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''Video captures courtesy of theSameRetroWindsor and retronewfoundland''

WTVS is a PBS affiliate located in Detroit, Michigan. This PBS affiliate also serves Windsor, Ontario as well.

'''Logo:''' Against a purple/tan BG, we see a distorted, purple, multi-lined "56" arrange itself on a dark purple square as it zooms out to the top left. Then, the BG fades to a skyline of Detroit, and the text "WTVS/Detroit" slides out from the bottom left of the screen.

'''Logo:''' We fade into a close-up shot of the Milky Way, but just half a second later, we start zooming away, and in the process, we pass the earth, then we arrive at the Detroit skylines. As soon as the zooming stops, the texts "The Universe", "The World", and "Detroit" all zoom out, stacking each other, and then the text "and you" writes out in cursive, and the WTVS logo of the time, next to "WTVS/56" fades below.

'''Logo:''' On an animated blurry background of different shapes (like the 1998 logo), we see a spinning Taijitu (used in representing yin and yang, even though here it doesn't show dots here) with one half teal and the other pink. "A PRODUCTION OF" in a white Impact-like font fades in above. A gray sphere (kind of like the moon) with "WTVS" in the same font colored teal zooms in. "DETROIT" in the same font again colored white fades in below.

'''Logo:''' Inside is a bunch of PBS program clips stacked as they fly by them, much like those movie theater chain logos. Then it comes out of the bottom of the circle and turns so that "56" is in the center. the logo shines. The bottom says "QUALITY SHOWS" then turns into "WTVS DETROIT". Both are in the same font of the previous logo.

'''Variant:''' Sometimes this logo is abridged, starting as the circle 56 rotates. "QUALITY SHOWS" does not show up.

'''FX/SFX:''' The flyby of the stacked clips, the turn of the circle and the shine.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An extended version of the previous logo. Starts with a mild action-news like fanfare which then turns into harp music and we hear the four notes on a flute followed by a bassoon. On the abridged variant, an announcer says "You're watching WTVS, Channel 56 in Detroit."

'''Logo:''' On a brown wooden background, we see a white piece of paper and a yellow crayon, we then zoom out to reveal a picture of the WTVS logo drawn out with a blue crayon appearing and, “DETROIT PUBLIC TELEVISION” underneath drawn in blue crayon and “WTVS Detroit” written in the bottom right corner of the screen.

'''Variants:''' There are two versions of this logo, a long version and a short version. The shorter version has been described above. The longer version consists of the blue crayon coming in first and drawing the logo before the yellow crayon joins it.

'''Availability:''' Extinct. It only appeared during PBS Kids programming in the WTVS viewing area. Only three recordings have been found of the short version and it’s variations to this day. VHS recordings are the only way to view it.

'''Trivia:''' The "Eclipse" logo in this ident came from a public produced-organization company called LARK International, which is its parent original company, next to PBS. The company had also formerly owned KUHT/Houston Public Television (now HoustonPBS) until around 2003. The company, however also owns KCTS Seattle, who currently carries the "Eclipse" logo.

===8th Logo (2002?-)===

'''Logo:''' On a dark blue tinted action background, we see "A Production of" above and "Detroit Public Television" below zoom out leaving trails. In the background, we see the transparent letters "Detroit Public Television". Between the 3 and 3 arranged words is the same eclipse logo from 1998. The eclipse in the square shines.

'''FX/SFX:''' The trail and the shine.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The three notes from the 1998 logo are now played on a piano and string, followed by two more notes. For the enhanced version, there is no string.

'''Trivia:''' Same as above.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The same 3 notes but in lower pitch played on a piano mixed with drums and what sounds like an organ, and then the sound of an old film projector.

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