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===Background===

'''KPBS''' is a [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] affiliate located in San Diego, California. KPBS was founded in 1960 by San Diego State College (now San Diego State University), as a radio station that went under the name KEBS; in 1967 KEBS began broadcasting on television as an NET affiliate. In 1970, after NET folded in to New York City/Newark station WNDT (Now WNET), PBS absorbed NET's operations and KEBS changed its name to KPBS.

===1st Logo (1977-1983)===

'''Nicknames:''' "Glass KPBS", "Virtual Boy KPBS", "Spinning Glass Panels"

'''Legacy:''' The music and dark atmosphere may get to some, but this is a futuristic logo with an interesting concept, even though it looks like it was made using a Virtual Boy.

===2nd Logo (1983-1985)===

'''Logo:''' On a black background, an white outline for the text "'''KPBS'''" in a font similar to that of the 1971 PBS logo wiping in downwards, filling in with a {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}}/black gradient after it's finished. The cursive text "''San Diego''" in a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}}/{{Font color|orange|orange}} gradient cursive font fades in below.

'''Legacy:''' The music and the font can be seen as unnerving, but it's a fine logo; one that wasn't discovered until very recently.

===3rd Logo (1985-1991)===

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} text "{{Font color|deepskyblue|{{Font|Serif|'''KPBS'''}}}}" in the standard PBS typeface with a blue glow around it. The "{{Font color|deepskyblue|{{Font|Serif|'''KPBS'''}}}}" shines throughout the logo. The words "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''''San Diego'''''}}" in a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} stylized cursive, are written out (a la the [[Almi Television Productions|ALMI]] logo) as the outline of the letters flashes at the viewer, at sort of a tilted position (a la the [[Celebrity Home Entertainment]] logo). Once the text is completed, the outline flashing goes back into the words.

'''Legacy:''' The music may rattle you, but it's mostly harmless and a fan favorite.

===4th Logo (1991-2001)===

'''Logo:''' On a black background, various copies of KPBS' new logo, which is consisted of the letters "{{Font|Serif|'''{{Font color|deepskyblue|K}}{{Font color|#FFD900|P}}{{Font color|purple|B}}{{Font color|red|S}}'''}}" clumped together, in various sizes overlapping each other zoom in slowly as "A PRODUCTION OF" zooms in with them. A normal sized copy slowly moves up to the middle. A copyright in Roman numerals appears as the text zooms in and fades out and the background darkens. "'''S A N D I E G O'''" moves down quickly from the top of the screen and meets up with the logo as the background darkens to a point that the copies are barely visible and a picture of a shell casting a shadow over a concrete surface fades in below.