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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
WNED (also known as Buffalo-Toronto Public Media) is a PBS affiliate located in Buffalo, New York, which also serves Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first known as WBUF when it went on the air in 1953 when it was later sold to NBC, which later donated its license to the New York Public Broadcasting Association and renamed the station to WNED on March 30, 1959. | WNED (also known as Buffalo-Toronto Public Media) is a PBS affiliate located in Buffalo, New York, which also serves Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first known as WBUF when it went on the air in 1953 when it was later sold to NBC, which later donated its license to the New York Public Broadcasting Association and renamed the station to WNED on March 30, 1959. | ||
===1st Logo (1966-1975)=== | ===1st Logo (1966-1975)=== | ||
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'''Legacy:''' This is one of the first logos to use Scanimate, an animation medium that was heavily used by companies in the seventies and eighties. | '''Legacy:''' This is one of the first logos to use Scanimate, an animation medium that was heavily used by companies in the seventies and eighties. | ||
===2nd Logo (1975-1983)=== | ===2nd Logo (1975-1983)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Seen on ''One Woman's Divorce''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on ''One Woman's Divorce''. | ||
===3rd Logo (1977-1993)=== | ===3rd Logo (1977-1993)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. It was used as a local ident. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. It was used as a local ident. | ||
===4th Logo (1983-1991)=== | ===4th Logo (1983-1991)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' An old VHS of a Mark Russell comedy special might have this logo. | '''Availability:''' An old VHS of a Mark Russell comedy special might have this logo. | ||
===5th Logo (1987-1989)=== | ===5th Logo (1987-1989)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' See the first logo. | '''Availability:''' See the first logo. | ||
===6th Logo (1988-1993)=== | ===6th Logo (1988-1993)=== | ||
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'''Logo:''' Against a blue background, a rainbow quickly forms, then slowly fades away, as the words "{{color|gold|'''WNED'''}}", in {{color|gold}}, appear from the left and stop at the top of the screen, followed by the Great Plains National Television logo (the {{color|gold}} letters "{{color|gold|'''GPN'''}}" in a futuristic font with a stylized {{color|red}} "{{color|red|'''N'''}}" (the same as the [[Nebraska ETV]] logo) in the middle of the "{{color|gold|'''P'''}}" and several small lines below the whole thing) coming in from the left and arranging itself in the center. "present", in spaced-out white letters, appears below via a "glowing" effect. | '''Logo:''' Against a blue background, a rainbow quickly forms, then slowly fades away, as the words "{{color|gold|'''WNED'''}}", in {{color|gold}}, appear from the left and stop at the top of the screen, followed by the Great Plains National Television logo (the {{color|gold}} letters "{{color|gold|'''GPN'''}}" in a futuristic font with a stylized {{color|red}} "{{color|red|'''N'''}}" (the same as the [[Nebraska ETV]] logo) in the middle of the "{{color|gold|'''P'''}}" and several small lines below the whole thing) coming in from the left and arranging itself in the center. "present", in spaced-out white letters, appears below via a "glowing" effect. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. It appears on some old ''Reading Rainbow'' tapes, including PBS Home Video releases. | '''Availability:''' Rare. It appears on some old ''Reading Rainbow'' tapes, including PBS Home Video releases. | ||
===7th Logo (1991-1998)=== | ===7th Logo (1991-1998)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Seen on Mark Russell comedy specials of the '90s. | '''Availability:''' Seen on Mark Russell comedy specials of the '90s. | ||
===8th Logo (1998-2004)=== | ===8th Logo (1998-2004)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Seen on the final episodes of ''Reading Rainbow''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on the final episodes of ''Reading Rainbow''. | ||
===11th Logo (2008?-March 13, 2016)=== | ===11th Logo (2008?-March 13, 2016)=== | ||