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=== Background ===
The Gannett Company is a media company founded in 1923 as an outgrowth of a small newspaper business in Elmira, New York that was founded in 1906. They eventually got into the broadcasting industry by acquiring many affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC, as well as a few independent stations. By 1979, they owned 79 newspapers. They eventually spun off their broadcast assets into a new company called Tegna, Inc. in 2015.
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The Gannett Company is a media company founded in 1923 as an outgrowth of a small newspaper business in Elmira, New York that was founded in 1906. They eventually got into the broadcasting industry by acquiring many affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC, as well as a few independent stations. By 1979, they owned 79 newspapers. They eventually spun off their broadcast assets into a new company called Tegna, Inc. in 2015.
Nicknames: "Early Gannett Death Star", "Laser Death Star"
Logo: Against a black background, we see a multicolored wireframe globe zooming out. The globe turns blue-green, and an outline of a "G" rotates toward us and moves to the left as the globe becomes solid with the "G" cut out of the left side and wireframe lines cut across the "solid" part. The word "GANNETT" in its corporate font fades in below, and the logo turns white, flashes (with sparkles), and zooms out rapidly with the station's logo. The words "AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER" (in white) also appear and zoom out below the Gannett logo.
Variants: Depending on what the local station was, the local station identity appeared above the globe:
FX/SFX: The rotation and "solidifing" of the globe; pretty neat effects for the time. It is rumored to be from the pioneers at Cascom.
Music/Sounds: A "creeping" synth tune, followed by a three note synth piano stinger.
Music/Sounds Variants: An announcer might be heard:
Availability: Extinct. It was only seen on newscasts and news blooper reels, which only enthusiasts will preserve.
Editor's Note: Very nice scanimation for 1979! The videotaped KPNX logo variant can appear that they cropped out the original channel logo, though. That being said, it's still impressive. However, the light effects may unease a few. Still, the next logo may be a bit more startling.
Nicknames: "Gannett Death Star", "The Evil Orb"
Logo: On a black background, a gray spherical object emerges from the top-left of the screen. Many blue light streaks run across the object, giving it the illusion of latitude and longitude lines on a globe. There is a red glow in the gap of the object. Once it centers itself to the middle of the screen, it is revealed to be a spherical "G". We zoom through the sphere as a gray dot with "GANNETT" in white zooms in. The dot turns into a white globe-like shape with latitude and longitude lines as a black "G" slides onto the globe. It then zooms to the bottom of the screen as "An Equal Opportunity Employer" appears below the globe.
Variants: Depending on what the local station was, the local station identity appeared above the globe.
FX/SFX: The light streaks, the 3D "G", the grey dot, and the local station identity appearing. Very impressive CGI from the pioneers at Cranston/Csuri Productions.
Music/Sounds: A warbly synth, followed the 1st logo's music. The difference here is when the previous logo's music starts, a whoosh can be heard.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: See 1st logo, unless America Todaywas released on VHS
Editor's Note: The massive size of the "G", zooming and the synth tune won't set well for some viewers, but this is a favorite of many.
Note: For the first video at the top, the logo starts at 2:20.
Nickname: "Metallic G Globe"
Logo: On a purple/black gradient background, a 3D rendition of the Gannett logo zooms up, turns 2-D, and zooms to the bottom-right hand corner of the screen. The station's logo appears at the top left. "An Equal Opportunity Employer" appears below the Gannett logo.
Variants: Every station that used this put their logo in it. Here is a list of them.
FX/SFX: The spinning of the logo, and the zoom out effects of the station logo.
Music/Sounds: The long version uses the extended version of the previous logo used by KARE. The short version uses the music from the first logo. Otherwise, the end of the station's news music package.
Availability: See above.
Editor's Note: None.
Nickname: "KUSA G Globe"
Logo: On a blue/black gradient background, a 3D version of the Gannett logo zooms out, the "GANNETT" name zooms in, and zooms to the bottom-right corner of the screen. The website URL "www.gannett.com" and "An Equal Opportunity Employer" appear below the logo and the station's logo zooms in at the middle-right. Thee zooming effects are accompanied by a blue trailing effect. Around 2009, two filmstrip-like objects are added to the background.
Variants: Stations that use this put their own logo on this. Another list is used for these stations:
FX/SFX: The animation.
Music/Sounds: See the 1995 logo.
Availability: Same as the previous logos. As of now, it was only known to exist on Denver's KUSA and Washington, DC's WUSA; there were no other sightings confirmed.
Editor's Note: None.
Variant: A variant used as the ID for WCSH in Portland had the station's logo on a white background, with the station's website "wcsh6.com" appearing below first, and then text reading "A GANNETT COMPANY" appears below the website.
FX/SFX: The wiping and shrinking effects described above.
Music/Sounds: A four-note sounder similar to that used in NBC's "The More You Know" public service announcements, with a computer sounder in the background similar to that used in the 1981 Gannett theme. The WCSH ID also contained the voiceover, "You're watching WCSH 6 Portland, a Gannett company."
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: Compared to the previous logos, this one is really simple and corporate, even by modern standards, as the iconic globe logo is nowhere to be seen. It is just as bad as the current Starz logos. No wonder it didn't last long.
FX/SFX: All CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: An orchestrated 6-note tune. Composed by Jonathan Fields and Frank Gari.
Availability: Used on all stations until the spinoff of Tegna, including on acquired ex-Belo and London Broadcasting stations.
Editor's Note: Slightly better, but still boring.