. Seen on old prints of shows from the era, such as ''40,000 Window Panes''.

Editor's Note: The animation is just plain simple, and the font looks rather ugly. The drum roll is also slightly ominous. It's a shame it replaced the 1978 logo, which featured more effort put into the logo than this, a rather unworthy successor to said logo too.

=== 8th Logo (1989-September 30, 1993) ===

Then a marble rectangle containing "Presents" in white slides in from the right.

Variants: As with other PBS logos, there were variations that aired as Legal ID's:

 

* A local version exists where two bigger rectangles slide in from the right and on the right one, we see the byline reading "University of Houston Association for Community Television". Finally, green pieces of the 8 logo fly in in and then form the number.

* A still variant exists. It was also seen as a sign on/sign off without the UH/ACT byline.

* 1990-199?: A later local variant had a female announcer saying "This is Channel 8, KUHT, Houston Public Television."

* 1992-1993: Same as before, but with a different female announcer.

Logo: We see a flashback of the previous logos from first to fourth, until we fade into the "8" which is green on 2 ripped pieces of papers (purple behind pink) and a pink rectangle on a purple/black gradient background with confetti. Below the "8" is the text "HOUSTON PUBLIC TELEVISION" and a green marquee reading "F O R T Y Y E A R S" Behind that green marquee is a blue shadow of it.