KCTS-TV: Difference between revisions

KCTS is a [[PBS]] affiliate located in Seattle, Washington. It also serves Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

'''Technique:''' None. {{SectionMisuse|Technique}}

'''Audio:''' An analog synth drone, followed by a female announcer saying "A production of KCTS Seattle". Afterwards, an upward piano sweep.

'''Visuals:''' An updated version of the previous logo, with the same concept and similar animation/music. Against a black background, four {{color|blue}} abstract number "{{color|blue|'''9'''}}"s come together with a trail effect to form a square like shape. As they come together, a beige colored outline of the shape forms as the trails suck into the logo. The numbers separate and rotate beyond the screen as the name "{{color|blue|'''KCTS'''}}" in blue zooms in. "{{color|blue|'''KCTS'''}}" stops and the text "'''SEATTLE'''" in the same font, but white and glowing, appears below.

'''Audio:''' Same as the last logo, although the announcer is not as robotic. Sometimes, the announcer will say "The following is a production of KCTS Seattle." instead of simply "A production of KCTS Seattle." instead. Sometimes a male announcer will also be used instead.

'''Visuals:''' Over a faded {{color|dodgerblue|bright cerulean}} background, the logo starts with the word "{{color|#FFD900|{{Font|Century Gothic|'''Seattle'''}}}}", in ITC Avant Garde and colored yellow, zoom out to the right, very quickly. As it does this, "{{color|#FFD900|{{Font|Century Gothic|'''KCTS'''}}}}", in the same font and color, zoom out from the top to the left, very slowly. When both "{{color|#FFD900|{{Font|Century Gothic|'''KCTS'''}}}}" and "{{color|#FFD900|{{Font|Century Gothic|'''Seattle'''}}}}" meet, forming "{{color|#FFD900|{{Font|Century Gothic|'''KCTSeattle'''}}}}", a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} flash occurs, and the logo seems to sparkle a bit before the screen fades out.

'''Variant:''' Among other PBS-Affiliated stations of this time, KCTS used a bunch of local station IDs promoting their channel. In this promo is many clips of shows (either produced by KCTS itself and/or PBS, and other affiliates) being shown. After a whole bunch of shows are seen, then there is the KCTSeattle logo (which animates the same way as it does in the above-mentioned logo, only with a black/{{color|navy|dark sapphire}} gradient BG instead of the usual {{color|dodgerblue|bright cerulean}}), and then the channel station number "9" animates itself by flying away from the viewer, and place itself next to the text. Then is the text "TV Worth Watching" in a white script font write itself under the text. Another version has the normal background without "TV Worth Watching".

'''Audio/Variant:''' The local station ID features a long piece of music from PBS's slogan "TV Worth Watching". The music is an 80's synth/electric guitar theme which includes a female singer and a male singer. The female singer though, sings throughout most of the jingle. The jingle may also be referred to as the "You'll Turn Us On and You'll Love It!" jingle and was also used by WNED in Buffalo.

===5th ID (1992-1999)===

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'''Visuals:''' Against a black background, the screen zooms out from what appears to be a glass circle with a spectrum shining through, and "{{color|sienna|'''KCTS'''}}" in {{color|sienna|copper}} carved into the circle. While the screen zooms out, the solid "{{color|sienna|'''KCTS'''}}" logo pushes into the circle, and the word "{{color|moccasin|S E A T T L E}}", in Hattenschweiler and colored {{color|moccasin|beige}}, and on a {{color|teal|teal-colored}} dip, rotates into place, plus two glass tubes draw themselves in going on both sides, then the screen fades out.

'''Availability:''' ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' had this logo after the funding credits in the mid-'90s, as well as a few medical programs from KCTS at the time.

===6th (Bill Nye custom) Logo (1993-1998)===

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'''Technique:''' None. {{SectionMisuse|Technique}}

'''Audio:''' The closing theme of whatever show was playing.

'''Availability:'''  Seen at the end of ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' which occasionally runs on MeTV. The tapes for said show are somewhat difficult to find, but it's incorporated into most elementary/middle-school curriculums.

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File:KCTS Seattle (1999-2006).png

'''Visuals:''' On a white spotlight background, a black box containing a stylized drawing of an eclipse flips into the screen very fast along with the word "'''""<font face="Century Gothic">KCTS</font>""'''", in black and in Century Gothic. Soon after, the word ''{{color|maroon|'''SEATTLE'''}}'', in {{color|maroon|maroon}}, flies in from the bottom-left of the screen. Sometime in the mid-2000's, a different variant was used and looked similar, but the logo just simply zooms in.

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'''Visuals:''' Over a water background, the logo starts with water drops rippling and four colored circles (in order: {{color|limegreen|green}}, {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}, {{color|darkviolet|violet}}, and {{color|orange}}) drop and float. "KCTS9" drops down at the last circle. "SEATTLE" fades in below.

'''Availability:''' Seen on some Rick Steves specials which Oregon Public Broadcasting didn't present, such as ''Dynamic Europe'', ''European Travel Skills'', and ''The Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today''.

=== 9th ID (2015-) ===

[[File:KCTS-9 (2016) (From - Real Rail Adventures Swiss Grand Tour).png|frameless|center]]

'''Visuals:''' Against a white background with flying birds, various navy blue, light blue and lime squares and triangles slide onto the screen. In the middle, a light blue rectangle with "INQUISITIVE" in white drops from the middle. Two large lime shapes appear on screen and "QUISI" becomes blue whilst the T becomes green and bold. The large shape shrinks and becomes a V, placing itself next to the T. All the other shapes disappear and the background changes to a shot of a kid in the rain jumping in puddles. Below "INQUISI'''TV'''" is small text that reads "INSPIRING A '''SMARTER''' WORLD". The "INQUISI'''TV'''" text zooms out to the left and "'''KCTS9'''" appears on the right before the PBS logo zooms in, between the texts.