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===Background===
WCVB-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 33), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of New York City-based Hearst Communications.
 
===1st ID (1972)===
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'''Availability:''' Used as a sign-on ident around the time.
 
 
===2nd ID (1976-1977)===
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'''Availability:''' Extinct.
 
===(1979-1980)===
 
===3rd ID (1979-1980)===
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===3rd4th ID (1981-198?)===
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'''ID''': On a space background, we see "WCVB 5" (with "5" being the station's stylized 5 logo) with blue beams coming from it above. Below is the small text "BOSTON" right-aligned.
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. It was used as a sign-on/sign-off ID.
 
 
===5th ID (1995-1999)===
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See [[Hearst Television IDs]].
 
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Revision as of 17:15, 12 August 2023



Background

WCVB-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 33), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of New York City-based Hearst Communications.

1st ID (1972)


ID: On a black background, we see a circular arrow resembling a stylized number 5 (the channel's number, circled by the rainbow-colored words "WCVB-TV" above and "BOSTON" below. It then fades into several of these "5"s in different colors bunched up together. A montage showing WCVB workers than plays out.

Technique: Crossfading.

Music/Sounds: An announcer says "This is WCVB-TV, the new channel 5!", followed by funk music.

Availability: Used as a sign-on ident around the time.


2nd ID (1976-1977)

ID: ABC's "Let Us Be the One!" ID. There's a byline with "WCVB-tv" on the left, the station's logo in the middle, and "Boston" on the right.

Technique: See ABC.

Music/Sounds: Unknown

Availability: Extinct.


3rd ID (1979-1980)


4th ID (1981-198?)

ID: On a space background, we see "WCVB 5" (with "5" being the station's stylized 5 logo) with blue beams coming from it above. Below is the small text "BOSTON" right-aligned.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: Just an announcer.

Availability: Extinct. It was used as a sign-on/sign-off ID.


5th ID (1995-1999)

See Hearst Television IDs.

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