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'''Technique:''' The clips popping out, the WSIU logo coming up from the bottom, the logo shining, the genre text sliding.
'''Technique:''' The clips popping out, the WSIU logo coming up from the bottom, the logo shining, the genre text sliding.

Revision as of 23:32, 24 August 2023


Background

WSIU is a PBS member station located in Carbondale, Illinois. It first signed on the air on September 6, 1961. It has a satellite channel called WUSI, located in Olney, Illinois, which signed on the air in August 19, 1968.



1st Logo (1980s-Early 1990s)

Logo: On a nighttime view of the Pulliam Hall clock tower in the Southern Illinois University, we see a lime green "WSIU" with a bigger "TV" below it, with a giant "8" next to it. Below the text is "CARBONDALE". After the announcer finishes speaking, the logo flies up, beginning the program.

Technique: The logo flying up.

Music/Sounds: An announcer that says "WSIU-TV, channel 8, Carbondale.". Then a synthesized trailing noise.

Availability: Extinct, was only seen on SIU Night Report.


2nd Logo (1990s)

Logo: A short montage of various screens and devices in a studio is seen, with each camera shot fading into each other. One of the screens displays the 1993 PBS logo. After three seconds, a close-up shot of a spinning reel is shown, and white text reading " A PRODUCTION OF WSIU8 Carbondale" fades in and is chyroned over the shot of the spinning reel. "WSIU8" is in sans-serif and slanted inwards, "A PRODUCTION OF" is in a serif font, and "Carbondale" is in a monospace font. After about 2 1/2 seconds, the logo fades.

Technique: The fading in and out of the various camera shots, the chyroned text.

Music/Sounds: A 4-note crystal-like tune. Same as the 3rd logo.

Availability: Was seen on episodes of the 1995-1996 season of Scholastic Hi-Q.



3rd Logo (2004-2013)


Logo: Unknown

Variant: A widescreen version exists.

Technique: The balls appearing and flying, the genre texts appearing and fading out, the clips in the balls, the PBS logo fading out.

Music/Sounds: A 4-note crystal-like tune.

Availability: Can be seen on One on One, which can be viewed at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Can also be seen on WSIU InFocus and Scholastic Hi-Q.



4th Logo (2017-)

Logo: Unknown

Technique: The clips popping out, the WSIU logo coming up from the bottom, the logo shining, the genre text sliding.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the Scholastic Hi-Q episode "Carterville v. Fairfield 2924," the logo is silent.

Availability: Can be seen on newer episodes of WSIU InFocus and Scholastic Hi-Q.


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