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'''RKO Television''' was the identity used by [[RKO General Productions|RKO General]] in its television assets, most notably WOR-TV (now [[WWOR-TV]]) in Secaucus, New Jersey (also serving New York City) and KHJ-TV (now [[KCAL-TV]]) in Los Angeles. RKO General became infamous for dishonest practices and corporate misconduct, causing them to be in near constant investigation starting in the 1960s. In 1987, the FCC ruled that RKO General was unfit to be a broadcast licensee, forcing the company to divest all of its broadcasting assets. The final television station to be sold was Memphis, Tennessee-based [[WHBQ-TV]] in 1990, with the remaining radio assets being sold by 1991. | '''RKO Television''' was the identity used by [[RKO General Productions|RKO General]] in its television assets, most notably WOR-TV (now [[WWOR-TV]]) in Secaucus, New Jersey (also serving New York City) and KHJ-TV (now [[KCAL-TV]]) in Los Angeles. RKO General became infamous for dishonest practices and corporate misconduct, causing them to be in near constant investigation starting in the 1960s. In 1987, the FCC ruled that RKO General was unfit to be a broadcast licensee, forcing the company to divest all of its broadcasting assets. The final television station to be sold was Memphis, Tennessee-based [[WHBQ-TV]] in 1990, with the remaining radio assets being sold by 1991. | ||
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|red|red}} laser beams on the left and right of the triangle, which pulsates twice at the end. The logo of either WOR-TV or KHJ-TV slides in from the left with several multicolored lines, stopping above the logo. | |red|red}} laser beams on the left and right of the triangle, which pulsates twice at the end. The logo of either WOR-TV or KHJ-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. | '''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. | |||
*Although the logo utilizes the 1981 RKO Pictures theme, the earliest known usage of the logo did not occur until 1983. | |||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||