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'''Nicknames:''' "Gannett Death Star", "The Evil Orb" |
'''Nicknames:''' "Gannett Death Star", "The Evil Orb" |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{Font color|gray|gray}} spherical object emerges from the top-left of the screen. Many {{Font color|blue|blue}} light streaks run across the object, giving it the illusion of latitude and longitude lines on a globe. There is a {{Font color|red|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 {{Font color|gray|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. |
'''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{Font color|gray|gray}} spherical object emerges from the top-left of the screen. Many {{Font color|blue|blue}} light streaks run across the object, giving it the illusion of latitude and longitude lines on a globe. There is a {{Font color|red|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 {{Font color|gray|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. |
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'''Variants:''' Depending on what the local station was, the local station identity appeared above the globe. |
'''Variants:''' Depending on what the local station was, the local station identity appeared above the globe. |
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*WTCN: We see the top of a 3D "WTCN{{Font color|blue|11}}" with the "WTCN" in white and the "{{Font color|blue|11}}" in {{Font color|blue|blue}} appear from the top of the screen and flip to face the viewer as it goes above the globe, with a {{Font color|red|red}}/white/{{Font color|blue|blue}} stripe behind it. "Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below the "WTCN". |
*WTCN: We see the top of a 3D "WTCN{{Font color|blue|11}}" with the "WTCN" in white and the "{{Font color|blue|11}}" in {{Font color|blue|blue}} appear from the top of the screen and flip to face the viewer as it goes above the globe, with a {{Font color|red|red}}/white/{{Font color|blue|blue}} stripe behind it. "Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below the "WTCN". |
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*WUSA (Minnesota): A 3D "WUSA11" tilted to its top zooms out above the Gannett logo."Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below "WUSA11". |
*WUSA (Minnesota): A 3D "WUSA11" tilted to its top zooms out above the Gannett logo."Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below "WUSA11". |
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**Same as WUSA before changing to KARE, but "{{Font color|blue|KARE11}}" in {{Font color|blue|blue}} appears from the top of the screen like a flipping 2D image above the globe. |
**Same as WUSA before changing to KARE, but "{{Font color|blue|KARE11}}" in {{Font color|blue|blue}} appears from the top of the screen like a flipping 2D image above the globe. |
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**A later version has the KARE logo coming in from the right as three rectangles ({{Font color|red|red}}, white and {{Font color|blue|blue}}) moved underneath as a platform; it animates on a {{Font color|blue|blue}}/black background; small {{Font color|red|red}}/white/{{Font color|blue|blue}} streaks occasionally pass by. From 1990 to 1992, a simple version, with "Minneapolis St. Paul" and the EOE message under the Gannett logo was used. |
**A later version has the KARE logo coming in from the right as three rectangles ({{Font color|red|red}}, white and {{Font color|blue|blue}}) moved underneath as a platform; it animates on a {{Font color|blue|blue}}/black background; small {{Font color|red|red}}/white/{{Font color|blue|blue}} streaks occasionally pass by. From 1990 to 1992, a simple version, with "Minneapolis St. Paul" and the EOE message under the Gannett logo was used. |
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**A 3D "'''{{Font color|red|1}}{{Font color|blue|1}}{{Font color|red|ALIVE}}'''" in {{Font color|red|red}} with the "'''{{Font color|red|1}}{{Font color|blue|1}}'''" being both {{Font color|red|red}} and {{Font color|blue|blue}} and a star cut between the second "1" and the A appears from the top of the screen above the globe. "WXIA-TV Atlanta" appeared below the "11 ALIVE". This usually played during the beginning of the news. |
**A 3D "'''{{Font color|red|1}}{{Font color|blue|1}}{{Font color|red|ALIVE}}'''" in {{Font color|red|red}} with the "'''{{Font color|red|1}}{{Font color|blue|1}}'''" being both {{Font color|red|red}} and {{Font color|blue|blue}} and a star cut between the second "1" and the A appears from the top of the screen above the globe. "WXIA-TV Atlanta" appeared below the "11 ALIVE". This usually played during the beginning of the news. |
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**A later version simply had the logo zooming out onto a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, then slide to the left; this would also play at the beginning of the news. When the short-lived 11News name was introduced in 1994, this ident was no longer used; instead a small Gannett logo and the EOE message were incorporated into an ident where Paul Turner says: "You're watching 11Alive, WXIA-TV, Atlanta's News Channel." |
**A later version simply had the logo zooming out onto a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, then slide to the left; this would also play at the beginning of the news. When the short-lived 11News name was introduced in 1994, this ident was no longer used; instead a small Gannett logo and the EOE message were incorporated into an ident where Paul Turner says: "You're watching 11Alive, WXIA-TV, Atlanta's News Channel." |
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**An angular, {{Font color|gold|gold}} "{{Font color|gold|'''24'''}}" with the network's name below zooms down over a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background. |
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**A later version had the logo (the {{Font color|gold|gold}} "{{Font color|gold|'''24'''}}", now thinner and the letters "KVUE", which also look angular, with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} line underneath) showing up on a purple background, then zooming down slightly as the logo flips over and lands at the top, with "Austin" fading in; the logo then shines. |
**A later version had the logo (the {{Font color|gold|gold}} "{{Font color|gold|'''24'''}}", now thinner and the letters "KVUE", which also look angular, with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} line underneath) showing up on a purple background, then zooming down slightly as the logo flips over and lands at the top, with "Austin" fading in; the logo then shines. |
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*KUSA: The {{Font color|blue|blue}} "{{Font color|blue|9 K*USA-TV}}" logo zooms out, and a star flies underneath, creating a line as it passes. We also see "''Denver''" under the line. A variant occasionally appeared where the Gannett logo zoomed away, and the "9NEWS" logo zooms out along with "is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.", with a copyright for the NCI underneath that; a large "closed-captioning" symbol, silvery like the logo above, slides down out of the logo. A different version appeared before the news from 1988 to 1992; here the animation is on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background with slanted vertical lines taking up most of it; the Gannett logo moves down to the bottom right corner, then flips around and disappears. The "9NEWS" logo appears in the center, flies and turns to the right as the lines flip like blinds; the bottom portion of the "9" slides open to segue into the news. As that happens, the news theme, "It's All Right Here" by Frank Gari, plays while Ernie Anderson announces: "From KUSA in Denver, this is 9NEWS; number one in Colorado." Yet another version was used before news intros, from 1992 to 1994; this version was simply the unmodified logo, playing in reverse. From 1994-1995, the logo was not used, instead, a small Gannett logo and the EOE message was simply placed at the beginning of news opens. |
*KUSA: The {{Font color|blue|blue}} "{{Font color|blue|9 K*USA-TV}}" logo zooms out, and a star flies underneath, creating a line as it passes. We also see "''Denver''" under the line. A variant occasionally appeared where the Gannett logo zoomed away, and the "9NEWS" logo zooms out along with "is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.", with a copyright for the NCI underneath that; a large "closed-captioning" symbol, silvery like the logo above, slides down out of the logo. A different version appeared before the news from 1988 to 1992; here the animation is on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background with slanted vertical lines taking up most of it; the Gannett logo moves down to the bottom right corner, then flips around and disappears. The "9NEWS" logo appears in the center, flies and turns to the right as the lines flip like blinds; the bottom portion of the "9" slides open to segue into the news. As that happens, the news theme, "It's All Right Here" by Frank Gari, plays while Ernie Anderson announces: "From KUSA in Denver, this is 9NEWS; number one in Colorado." Yet another version was used before news intros, from 1992 to 1994; this version was simply the unmodified logo, playing in reverse. From 1994-1995, the logo was not used, instead, a small Gannett logo and the EOE message was simply placed at the beginning of news opens. |
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*WLVI: The {{Font color|blue|blue}} "{{Font color|blue|56}}" (still in the Field Communications-era font) and "WLVI" in white simply flip down over a plain black background. |
*WLVI: The {{Font color|blue|blue}} "{{Font color|blue|56}}" (still in the Field Communications-era font) and "WLVI" in white simply flip down over a plain black background. |
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**Had a far different version in the late '80s animated by PDI (right after Gannett bought it; the "WUSA" callsign was moved over from what is now KARE). The station logo was displayed, in space, with the Gannett logo above it. We zoom up to the Gannett logo, which turns around and takes on the features of Washington, DC (including the Washington Monument, which served as a transition from the animation into the news). |
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**A version used after the WUSA callsigns were implemented but before the variant above (when the station was still using it's 1982 opens, when the station was WDVM, with the "And You" theme), had the normal animation with a {{Font color|silver|silver}} version of the WUSA logo zooming down on a {{Font color|purple|purple}}-{{Font color|gray|gray}} background. |
** A version used after the WUSA callsigns were implemented but before the variant above (when the station was still using it's 1982 opens, when the station was WDVM, with the "And You" theme), had the normal animation with a {{Font color|silver|silver}} version of the WUSA logo zooming down on a {{Font color|purple|purple}}-{{Font color|gray|gray}} background. |
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*WFMY: The logo zooms out on a {{Font color|gray|gray}} stone BG, and the logo (the call letters in a lowercase font and an abstract, "curvy" 2, with the text "Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem"), in a {{Font color|purple|purple}}/white gradient box, zooms out with the Gannett logo; it would then fade into the news open. |
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**One variant was used on a syndicated news program made by Gannett for public TV stations (though it was aired on some Gannett stations), titled America Today; at the end, the unmodified logo plays, with a copyright notice below. |
**One variant was used on a syndicated news program made by Gannett for public TV stations (though it was aired on some Gannett stations), titled America Today; at the end, the unmodified logo plays, with a copyright notice below. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
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*Occasionally a warbling sound and a five note synth sounder would preface the warbly synth and the stinger; this was only known to be used at KARE in the late-1980's. |
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*The America Today variant had some extended synth noises before the first logo's music, while a voiceover intones "This has been a presentation of the Gannett Broadcasting Group, in association with the Gannett Company, Inc." |
*The America Today variant had some extended synth noises before the first logo's music, while a voiceover intones "This has been a presentation of the Gannett Broadcasting Group, in association with the Gannett Company, Inc." |
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*The KUSA "Closed-Captioned" variant had a VO stating that "9NEWS is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired." |
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*The WTCN variant used the 1st logo's unmodified music. |
*The WTCN variant used the 1st logo's unmodified music. |
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*The 1984 KUSA variant has the short version or this logo, starting with the "creeping" and whoosh. |
*The 1984 KUSA variant has the short version or this logo, starting with the "creeping" and whoosh. |
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===3rd Logo (1995-2011) |
===3rd Logo (1995-2011)=== |
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*WKYC: The Gannett logo animated, then as it zooms out, a large white "3" in a {{Font color|blue|blue}} and {{Font color|red|red}} square zooms in from the top of the screen; at the same time, a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} line zooms out from the bottom and both meet in the top-center of the screen; the "WKYC" call letters follow shortly thereafter, and "CLEVELAND" fades in underneath that. A copyright with the Gannett logo fades in underneath, and no EOE message is present. |
*WKYC: The Gannett logo animated, then as it zooms out, a large white "3" in a {{Font color|blue|blue}} and {{Font color|red|red}} square zooms in from the top of the screen; at the same time, a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} line zooms out from the bottom and both meet in the top-center of the screen; the "WKYC" call letters follow shortly thereafter, and "CLEVELAND" fades in underneath that. A copyright with the Gannett logo fades in underneath, and no EOE message is present. |
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*WMAZ: Once the Gannett logo starts zooming out, a {{Font color|purple|purple}} rectangle with a "13" with a {{Font color|hotpink|pink}} heart in the middle faces downward and then flips into view while zooming out. "WMAZ-TV", slightly turned facing its right, zooms out and slightly turns, facing a straight angle, and is placed just below the rectangle. A copyright notice fades in somewhat far below the rectangle and network name. And finally, "MACON" fades in below the call letters. |
*WMAZ: Once the Gannett logo starts zooming out, a {{Font color|purple|purple}} rectangle with a "13" with a {{Font color|hotpink|pink}} heart in the middle faces downward and then flips into view while zooming out. "WMAZ-TV", slightly turned facing its right, zooms out and slightly turns, facing a straight angle, and is placed just below the rectangle. A copyright notice fades in somewhat far below the rectangle and network name. And finally, "MACON" fades in below the call letters. |
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*KVUE: The KVUE logo with the "26" next to it zooms out just like the logos used by KUSA and WUSA. "AUSTIN" zooms out into the space below the KVUE logo. |
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*WTLV: A white outlined, black square with an italicized, stylized "''12''" zooms out in the same manner as WUSA, KUSA, and KVUE: zooming out, while slightly turning to a straight view. A {{Font color|red|red}} rectangle with "WTLV" next to the NBC logo zooms out below the 12. Below that fades in "JACKSONVILLE". This variation has no EOE notice below the Gannett logo. |
*WTLV: A white outlined, black square with an italicized, stylized "''12''" zooms out in the same manner as WUSA, KUSA, and KVUE: zooming out, while slightly turning to a straight view. A {{Font color|red|red}} rectangle with "WTLV" next to the NBC logo zooms out below the 12. Below that fades in "JACKSONVILLE". This variation has no EOE notice below the Gannett logo. |
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* KPNX: TBA. |
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*These variants may be revealed by select transitions. |
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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.
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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. In the key of F minor.
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 Today was 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/WUSA 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.
Logo: On a white background, Gannett's 2011 corporate logo zooms in slightly, then shines with a wipe effect from left to right. Gannett's slogan, "It's all within reach." appears below with a similar wipe effect and shrinks, with ripples appearing shortly afterward.
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.
Logo: As glass panels pass by, the camera is close up and swings past the Gannett Logo. It then zooms out. The logo is on a sky blue/white gradient background. The Gannett slogan, "It's all within reach.", appears below the logo.
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.