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|Screen_Shot_2019-05-28_at_7.51.27_pm.png|16th ID (1999-December 31, 2000)

|Screen_Shot_2019-07-20_at_10.42.08_am.png|17th ID (January 1, 2001-August 31, 2002)

|Nine_2006_4.JPG.jpg|20th ID (January 30, 2006-January 14, 2007)

|Screen_Shot_2019-06-29_at_11.42.36_am.png|21st ID (January 15, 2007-January 14, 2008)

'''Legacy:''' These idents proved quite popular as many Australians sought to replicate the dance used in the idents, known as the "Channel 9 shuffle". Newspapers even published step by step guides to performing the dance <ref name=tvtimes />.

===2nd ID (March 1, 1975-1977)===

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'''Visuals:''' On a dark blue background, 2 events may happen (more are known to exist, though):

* '''Variant #1:''' The dots appear to the left in orange, follow by the "9" in the same color to the right. The camera moves towards the dots until the middle dot is all that's left. The dot then grows arms, legs, and a face, with it being confused at first. After looking at his new features, the character gets embarrassed and turns red. The character turns back to orange and then does a little dance (The "shuffle" dance from the previous idents) before giving a weary smile. The character then reverts back to the dot and the logo zooms out.

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'''Visuals:''' Same as the "Let Us Be The One" [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ID for the time, but with different clips and logo order, as well as the logo being replaced with the Nine Network logo, crossfading between the number and dots.

'''Availability:''' It can be found on YouTube though, as well as during the 60th anniversary.

===4th ID (1978-1979)===

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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the Channel Nine logo (seen in a blue-black circle) zooms out to the left as the words "STILL THE ONE!" slide in. The screen then zooms into the logomark as live-action pictures (covered on the bottom-left by program information) appear. As the slideshow finishes, the Nine (golden) dots then appear by glowing in a circle. It then fades to the Nine number as the circle border glows, then switches back to the dots.

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'''Visuals:''' Same as the ABC 1978 "We're the One!" ID but with the Channel Nine logomark switching to the dots and back to number throughout the logo

'''Availability:''' Same as before.

===6th ID (1980-1981)===

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'''Visuals:''' Same as the end of the ABC 1979 "Still the One!" ID but with the Channel Nine logomark.

'''Availability:''' Same as before.

===7th ID (1981-1982)===

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'''Visuals:'''  The screen zooms across white buildings on a yellow-orange grid map of Australia in a space background. The screen then zooms out to see the full map to then see the words "STILL THE ONE" in a yellow golden font. The text zooms in as the Channel Nine logomark appears.

'''Legacy:''' This was the first in a long line of similarly styled idents which would last until 1994.

===8th ID (1982-1984)===

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'''Visuals:''' On a space background, lines form a similar grid map of Australia to the previous one in blue. The screen then pans across the buildings (again) on the blue grid map in first person view. The camera then pans upwards and the words "STILL THE ONE!" appear by glowing in blue. The Channel Nine number then appears in the same way.

'''Availability:''' Same as before.

===9th logo (1983-1984)===

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'''Visuals:'''  The screen zooms out from a neon city background, similar in style to the previous logo, to reveal a boulevard rendered in the same style in which see Channel 9 personalities can be seen dancing and having fun. The personalities seen include Paul Hogan (later known for ''Crocodile Dundee''), Humphrey B. Bear, cricket commentators Richie Benaud and Tony Greig, presenter and comedian Bert Newton and journalist Ray Martin, among others. As the fanfare crescendos, the screen pans up and see the 9 logo, in gold and sans dots as per the previous logo, rise up from behind the city background. The logo shines.

'''Audio:''' A re-orchestrated version of the "Come on Along!" song from ABC's idents at the time.  

===10th logo (1984-1987)===

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'''Visuals:''' A similar concept to the 8th logo, only this time done with full 3D animation and with the "Still the One" slogan floating past in 3D at the beginning as opposed to showing up at the end. The final logo is shinier and in a lighter blue than the previous logo.

'''Availability:''' Same as the previous logos. Though, parts of this were used in a special 80s-themed ident to promote ''The Amazing 80s'' in 2013.

===11th logo (1987-1988)===

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'''Visuals:''' The sequence starts in a CGI city before panning out of the city and over a map of Australia, where the camera turns around and enters a second CGI city facing backwards as three bars come from one of the CGI structures in the distance. The camera follows the bars as they streak past a building face, leaving the dot-less 9 logo in orange on the side of the building.

'''Availability:''' See the previous logos.

===12th ID (1988-February 1992)===

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'''Visuals:''' There is an updated version of the previous ident's animation. The stripes then overlap the Channel Nine logomark, already formed in gold against a glass background reflecting the skyline of whatever city the particular station was broadcasting from.

'''Availability:''' Although, this ID was re-aired as part of the premiere of The Amazing 90's in 2015.

===13th ID (February 1992-October 1994)===

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'''Visuals:''' On an evening sky background, a curved glass stripe wipes in over what appears to be purple clouds, along with glass rods of different sizes. The camera then pans over the glass stripe gets bombarded by several glass rods from behind. This causes a golden picture of Australia to pixelate onto it. As the camera zooms into it, the camera then goes thorough a small hole in it, briefly going underground before emerging out with several glass rods (some flying out, others emerging from the ground), starting with brown and then ending with the normal look from them, all under an evening sky with circling clouds. The camera then pans over to one of the skyscraper-like rods, revealing the Nine logo in translucent orange (later in gold) and a reflection of the station's serving area appears behind it. The sky then either remains or turns to night as the logo shines. The end result also shows the glass rods sections looking like windows on a skyscraper.

'''Legacy:''' This ident is heavily associated with one particular incident where a special called ''Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos'' was pulled off air mid-broadcast at the demand of the station's then-owner Kerry Packer who famously made an irate phone call to the station upon seeing the special on his TV while he was at home eating dinner, ordering them to "Get that s**t off the air!" in those precise words. The clip of this ident appearing immediately after the show was pulled with a "technical difficulties" announcement delivered over it leading into a rerun of ''Cheers'' was the one of the most infamous moments in Australian television history.

=== 14th ID (October 1994-1997) ===

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'''Visuals:''' On an abstract CGI background of purples, reds and oranges, a swoosh appears and "hits" the middle of the screen, causing circles to disperse from the centre of the screen. As this occurs, the Channel 9 logo zooms out from the foreground and settles in the centre of screen, this time, in a light gold color.

'''Availability:''' Per the previous logos.

===15th ID (1997-1999)===

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'''Visuals:'''  The screen zooms into a line of the words "channel nine" repeating with two bars above and below as well as red- and blue-colored flames on the left and right sides, respectively. as the screen zooms into a small sphere and a larger sphere appearing between the bars and over the letter "e" in "channel". The spheres rotate and the smaller one is revealed to be surrounded by a Saturn-esque ring, as the camera continues to zoom in through more concentric spheres before a cubic version of 9's famous dots appears, rotating throughout. The logo zooms through the dots to reveal the 9 logo on a red and blue background with stylised sparks emerging either side of it and the words "channel nine" both above and below it.

'''Availability:''' Per the previous logos.

===16th ID (1999-December 31, 2000)===

'''Availability:''' See the previous logo. "News" was the main ident and is the easiest to find. The "Lifestyle" ID has cropped up on YouTube, though the others are a different story. WIN variants of "Urban", "Sport" and "Entertainment" have survived on YouTube in 4:3 recordings, however their original Nine-branded counterparts are much more difficult to find, let alone any copy at all in widescreen.

===18th ID (September 1, 2002-2004)===

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'''Visuals:''' The camera flies around inside the 9 before flying out of the side towards one of the nine dots. The screen then zooms out rapidly to reveal the 9 logo on a white background with the ninemsn URL below.

'''Audio:''' A calm beat leading into a modern version of the "Still the One" jingle.

===19th ID (2004-January 29, 2006)===

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'''Visuals:''' An updated version of the previous IDs. There is the inside of the nine logo again, but this time, the words "STILL", "THE", and "ONE" appear one by one in white as the camera transitions to different "walls" in the logo before flipping out to the nine logo appearing on a white background.

'''Legacy:''' These would be the last IDs to use the "Still the One" slogan after 27 years. It would be used one final time in a 2006 promo for the rebrand in which the original "Still the One" song was performed by Nine personalities. They would also be the last to feature the original 9 logo after 44 years. The long standing jingle would also be retired, though it would return without the slogan with the 2009 "Welcome Home" package.

===20th ID (January 30, 2006-January 14, 2007)===

'''Audio:''' An intense score ending with a four-note jingle, which varies according to each variant.

===22nd ID (January 15, 2008-January 31, 2009)===

'''Legacy:''' This ident marks the full return of the famous 9 dots, 2 years after their apparent retirement, and a year after they were used as a secondary element of the "rotating cube".

===23rd ID (February 1-September 26, 2009)===

'''Legacy:''' This ident marks the return of the classic Nine jingle, as well as pays homage to the 3D styling of the 2002 idents.

===25th ID (April 15, 2012-December 23, 2017)===