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'''Logo:''' On a sky background located at what appears to be the landscape on a farm, we see the letters "'''WATV'''" at an oblique angle. Between "'''T'''" and "'''V'''" is a thin supporting pole with a sign on it that says "'''NEWARK''' NEW JERSEY" facing straight at the camera. On top of the "T" is "'''13'''" in a bold font.

*There's a variant that shows the channel's test pattern.

*There's a variant, where the background is a skyline (Probably Newark), the letters are lowercase, a sign with "Newark" is on them, and '''''13''''' is on the sign and supporting a sign with the text '''''super power'''''.

'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. Seen on ''Dove Son Nato''

 

 

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the words "'''WNTA/TV'''" sliding in from the left side of the screen and a large '''''13''''' forming next to them afterwards.

'''Variant:''' There's a variant, where ''{{Font|Cooper|13}}'' is in another font, and is larger.

'''Availability:''' Unknown, may be seen on old WNET recordings before 1962

 

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a large '''13''' with the letters "'''WNDT'''" below it on the keft side. On the right side, we see the text "'''A PRODUCTION OF'''", and "'''EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION NEW YORK'''" with "'''EBC'''" between them.

'''Availability:''' Extinct. Found on shows on the American Archive.

 

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*Opening: On a black background, a large ring made of {{Font color|firebrick|dark red}} bars appear one-by-one. They brighten up to {{Font color|orange|orange}} as a smaller ring made of {{Font color|darkgreen|dark green}} bars appear by the same effect and the large ring flashes to {{Font color|green|green}}. A even smaller ring of bars appears in {{Font color|teal|dark teal}}. The rings then fade through different colors for about 3 seconds as a {{Font color|red|red}} bar ring slides into view, along with "{{Font color|gray|IN COLOR}}" below in {{Font color|gray|gray}}. The rings fade out and the text "PRODUCED IN NEW YORK BY WNDT" appear below in white and stacked with each other. "{{Font color|gray|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 {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} bars appear one by one, followed by a {{Font color|firebrick|dark red}} path of bars behind it. They form 3 bar rings, which turn {{Font color|red|red}}, {{Font color|green|green}}, and {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} respectively, and eventually slide into each other to form a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} ring. The {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} ring then turns into a {{Font color|red|red}}/{{Font color|green|green}}/{{Font color|blue|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 {{Font color|darkgreen|dark green}}.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. This was used for only a short time before it merged with [[National Educational Television|NET]] to create WNET (they would also use this logo very briefly). It can be seen on the Shout Factory TV print of the March 5, 1970 episode of ''Soul!'' (incorrectly stated to be the first episode of the series, though it may have simply been the earliest Shout! Factory TV could get a hold of) and appears to have been used for the first three seasons thereof. It also appears early on in the documentary ''Mr. Soul!''. An in-credit version appeared on the occasional episode of ''Realities'', including "Soldiers Who Search and Dissent".

'''Editor's Note:''' Not much was known about this logo's existence until very recently, when Shout! Factory put up the original episodes on their Shout! Factory TV service. The animation is definitely very limited, but it's also very effective. The copyright on the bottom of the logo stands for Educational Broadcasting Corporation, the holding company for WNDT. The name existed until 2011, when it was renamed WNET.org

 

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'''Logo:''' This is a reworked version of the 13th [[National Educational Television|NET]] logo, with the logo altered to read "'''{{Font color|deepskyblue|w}}{{Font color|red|n}}{{Font color|#FFD900|e}}{{Font color|green|t}}'''", with the "{{Font color|deepskyblue|'''w'''}}" in {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} and the "{{Font color|red|'''n'''}}" now in {{Font color|red|red}}. The animation also appears to be sped up, the mass is completely {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} until it unravels, and a {{Font color|green|green}} "{{Font color|green|'''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''.

'''Availability:''' Very rare. The logo appeared on ''An American Family'', where it may or may not have been used in tandem with the 5th logo, and also appeared on ''Soul!''. The alternate announcer variant appeared on ''Science '72''.

 

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, {{Font color|red|red}} rectangles with white horizontal pieces shoot away from the viewer, converging into a {{Font color|red|red}} screen with a white “FROM NEW YORK” on it. After a few seconds on screen, the pieces shoot towards the viewer, revealing {{Font color|teal|teal}} bars, and “WNET” zooms forward on a {{Font color|teal|teal}} background, with "PRESENTS" appearing below a second later.

Variants:

*There exists a version where the background at the end is a maroon color.

'''Availability:''' Again, very rare. It could be spotted on pre-1979 recordings of PBS shows produced by WNET. If you're lucky, it may appear on an episode of ''The Men Who Made the Movies'' on a DVD directed by the subject of that episode. The version with the hokey arrangement appears on a Home Vision Entertainment VHS of ''Portraits of an Artist'', featuring Georgia O'Keeffe, and at least two episodes of the first season of the PBS incarnation of ''The Dick Cavett Show''; the version with the clean arrangement appears on ''The Great Radio Comedians'', the DVD release of ''The Great American Dream Machine'' (all episodes on Volumes 1 and 2), and early (pre-1976) episodes of ''The Robert MacNeil Report'', which are available on DVD and online at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Its last appearance was on the seven-part miniseries ''Women in Art''. You can also see the complete logo about an hour into the documentary ''Mr. Soul!''.

 

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'''Logo:''' A {{Font color|palevioletred|dull pink}} art deco-style "{{Font color|palevioletred|'''13'''}}" that appears to be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise writes itself on a black screen. The "{{Font color|palevioletred|'''13'''}}" zooms out as a {{Font color|red|red}} art deco-style "{{Font color|red|'''13'''}}" that's rotated 90 degrees clockwise writes itself in as a mirror image, overlapping with the "{{Font color|palevioletred|'''3'''}}" in the former "{{Font color|palevioletred|'''13'''}}". Then both of them disappear, as a {{Font color|red|red}} "{{Font color|red|'''WNET'''}}" written in the same style appears at the bottom and zooms out. A {{Font color|palevioletred|pink}} "{{Font color|palevioletred|'''W'''}}" zooms in and out, followed by a {{Font color|red|red}} "{{Font color|red|'''N'''}}", a {{Font color|palevioletred|pink}} "{{Font color|palevioletred|''''E'''}}", and a {{Font color|red|red}} "{{Font color|red|'''T'''}}". Then the background turns {{Font color|red|red}}, and "'''WNET'''", in white and in a more normal-looking font, zooms in.

'''FX/SFX:''' The 13 writing itself, and the zooming.

'''Availability:''' Seen on ''An American Family'', and may or may not have been used in tandem with the 1st and 4th logos during its usage. It also appeared on a 16mm print of the Bill Moyers special ''An Essay on Watergate''.

 

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'''Logo:''' Two white bars appear from opposite ends of the screen and slide horizontally to the center. After they collide, they retract to reveal "'''FROM WNET'''", with "'''NEW YORK'''" below. The whole text is in a stylized font. The white bars would do the same for the names of any company, individual, institution, foundation, or organization that funded the program which this precedes (e.g. "Corporation for Public Broadcasting", "Public Television Stations", "The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies", etc.). After the last text slide, the whole thing fades to black.

*The color of the background may either be black or {{Font color|blue|blue}}. The latter is used for the filmed version and also on ''Great Performances''.

*On the ''Great Performances'' spin-off ''Live from Lincoln Center'', the first slide after "FROM WNET NEW YORK" read "Great Performances", and the funding credits announcer also waited a few more seconds to start talking.

*Sometimes, this was superimposed.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on later episodes of ''The Dick Cavett Show'', as well as on installments of the local late-night movie program Cinema 13 from the era and the 1980 adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's ''The Lathe of Heaven''. You might also see this on episodes of ''Great Performances'' (including ''Theater in America'' and ''Dance in America'') and its spinoff, ''Live from Lincoln Center'', as well as on ''Non-Fiction Television''. It first appeared on ''We Interrupt This Week'', on which it was superimposed over the opening. The last program to use this logo was ''Love's Labour Lost'', broadcast as part of ''The Shakespeare Plays'' on May 31, 1985.

'''Logo:''' On a black screen, "{{Font color|#FFD900|WNET}}" appears as a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} outline, in a more normal font than before. Below it is "NEW YORK" in the same font as before. Below all that is the logo at the time for their performing arts anthology series ''Great Performances'', depicting, from left to right, a ballerina, a stage actor, an opera singer, and an orchestra conductor standing atop a horizontal, rounded stage.

===6th Logo (October 9, 1983-September 25, 1989) ===

 

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, circular lines showing the New York skylines wipe-in, with an outlined {{Font color|red|red}} “{{Font color|red|'''WNET'''}}” on it. The pre-2001 World Trade Center "Twin Towers" can also be seen, on the far left. As the “radar” circles two more times, the outlined “{{Font color|red|'''WNET'''}}” in {{Font color|red|red}} becomes more solid, and the morning sky becomes night. Finally, when the sky becomes completely dark, and “{{Font color|red|'''WNET'''}}” is filled in with white, “FROM” and “NEW YORK” can be seen above and below the letters respectively. The whole thing is in the same font as the 6th logo.

'''Variant:'' A filmed version appeared on ''Heritage: Civilization'' and ''The Jews''.

'''Availability:''' Very rare. Older tapes of WNET programs should have this. A hint: look for Time-Life Video and Lorimar Home Video releases of early episodes of ''Nature'', such as "Forest in the Sea" (where this logo debuted), "Designed for Living" (which was the last episode to use this ID), "Secret Weapons", "Cats", and "Man's Best Friend", the latter three which are also available on PBS Home Video. You could spot this on episodes of ''Great Performances'' and ''American Masters'' (which used this logo until 1989) from this era, too. This logo was also seen on a Home Vision tape of ''New World Visions-American Art and the Metropolitan Museum (1650-1914)-Part Two''. This logo also followed the 1983-1991 MGM/UA Television logo on ''The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute By Katharine Hepburn''.

 

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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|blue|blue}} space background with dancing stars, “FROM” and “NEW YORK” zoom out, along with a "{{Font color|dodgerblue|'''''W'''''}}", which then has an "{{Font color|dodgerblue|'''''n'''''}}", an "{{Font color|dodgerblue|'''''E'''''}}", and a "{{Font color|dodgerblue|'''''t'''''}}" sliding out while the animation zooms out away from the viewer, all of which resembles the "Thirteen" logo at the time. “Sparks” then create parallelograms to surround “''FROM''” and “''NEW YORK''”, placed above and below the logo.

'''Variant:'''

*An in-credit version appears at the end of 1986-1991 episodes of ''American Masters''. The logo has "A PRESENTATION OF" above the logo and "NEW YORK" either appears in the bottom parallelogram or is under it, leaving either the top or both blank. There may be a copyright notice below.

*In a rare exception to the general rule that station logos don't appear on co-productions between PBS stations, this and the KCET logo are played simultaneously, without any music, before Television.

*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.

'''Availability:''' Rare. However, this logo is easier to find than the 6th 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''.

 

 

'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|cadetblue|greenish-gray}} background, we see the words "'''ThiRtEEn {{Font|Optima|WNET NEWARK, NJ}}'''" in white on a transparent rectangle protruding from the right. The "'''ThiRtEEn'''" is made up of some abstract, combined letter forms upper and lower-case all in its corporate font and the other text is simply in Optima. Later, the bottom text fades to "'''Keeping what matters in sight'''" in a compressed white font aligned to the left. Several rectangles appear in the background.

 

'''Nicknames:''' “The Spotlight”, "Choir"

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see “wnet” in a thin font in a black rectangle with the letters carved out of it, and “{{Font color|blue|NEW YORK}}” (in {{Font color|blue|blue}}) appearing letter by letter, circling the logo counterclockwise while a spotlight shines around the logo, from right to left.

'''Music/Sound Variant:''' Sometimes, announcer Tom Stuart will say, "A production of WNET New York" over the jingle. This can be seen on ''American Masters''.

'''Availability:''' Very rare. In its day, it appeared on ''Nature'', ''American Masters'', and ''Charlie Rose''. Also appeared at the beginning or end of season 3 of ''Shining Time Station''. It may appear on early DVD releases of ''Nature''. It also appears on the PC game ''The Day the World Broke''.

'''Editor's Note:''' The music is somewhat strange. The logo looks very impressive, however.

 

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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|dodgerblue|blue}} background reminiscent of TV static, we see the "'''ThiRtEEn'''" from the 9th logo, the "wnet" from the 10th logo, and a bullet wipe-in.

'''Variant:''' There's a version on a solid black background.

 

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'''Logo:''' Tinted with the {{Font color|red|red}} color scheme from the Public TV For East Tennessee ident, we see various CGI/live-action-related clips (such as a train moving towards us, the window sill from the 8th PBS logo, a compass, a giant white/{{Font color|aquamarine|sea green}} "{{Font color|aquamarine|'''N'''}}" swinging in front of a running leopard, etc.) as the "'''ThiRtEEn'''" from the ninth and eleventh logo zooms in very slowly towards us. As all this happens, a {{Font color|blueviolet|violet}} banner with "WNET NEWARK NJ" (which later changes to "NEW YORK NY") briefly appears below at the lower-right.

Variants: There were at least a couple of variants which use the aforementioned clips:

 

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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|dodgerblue|dodger blue}} background with many flashing dots (apparently arranged to look like skyscrapers), a pulse “wipes” inside the words “'''thirteen'''” with a {{Font color|red|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.

* One version has flashing dots covering the horizontal middle of the screen.

* Another one is on a {{Font color|red|red}} background with dots moving towards and away from the {{Font color|red|red}} dot on the word "thirteen".

'''Availability:''' Common. Can currently be seen on ''Cyberchase'' releases on VHS and DVD and most reruns on PBS. Also appeared on 1999-2006 episodes of ''Nature'' and ''Charlie Rose''. Also seen at the end American Masters and The Face - Jesus in Art.

'''Editor's Note:''' Quite a nice looking, simple logo. The dotscrapers are sort of reminiscent to some of the ABC Yellow ID's from the period.

 

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'''Logo:''' We see an overhead view of New York City, with the "'''thirteen'''" from the previous logo, rendered in CGI, floating overhead. The camera pans down to a 20th Century Fox-esque angle (except it's reversed), so we see the logo from below.

'''Variants:''' On ''Make Em' Laugh'', after the logo finishes, a hand bounces the red dot off the "I".

'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Appeared on ''Nature'', ''Charlie Rose'', ''Barney & Friends'', ''Cyberchase'', and ''NOW'', among others. Usually replaced with the 2009 logo, but this is still abound on most shows of the era such as reruns of Sprout's ''Franny's Feet''. It also appears at the start and end of recent prints of the 1976 miniseries ''The Adams Chronicles'', accompanied by, surprisingly enough, the 1984 PBS ID (this plasters the 1987 logo from the Fall 1987 reruns). Even after it officially ended in 2009, this continued to appear on Charlie Rose's programs for some time after, with ''Charlie Rose: The Week'' using it until March 27, 2015. This can also be seen on some reruns of ''Cyberchase''.

 

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'''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, "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''WNET.ORG'''}}" in {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} appears above "'''THIRTEEN'''".

Variant:

*Since 2012, instead of "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''WNET.ORG'''}}", only "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''WNET'''}}" appears. As a result, the "'''i'''" animation is no longer used.

Music/Sound Variant: A re-orchestration of the previous logo's music was used a few times.

'''Availability:''' Common. Can be seen on ''American Masters'', ''Tavis Smiley'', ''PBS News Hour Weekend'', ''Nature'', ''Great Performances'', ''Charlie Rose'', ''Charlie Rose: The Week'' (though no logo appears at all on most editions beginning December 18, 2015), and ''Cyberchase''. The original variant made its last appearance on a rebroadcast of the ''Nature'' episode "Invasion of the Giant Pythons", though it's also seen on PBS airings of ''Thomas and Friends'' (DVDs and Sprout airings do not have this logo). This still appears on most new programs, mainly in prime time.

 

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'''Nicknames:''' "Media Made Possible By All Of You"

'''Availability:''' Brand new. First seen on the May 14, 2021, edition of ''Firing Line''. It also appears on ''Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten''. Since July 9, 2021, it has also appeared on ''Great Performances''; however, don't expect to see this on anything not mentioned in this section, which still use the previous logo(s).