CKCO-TV

Credits

Captures by
Doctorine Dark

Background

CKCO-TV is a CTV affiliate in Kitchener, Ontario.

1st ID (1992-1994)

Visuals: Inside a translucent cylinder, there is the CTV logo in the top right corner and on the left, a stack of vertical lines in a near-spiral pattern. The camera pans out to see 3 gold squares (two small squares on the top left and bottom right corners of a larger square) with CKCO-TV in gold next to it. The shape and letters turn and place themselves in the center at a slight angle as three streaks in CTV's colors circle around the cylinder. A few more streaks fly around or up the cylinder as the CTV logo and lines continue to rotate inside it.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A jazz tune with an announcer saying, "We're CKCO-TV". Otherwise, there's no announcer.

Availability: Found on a CKCO-TV recording from 1993.

2nd ID (1994-1998)

Visuals: Same as the BBS Productions logo, but with the "CKCO-TV" callsign fading in.

Variant: For the sign-off variant, there's a still shot of this logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the BBS Productions logo. A female announcer saying "You're watching CKCO-TV. Part of BBS Family stations" or "We're CKCO-TV".

Availability: Found on a CKCO recording from 1997, at the start of CKCO Action News.

3rd ID (1998-2003)

Visuals: The same CTV ident plays, but with huge "CKCO" text on the top.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the BBS Productions logo.

Availability: Used before any sign-on and sign-off on the air.

4th ID (2003-2007)

Visuals: On a blue background, there is a zooming CKCO-TV logo, which stops after a few seconds.

Variant: A slowed down variant was used as a sign-off ident.

Technique: 2D digital animation.

Audio: A country rock theme.

Availability: Seen as a sign-on and sign-off ident in 2003-2007.