Draft:KUED

Background

KUED is a PBS affiliate located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1st Logo (1985-1993)

Nickname: "The Live-Action Mountain"

Logo: Against a live-action background of a snow-capped peak that we fly over, we see the letters "KUED" in an Aero Extended font with cuts on the "E" & "D", colored spring green, brightly flashing and below that, the words "Salt Lake City" in a thin futuristic font, but smaller and colored red-orange, wipe in via a star, just like in the 1st Hanna-Barbera Home Video logo, and a few stars can be seen blinking on the logo, even as we fade out.

Variant: Sometimes, there's a longer version that exists. Over the peak, the logo animates in a similar fashion to the 1980 Telepictures logo, only it goes downward rather than upward. Then after the flash the logo continues as normal.

FX/SFX: The flash, the wiping in of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A loud, squeaky, five-note synth-chime tune that seems to get so loud. The longer variant has two synth-tuba notes along with a Ruby-Spears-esque "warbling" sound in the background, then continues as normal.

Availability: Rare.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1992-1999)

Nickname: "The Glass Plate"

Logo: On a gray metallic background, a glass parallelogram slides down with "KUED" cut out of it. A gold bar with "SALT LAKE CITY" on it fades in, changing to "PRESENTS" when it shines.

FX/SFX: The glass plate.

Music/Sounds: A deep cello theme.

Availability: Rare. Appeared on Civic Dialogue, which can be viewed on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2003)

Logo: On a black and red background, we see a red "7", a black P-Head Circle logo, a yellow "KUED and a purple "Utah" fading in, before fading out.

FX/SFX: The logo fading in.

Music/Sounds: A 7-note Moog synthesizer tune.

Availability: Can be seen at the end of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir special.

4th Logo (December 17, 2006-May 26, 2010)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: The last few seconds of the Academy Home Entertainment theme.

Availability: Can be seen at the beginning of KUED shows.

5th Logo (May 27, 2010-March 30, 2016, May 27, 2010-November 25, 2019)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A guitar note.

Availability: Can be seen at the beginning of KUED shows.

6th Logo (March 31, 2016-November 24, 2019)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2010 logo.

Availability: TBA

7th Logo (November 25, 2019-)

Logo: On a blue background, we see a P-Head logo then the text "PBS Utah".

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Same as the Planetarium ident but without a voiceover.

Availability: TBA