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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a glowing orb leading a segmented white-lined rectangle slide in from the left of the screen. A bolt of lightning strikes the rectangle and reveals the RKO logo at the time (a {{Font color|red|red}} equilateral triangle pointing down with a "thunderbolt" drawn 3/4 through it. An RKO General copyright notice appears below, and the words "RKO TELEVISION" are drawn in by {{Font color|red|red}} laser beams on the left and right of the triangle, which pulsates twice at the end. The logo of either WOR-TV, KHJ-TV or WHBQ-TV slides in from the left with several multicolored lines, stopping above the logo. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a glowing orb leading a segmented white-lined rectangle slide in from the left of the screen. A bolt of lightning strikes the rectangle and reveals the RKO logo at the time (a {{Font color|red|red}} equilateral triangle pointing down with a "thunderbolt" drawn 3/4 through it. An RKO General copyright notice appears below, and the words "RKO TELEVISION" are drawn in by {{Font color|red|red}} laser beams on the left and right of the triangle, which pulsates twice at the end. The logo of either WOR-TV, KHJ-TV or WHBQ-TV slides in from the left with several multicolored lines, stopping above the logo. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This is essentially a cel-animated version of the RKO Pictures logo, which would provide a template for other RKO divisions at the time. | |||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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*Similarly, a later variant for KHJ-TV has a {{Font color|gold|gold}} "{{Font color|gold|'''9'''}}" (from the station logo) already present in the middle and a black/{{Font color|indigo|dark purple}}/black gradient in the background. 16 lines ranging from {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} to {{Font color|darkblue|dark blue}} slide in from both sides of the screen; 8 from the left and 8 from the right. | *Similarly, a later variant for KHJ-TV has a {{Font color|gold|gold}} "{{Font color|gold|'''9'''}}" (from the station logo) already present in the middle and a black/{{Font color|indigo|dark purple}}/black gradient in the background. 16 lines ranging from {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} to {{Font color|darkblue|dark blue}} slide in from both sides of the screen; 8 from the left and 8 from the right. | ||
*WHBQ-TV used their "13" logo above the completed logo, differentiating from WOR-TV and KHJ-TV. | *WHBQ-TV used their "13" logo above the completed logo, differentiating from WOR-TV and KHJ-TV. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The glowing line moving in from the left, the lightning bolt striking the rectangle; the formation of the triangle and words, the station logo sliding or forming. | '''FX/SFX:''' The glowing line moving in from the left, the lightning bolt striking the rectangle; the formation of the triangle and words, the station logo sliding or forming. | ||