Draft:WNET IDs
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WNDT
(1962-1970)
Nicknames: "Owl of Athena", "WNDT Owl"
Logo: On a static black background, we see the words "CHANNEL 13" and "WNDT" on the left, and an abstract owl on the right, separated by a large slash.
Variant: A white background version exists. Here, the owl is larger and placed to the left of the slash, while the right has a large "13" and "WNDT" is located below it.
Trivia: The owl is currently used as the favicon for WNET's station (not corporate) website.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Unknown. The variant uses the closing theme of the show.
Availability: Extinct. Only used as a local ID.
Editor's Note: The abstract owl's design looks a tad creepy.
WNET/Thirteen
1st Logo
(1975-February 1984)
TBA
2nd Logo
(February 1984-1988)
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Logo: On a green background the text is Only the Best Thirteen WNET NEWARK, N.J. below
FX/SFX: None
Music/Sounds: Just the announcer.
Availlabity: Extinct.
Editor's Note: None.
3rd Logo
(1988-July 21, 1995)
TBA
Turn That Camera Off (September 6, 1988-1995)
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Nickname: "Keeping What Matters In Sight" "Abstract Thirteen"
Logo: On a greenish-gray background, we see the words "ThiRtEEn WNET NEWARK, NJ" in white on a transparent rectangle protruding from the right. The "ThiRtEEn" is made up of some abstract, combined letter forms upper and lower-case all in its corporate font and the other text is simply in Optima. Later, the bottom text fades to "Keeping what matters in sight" in a compressed white font aligned to the left. Several rectangles appear in the background.
FX/SFX: The text fading.
Music/Sounds: A relaxing 12-note piano tune with a few string and flute riffs thrown in.
Availability: Extinct. It was used only as a local ID.
Editor's Note: None.
Courtesy (1993-October 23, 1999)
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Nickname: "Abstract Thirteen II"
Logo: On a blue background reminiscent of TV static, we see the "ThiRtEEn" from the 8th logo, the "wnet" from the 9th logo, and a bullet wipe-in.
Variant: There is a version on a solid black background.
FX/SFX: The wipe-in effect. The black background variant is still.
Music/Sounds: An announcer says "Local broadcast of the news hour is made possible courtesy of Thirteen WNET." The variant uses the audio of the clip that plays before this logo.
Availability: Extinct. Was only used as a local ID.
Editor's Note: None.
Sugar Rush (July 21, 1995-October 1, 1999)
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Nickname: "Abstract Thirteen III"
Logo: Tinted with the red color scheme from the Public TV For East Tennessee ident, we see various CGI/live-action-related clips (such as a train moving towards us, the window sill from the 8th PBS logo, a compass, a giant white/sea green "N" swinging in front of a running leopard, etc.) as the "ThiRtEEn" from the 8th and 10th logos zooms in very slowly towards us. As all this happens, a violet banner with "WNET NEWARK NJ" (which later changes to "NEW YORK NY") briefly appears below at the lower-right.
Variants: There were at least a couple of variants which use the aforementioned clips:
- Arts and Entertainment: Known to use the short version.
- Explore: Known to use the short version.
- Depth, Dialogue, Discussion: Known to use the short version.
- History: Known to use both the long and short versions.
FX/SFX: TBA.
Music/Sounds: A pretty new-age tune with a piano, flutes and violins. For the variants, same as the 1995 PBS bumper variants; the short versions have different voiceovers.
- Explore: "The world is waiting; explore it with Thirteen."
- Depth, Dialogue, Discussion: "Thirteen, when you want the whole story." or "Thirteen, making sense of it all."
- History: "Thirteen, where history comes to life."
Availability: Extinct. Was only used as a station ID.
Editor's Note: None.
5th Logo
(1999-2006)
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TBA
6th Logo
(2006-2009)
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TBA
7th Logo
(2009 -)
TBA
