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'''Nickname:''' "The American Colors" | '''Nickname:''' "The American Colors" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, several "pieces" of the WETA logo at the time (a white italic "'''''W'''''", a red "{{Font color|red|'''E'''}}" that's made of three lines, a non-italic "'''T'''", and a {{Font color|blue|blue}} trapezoidal "{{Font color|blue|'''A'''}}" with a white star in the center) appear in sync with the music. When the logo is complete, "WASHINGTON D.C." appears below. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, several "pieces" of the WETA logo at the time (a white italic "'''''W'''''", a red "{{Font color|red|'''E'''}}" that's made of three lines, a non-italic "'''T'''", and a {{Font color|blue|blue}} trapezoidal "{{Font color|blue|'''A'''}}" with a white star in the center) appear in sync with the music. When the logo is complete, "WASHINGTON D.C." appears below in a thin Avant Garde-esque font. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* | *A filmed variant exists. | ||
* | *A still variant exists. | ||
* | *When it was used as a station ID, the logo is still and has a white "'''26'''" in the same "font" as the WETA logo, along with having the text "PUBLIC TELEVISION IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL" below the "A" in one single stack. An animated variant of this logo appears on some local programming, where the WETA logo, the "'''26'''", and "WASHINGTON D.C." appear via a "strobe" fade effect in that order. Then, the "26" grows to a much larger size than before, causing the WETA logo to shrink and the "WASHINGTON D.C." font to fade out. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The "pieces" forming the logo. | '''FX/SFX:''' The "pieces" forming the logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A patriotic fife/drum sounder that is synced to the animation. It fits the bicentennial period well. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A patriotic fife/drum sounder that is synced to the animation. It fits the bicentennial period well. The still and station ID variants have only an announcer, while the alternate animated variant has a series of binaural synth tunes. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Appears on episodes of ''Washington Week in Review'' from the era, and also on a videocassette of ''Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings''. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Appears on episodes of ''Washington Week in Review'' from the era, and also on a videocassette of ''Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings''. |