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I mostly added images and new nicknames; the latter being mentioned or made up by a YouTuber called "CCGFilms".
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Variant: A version of it on a white background exists. Here, the owl is larger and placed to the left of the slash, while the right has a large '''13''' and "'''WNDT'''" is seen to the right of the slash. | Variant: A version of it on a white background exists. Here, the owl is larger and placed to the left of the slash, while the right has a large '''13''' and "'''WNDT'''" is seen to the right of the slash. | ||
Trivia: The owl is currently used as the favicon for WNET's station (not corporate) website. | |||
FX/SFX: None. | FX/SFX: None. | ||
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File:WNET (1971).png | File:WNET (1971).png | ||
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Nickname: "The WNDT/WNET Rings" | |||
Logo: | Logo: | ||
*Opening: On a black background, a large ring made of dark red bars appear one-by-one. They brighten up to orange as a smaller ring made with dark green bars appear by the same effect and the large ring flashes to green. A even smaller ring of bars appear in dark teal. The rings then fade through different colors for about 3 seconds as a red bar ring slides into view, along with "IN COLOR" below in grey. The rings fade out and the text "PRODUCED IN NEW YORK BY WNDT" appear below in white and stacked with each other. "IN COLOR" continues to slide along the bottom of the screen until it goes off screen. | *Opening: On a black background, a large ring made of dark red bars appear one-by-one. They brighten up to orange as a smaller ring made with dark green bars appear by the same effect and the large ring flashes to green. A even smaller ring of bars appear in dark teal. The rings then fade through different colors for about 3 seconds as a red bar ring slides into view, along with "IN COLOR" below in grey. The rings fade out and the text "PRODUCED IN NEW YORK BY WNDT" appear below in white and stacked with each other. "IN COLOR" continues to slide along the bottom of the screen until it goes off screen. | ||
*Closing: On a black background, a winding path of yellow bars appear one by one, followed by a dark red path of bars behind it. They form 3 bar rings, which turn red, green, and yellow respectively, and eventually slide into each other to form a yellow ring. The yellow ring then turns into a red/green/blue ring as the same text in the opening variant appears below, with a copyright reading " ©1970 EBC" appearing below. The ring then "spins" through its colors before fading to dark green. | *Closing: On a black background, a winding path of yellow bars appear one by one, followed by a dark red path of bars behind it. They form 3 bar rings, which turn red, green, and yellow respectively, and eventually slide into each other to form a yellow ring. The yellow ring then turns into a red/green/blue ring as the same text in the opening variant appears below, with a copyright reading "©1970 EBC" appearing below. The ring then "spins" through its colors before fading to dark green. | ||
Variant: On the ''Realities'' episode "Soldiers Who Search and Dissent", this is used as a still in-credit logo, in monochrome. "WNET" replaces "WNDT", and the copyright year is given as 1971. | Variant: On the ''Realities'' episode "Soldiers Who Search and Dissent", this is used as a still in-credit logo, in monochrome. "WNET" replaces "WNDT", and the copyright year is given as 1971. | ||
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File:WNET 13 (1972).png | File:WNET 13 (1972).png | ||
File:WNET 1973 (B&W).png | File:WNET 1973 (B&W).png | ||
</gallery>Logo: This is a reworked version of the 13th [[National Educational Television|NET]] logo, with the logo altered to read "wnet", with the "w" in light blue and the "n" now in red. The animation also appears to be sped up, the mass is completely yellow until it unravels, and a teal "13" also moves downward from the swirling mass, which causes the word to move up. | </gallery>Nickname: "Scanimate Letters/Numbers" | ||
Logo: This is a reworked version of the 13th [[National Educational Television|NET]] logo, with the logo altered to read "wnet", with the "w" in light blue and the "n" now in red. The animation also appears to be sped up, the mass is completely yellow until it unravels, and a teal "13" also moves downward from the swirling mass, which causes the word to move up. | |||
Variant: A black & white and possibly filmed variant appears on ''Science '72''. | Variant: A black & white and possibly filmed variant appears on ''Science '72''. | ||
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===4th Logo (Spring 1973-1975)=== | ===4th Logo (Spring 1973-1975)=== | ||
Nickname: "Art Deco 13" | |||
Logo: A dull pink art deco-style "13" writes itself on a black screen, and it appears to be rotated so the "1" faces the bottom of the screen. The "13" zooms out as a red art deco-style "13" writes itself as a mirror image, overlapping with the "3" in the pink "13". Then both of them disappear, as a red "WNET" written in the same style appears at the bottom and zooms out. A pink "W" zooms in and out, followed by a red "N", a pink "E", and a red "T". Then the background turns red, and "WNET", in white and in a more normal-looking font, zooms in. | Logo: A dull pink art deco-style "13" writes itself on a black screen, and it appears to be rotated so the "1" faces the bottom of the screen. The "13" zooms out as a red art deco-style "13" writes itself as a mirror image, overlapping with the "3" in the pink "13". Then both of them disappear, as a red "WNET" written in the same style appears at the bottom and zooms out. A pink "W" zooms in and out, followed by a red "N", a pink "E", and a red "T". Then the background turns red, and "WNET", in white and in a more normal-looking font, zooms in. | ||
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Editor's Note: Pretty good and effective Scanimation. It’s actually a favorite among closing logo fans. | Editor's Note: Pretty good and effective Scanimation. It’s actually a favorite among closing logo fans. | ||
[[File:WNET in space.jpg|right|frameless]] | |||
===8th Logo (September 9, 1987-January 27?, 1992)=== | ===8th Logo (September 9, 1987-January 27?, 1992)=== | ||
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*On some programs, including ''Shining Time Station'', the logo is slightly sped up to 30p (not 30i, 30p—the logo was originally animated at 24p) and the audio is out of proportion, or vice-versa. | *On some programs, including ''Shining Time Station'', the logo is slightly sped up to 30p (not 30i, 30p—the logo was originally animated at 24p) and the audio is out of proportion, or vice-versa. | ||
FX/SFX: The letters sliding out, along with the entire logo zooming out. The animation is actually in sync with the music. | FX/SFX: The letters sliding out, along with the entire logo zooming out; the stars dancing all the while. The animation is actually in sync with the music. | ||
Music/Sounds: Same as the “Radar” logo. | Music/Sounds: Same as the “Radar” logo. | ||
Availability: Rare. However, this logo is easier to find than the | Availability: Rare. However, this logo is easier to find than the 7th logo, given the fact that it has appeared on PBS Home Video tapes of the era from WNET, including episodes of ''Nature'' and ''Great Performances'', and even plastered the Radar logo on some Time-Life releases of the former. Both first and second-season ''Shining Time Station'' episodes (the first season being when Ringo Starr was Mr. Conductor and the second season with George Carlin as Mr. Conductor) have this logo, too. Depending on your PBS station, it was seen either at the beginning or end of an episode. It also appeared on the laser videodisc releases of the ''Nature'' episode "The Volcano Watchers" and the ''American Masters'' episode "A. Einstein: How I See the World". It is unknown if this appears on any DVD releases. Its first appearances were on ''The Power of Choice'' and ''I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII'', as well as on sixth-season episodes of ''Nature'' and the 1987 rebroadcast of ''The Adams Chronicles''. | ||
Editor's Note: Typical 1980s CGI abound here. The animation is actually pretty fast-paced. | Editor's Note: Typical 1980s CGI abound here. The animation is actually pretty fast-paced. | ||
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Logo: On a dodger blue background with many flashing dots (apparently arranged to look like skyscrapers), a pulse “wipes” inside the words “thirteen” with a red dot on the "I" (placed on the background as to be placed on one of the "dotscrapers" as if an antenna), and the words “WNET NEW YORK” fade in below. | Logo: On a dodger blue background with many flashing dots (apparently arranged to look like skyscrapers), a pulse “wipes” inside the words “thirteen” with a red dot on the "I" (placed on the background as to be placed on one of the "dotscrapers" as if an antenna), and the words “WNET NEW YORK” fade in below. | ||
Variants: | |||
* One version has flashing dots covering the horizontal middle of the screen. | |||
* Another one is on a red background with dots moving towards and away from the red dot on the word "thirteen". | |||
FX/SFX: Nice animation. | FX/SFX: Nice animation. | ||
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File:WNET Thirteen (2009).jpg | File:WNET Thirteen (2009).jpg | ||
File:WNET Creative News Group (2018-11-04).png | File:WNET Creative News Group (2018-11-04).png | ||
</gallery>Logo: We see the skyline of Manhattan at night. A line draws itself next to the moon, and spins several times and stops by forming a lowercase "i". "TH" slides out of the left side of the "I" and "RTEEN" slides out of the right side of the "I". All of the text is in the Gotham typeface. When that is done, "WNET.ORG" in yellow appears above "THIRTEEN". | </gallery>Nickname: "Manhattan Skyline" | ||
Logo: We see the skyline of Manhattan at night. A line draws itself next to the moon, and spins several times and stops by forming a lowercase "i". "TH" slides out of the left side of the "I" and "RTEEN" slides out of the right side of the "I". All of the text is in the Gotham typeface. When that is done, "WNET.ORG" in yellow appears above "THIRTEEN". | |||
Variant: | Variant: | ||