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'''Avco Broadcasting Corporation''' was the broadcasting division of the '''Av'''iation '''Co'''rporation, which was formerly known as the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation until 1945 (Crosley was an early operator of radio stations and a radio manufacturer). From 1945 up until 1968, the broadcasting division continued to operate under the Crosley name, even though the manufacturing division was already renamed "Avco". On March 1, 1976, the company was sold to Multimedia, Inc., renaming this unit to "[[Multimedia Entertainment|Multimedia Program Productions]]". This division is often confused with [[Avco Embassy Television]], which was formed to syndicate films from the [[Embassy Films Associates|Embassy]] library to television stations. Both companies were unaffiliated and were owned by Avco.

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* '''Version A (1968-1973):''' On a black background, a very small, white right triangle, along with a thick {{color|red}} line, both italicized, slide in from the right side of the screen. As the triangle reaches the center, both shapes grow and stretch into a much larger size, and the {{color|red}} box shrinks into a rectangle. This creates an empennage (the tail fin of an airplane) that's off-center. "'''AVCO'''" in a Microgramma font appears 2-by-2 on the white part, and "'''BROADCASTING CORPORATION'''" in a different font appears under the empennage, stacked on each other. Fading in with it is "{{color|gold|'''PRODUCTION'''}}" in the same font, but located under the {{color|red}} rectangle and much smaller, and a really small copyright notice reading "{{Small|©(year) '''AVCO BROADCASTING CORPORATION'''}}" also appears at the bottom of the screen.

* '''Version B (1970-1977)''': On a black background, a white triangle outline starts to zoom in, slowly extending as it does. As we go through it, several of the sides are revealed to be made of {{color|red}}, {{color|green}}, and {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} in several different arrangements. When it goes off-screen, four copies of the empennage in {{color|red}}, {{color|limegreen|green}}, {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, and {{color|gold|yellow}}, emerge from the corners of the screen and all come together to briefly form a white empennage before it fades to the Avco logo. The result is similar to the normal version, but the logo is centered with the text below it, and all of the text is in the Microgramma font as well. The text is also a bit smaller and more compact, "{{color|darkgray|'''PRODUCTION'''}}" is in {{color|darkgray|dark gray}}, and the copyright is much bigger as well.

* When ''The Paul Dixon Show'' was reran in 1998, Version A had a copyright notice reading "(C)1998 HEARST ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC." tacked on below the logo.

* A rerun of ''The Paul Dixon Show'' in 2009 has the text "HEARST ''television Inc.''" with the copyright "(C) 2009 Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television Inc" fade in below the logo, aligned left, after a few seconds.

* There is a superimposed logo that would appear on cartoon specials that reads "'''PRODUCED FOR AND DISTRIBUTED BY'''" with the Avco logo (all in black with white text) and "'''BROADCASTING CORPORATION'''" below, all in the Microgramma font.

* Another variant has the superimposed logo with the text "'''SYNDICATION DIVISION'''" below the logo.

'''Technique:''' Cel animation for Version A, very early computer graphics for Version B.

* Version A: A triumphant brass fanfare. Sometimes, it plays into the end theme of the show, which fades out. Another version features a catchy fast-paced 5-note brass-and-sax riff, with a chorus singing "Av-co" syncing with the syllables appearing, followed by a series of high-pitched beeps, and the same chorus singing "Broadcasting", finishing off with 3 horn hits.

* Version B: A dissonant synth drone accompanied by laser effects comparable to those of old UFO noises.

* For the superimposed variant, it's the end-title theme from any program.

* The animated versions are extinct. Version A can be seen on ''Midsummer Rock'', early episodes of ''The Phil Donahue Show'', and ''The Paul Dixon Show'' (which has the music variant) which was last seen in 1998 with the logo intact. Version B appears on later episodes of ''The Phil Donahue Show''. They could have appeared on other shows at the time.

* As for the superimposed variant, it is ultra rare and was seen on ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'' every Thanksgiving and ''A Christmas Story'' (1971) every Christmas on Boomerang until 2014.

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