KLRN: Difference between revisions

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

← Older edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
ILEnthusiast (talk | contribs)
26,691 edits
 
(65 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Logo descriptions by gshowguy and Jonathan Hendricks
{{PageCredits|description=gshowguy and Jonathan Hendricks|capture=SloshedMail, sptweb and skyoneer2007|video=SloshedMail, sptweb and skyoneer2007}}
Logo captures and videos courtesy ofSloshedMail, sptweb and skyoneer2007


===Background===
Background: KLRN is a PBS affiliate located in San Antonio, Texas.
KLRN is a [[PBS]] affiliate located in San Antonio, Texas.


=== 1st ID (1976-1979) ===
[[File:KLRN (1976) (Credit - Cesar Blanco).png|center|frameless]]
<center><youtube width=240 height=185>RvNzagXqL_E</youtube></center>


'''Visuals:''' There is a yellow background with a sandy texture zoom out, revealing "{{color|gray|'''KLRN'''}}" in a gray-outlined font on the top. Then, "{{color|blue|'''KLRN'''}}", in blue, zooms out to fill in the outline. After that, the outline in "{{color|blue|'''KLRN'''}}" turns white, and the stacked words "'''SAN ANTONIO'''" and "'''AUSTIN'''" appear outlined in white.
1st Logo
(1976-1978)
KLRN (1976)


'''Technique:''' Scanimate effects.
Logo: We see a yellow sandy background zoom out, revealing "KLRN" in a gray outline on the top. Then, "KLRN", in blue, zooms out to fill in the outline. After that, the outline in "KLRN" turns white, and the stacked words "SAN ANTONIO" and "AUSTIN" appear outlined in white.


'''Audio:''' Two slightly different warbly synths, followed by a synth chord.
FX/SFX: The zooming and the outlined words appearing all of a sudden.


'''Availability:''' Seen on 1976-1979 episodes of ''Austin City Limits''.
Music/Sounds: Two slightly different warbly synths, followed by a synth chord.


=== 2nd ID (1970's?-Mid/Late 1980's) ===
Availability: Seen on 1976-1978 episodes of Austin City Limits.
{{YouTube|id=YgpJtXvRWc4|id2=RPOvPaTQUFA|id3=J33UGR2r53o|id4=StRqK8N-ZLY}}


'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a {{color|midnightblue|dark sapphire}} five-pointed star spinning, flat down, then rising up as a "water drop" drops onto the star (which grows an Alamo-like arch above it) and red and blue sparkles fly from it and cause "{{color|blue|'''KLRN 9'''}}" to appear in a blue Aero Extended font. The words "{{color|blue|SAN ANTONIO}}" appear below it, also in blue but in Helvetica. The star turns white.
Editor's Note: The logo is very bright and the music can be headache-inducing.


'''Trivia:''' There is sometimes a countdown in which the logo is known as "Animated KLRN Only Logo Jazz".


'''Variant:''' When KLRU of Austin simulcasted with KLRN, the star animation continued as normal, but the star stays blue, unlike the main logo. "{{color|gold|'''KLRN'''}}" (in a {{color|gold|yellow-orange}} outline) and "{{color|orangered|'''KLRU'''}}" (in a {{color|orangered|red-orange}} outline), in Aero Extended, are drawn in and "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''NINE - SAN ANTONIO'''}}" and "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''EIGHTEEN - AUSTIN'''}}" (both in white), in Times New Roman, appear below.


'''Technique:''' Scanimate animation
2nd Logo
(1978-1987?)


'''Audio:''' A catchy Moog synth disco tune in the normal logo, and a flute and piano rendition (with some differences) in the variant. The variant sometimes also uses ACL producer Terry Lickona saying "This is public television, KLRN San Antonio and KLRU Austin."
KLRN (1984)KLRN/KLRU (Early 80's)


'''Audio Trivia:''' The music with the synth is described as "Jazz" in the logo countdown.


'''Audio Variant:''' On a 1983 episode of ''SA Perspective'', a continuous series of Morse code "E" beeps play along a repeating uprising 4-note synth-horn arpeggio (sixteenth note C-sharp/D-flat, F-Sharp/G flat, G-Sharp/A flat and C-sharp/D-flat (this one is 12 semitones higher than the first one)). This could be the opening theme.
Nickname: "The Spinning Star"


'''Availability:''' This was used as a logo at the start of programs or station ID back in the early 1980s. One show that is confirmed to have this is ''ArtBeat''.
Logo: On a black background, we see a dark sapphire five-pointed star spinning, flat down, then rising up as a "water drop" drops onto the star and red and blue sparkles fly from it (which grows an Alamo-like arch above it) and cause "KLRN 9" to appear in ablue Aero Extended font. Below appears with "SAN ANTONIO" below it, also in blue but in Helvetica. The star turns white.


=== 3rd ID (1979?-1984) ===
Trivia: There is sometimes a countdown in which the logo is known as "Animated KLRN Only Logo Jazz".
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
KLRN (1979) (Credit - sptweb).png
</gallery>
{{YouTube|id=RAgMikJoAlU}}


'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, there are the numbers "'''9'''" and "18" in Aero Extended in white with a rainbow-colored square between the two numbers. The text "KLRN SAN ANTONIO/KLRU AUSTIN" in white is underneath.
Variant: Until 1984, when KLRU separated, the star animation continued as normal, but the star stays blue, unlike the main logo. "KLRN" (in a yellow-orange outline) and "KLRU" (in a red-orange outline), in Aero Extended are drawn in and "NINE - SAN ANTONIO" and "EIGHTEEN - AUSTIN" (both in white), in Times New Roman appear below.


'''Technique:''' A still, computerized graphic.
FX/SFX: The star, sparkles, and forming text. It all turns out to be typical contemporary scanimate effects, but nothing really cheesy at all with the star.


Music/Sounds: A catchy Moog synth disco tune in the normal logo, and a flute and piano rendition in the variant. The latter might actually be the main tune, considering its usage in the 1987 ID and the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council logo. The variant also uses ACL producer Terry Lickona saying "This is public television, KLRN San Antonio and KLRU Austin.".
'''Audio:''' A funky disco jingle, actually the beginning of "Keep You Eye On the Sparrow" by Earl Klugh. A female announcer says, "You're watching KLRN San Antonio and KLRU Austin."


'''Availability:''' It was only used as a local ID.
Music/Sounds Trivia: The music with the synth is described as "Jazz" in the logo countdown.


=== 4th ID (1980's-1994) ===
Music/Sound Variant: On a 1983 episode of SA Perspective, a continuous series of Morse code "E" beeps play along a repeating uprising 4-note synth-horn arpeggio (sixteenth note C-sharp/D-flat, F-Sharp/G flat, G-Sharp/A flat and C-sharp/D-flat (this one is 12 semitones higher than the first one)). This could be the opening theme. If not, the disco tune presumably debuted in 1983.


'''Visuals:''' Over a white marble background, there is "'''KLRN'''", in 3D form, but in a similar font from the previous logo, over a chyroned "'''SAN ANTONIO'''". "'''KLRN'''" then shines.
Availability: Extremely rare. This was used as a station ID back in the early 1980s. After 1984, it replaced the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council logo for their programming, but not for KLRU. One show that is confirmed to have this is ArtBeat.


'''Technique:''' Shining effects.
Editor's Note: Its a favorite of many due to the cool music and animation.


'''Audio:''' None.


'''Availability:''' Possibly used as a station ID.


=== 5th ID (1987-1994) ===
3rd Logo
[[File:KLRN (1987) (from before an airing of Canciones de mi Padre).png|frameless|center]]
(1979?-1984)
{{YouTube|id=IESw5ZUWHwA|id2=HLTUj9BuoDE}}


'''Visuals:''' On a blue/white gradient background, an outline of the Alamo in {{color|silver|silver}} flies in with it facing flat and quickly rotating up. It zooms out as 8 stars fly behind it and the top of the dome zooms in with a wood texture and white outline as a star with the same texture and the text "'''KLRN TV 9'''", in white and still in Aero Extended, fly in. The Alamo outline fades out and "{{color|saddlebrown|'''SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS'''}}" in a brown Aero Extended font flies in below.
KLRN/KLRN (1981)


'''Technique:''' CGI animation.


'''Audio:''' The flute and piano tune from the 2nd logo and an announcer saying "You're watching KLRN TV, Channel 9."
Logo: On a black background, we see the numbers "9" and "18" in Aero Extended font in white with a rainbow-colored square between the two numbers. Underneath is "KLRN SAN ANTONIO/KLRU AUSTIN" in white.


'''Availability:''' It was probably only used as a local ID.
FX/SFX: None.


=== 6th ID (1994-2001) ===
Music/Sounds: A funky disco jingle, actually the beginning of "Keep You Eye On the Sparrow" by Earl Klugh. A female announcer says, "You're watching KLRN San Antonio and KLRU Austin."
{{YouTube|id=NJdb4g1v6TE|id2=ezJNxeG5CLI|id3=lCvkPtenqC0|id4=aPkrwG3pnWM|id5=p_qTpDtXN8U}}


'''Visuals:''' The first element shown is a slow motion video of a Jalisco dancer dancing zooming out. Half a second later, a still square image of the beginning footage starts fading in on the center left with a "'''K'''" on the square. Next, there is an image of a silhouette of a cowboy at sunset, just as another square fades in next to the one with the "'''K'''", but with the silhouette image and an "'''L'''", . Later, there is a right-tilted angle of shot of the Alamo. It does the same with the previous image, but with the Alamo photo and the "'''R'''". Then, there is a few lily pads with Lotus Blossoms at a lake, and it does the same animation square animation with its respective incumbent capture, and the "N". Finally, the words "A PRODUCTION OF" and "SAN ANTONIO" fade in above and below the logo.
Availability: Extinct. It was only used as a local ID.


'''Variant:''' A local variant exists without "A PRODUCTION OF", with different scenes (e.g. balloons, capital, etc), and the K is zoomed in as it slides at the beginning.
Editor's Note: None.


'''Technique:''' Live-action footage.


'''Audio:''' First, a trumpet fanfare vaguely similar to that of "Jarabe Tapatio". Next, a sound of a nighttime atmosphere. Then, some knocking sounds, and finally, water. All this is played over a tribal beat which plays to the end. Sometimes, it uses the closing theme of the show.


'''Audio Variant:''' The local variant used a jungle-like score with the same announcer from the previous logo says "This is KLRN-TV, channel 9 in San Antonio."
4th Logo
(1980's-1994)


'''Availability:''' It is seen on ''ArtBeat'' and ''San Antonio Remembered''.
KLRN (Mid 80's-Early 90's)Nickname: "The Shine", "White Marble"


=== 7th ID (2001-2007) ===
Logo: On a white marble background, we see "KLRN", in 3D form, but in a similar font from the previous logo, over a chyroned "SAN ANTONIO". "KLRN" then shines.
<center><youtube width=240 height=185>Apnxwo5NepI</youtube><youtube width=240 height=185>7sQKVMXo9_E</youtube></center>


'''Visuals:''' On a blue sky background with flaring from the sun, there is a glass oval that contains the letters "'''klrn dt'''" with a charge of lightning going through it zooming in. Below, there is the chyroned text "SAN ANTONIO". The logo shines.
FX/SFX: Just the shine.


'''Technique:''' CGI.
Music/Sounds: None.


'''Audio:''' A longer variant of the 2002 PBS jingle and thunder. Another version has a guitar chorus tune.
Availability: Possibly used as a station ID.


'''Availability:''' Can be seen on early episodes of ''Travelscope''.
Editor's Note: None.


=== 8th ID (2001-2009) ===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
KLRN_(2007)_(Credit_-_Cesar_Blanco).png
</gallery>
{{YouTube|id=KtBI7dtBSyg}}


'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, there is KLRN's current logo in {{color|darkviolet|violet}} rotate into place behind a {{color|darkviolet|violet}} drop shadow. A comet flies by revealing "SAN ANTONIO". A light passes through the logo.


Variant: A 2001 copyrighted stamped logo was found on a local program with the text “SAN ANTONIO 9.” No animation here.
5th Logo
(1987-1994)


'''Technique:''' CGI effects.
KLRN (1987)


'''Audio:''' A synth note held out throughout followed by a gunshot.


'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Heroes''.
Logo: On a blue/white gradient background, a outline of the Alamo in teal flies in with it facing flat and quickly rotating up. It zooms out as 8 stars fly behind it and the top of the dome zooms in with a wood texture and white outline as the star in the same texture and the text "KLRN TV 9" in white and still in Aero Extended, fly in. The Alamo outline fades out and "SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS" in brown and Aero Extended flies in below.


{{Navbox-PBS}}{{StationIDs-Navbox}}{{TV-Navbox}}
FX/SFX: Better animation and effort than the previous logo.


[[Category:Television logos]]
Music/Sounds: The flute and piano tune from the 2nd logo and an announcer saying "You're watching KLRN TV, Channel 9."
[[Category:American television logos]]

[[Category:United States]]
Availability: Likely extinct. It was probably only used as a local ID.
[[Category:Television idents]]

[[Category:American television idents]]
Editor's Note: None.
[[Category:PBS]]

[[Category:Regional television idents]]

[[Category:English-language logos]]

6th Logo
(1994-200?)

KLRN (1996)KLRN *Local Variant*



Logo: We first see a zooming out slow motion video of a Jalisco dancer dancing. Half a second later, a still square image of the beginning footage starts fading in on the center left with a "K" on the square. Next, we see an image of a silhouette of a cowboy at sunset, just as another square fades in next to the one with the "K", but with the silhouette image and an "L", . Later, we see a right-tilted angle of shot of the Alamo. It does the same with the previous image, but with the Alamo photo and the "R". Then, we see a few lily pads with Lotus Blossoms at a lake, and it does the same animation square animation with its respective incumbent capture, and the "N". Finally, the words "A PRODUCTION OF" and "SAN ANTONIO" fade in above and below the logo.

Variant: A local variant exists without "A PRODUCTION OF", with different scenes (e.g. balloons, capital, etc), and the K is zoomed in as it slides at the beginning.

FX/SFX: Live action and the fading.

Music/Sounds: First we hear a trumpet fanfare vaguely similar to that of "Jarabe Tapatio". Next, a sound of a nighttime vibe. Then, some knocking sounds, and finally, water. All this is played over a tribal beat which plays to the end. Sometimes, it uses the closing theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variant: The local variant used a jungle-like score with the same announcer from the previous logo says "This is KLRN-TV, channel 9 in San Antonio."

Availability: Rare, but extinct outside of home media, unless TV stations rerun KLRN productions of the time. It is seen on ArtBeat and San Antonio Remembered.

Editor's Note: None.



7th Logo
(200?-2007)

KLRN (2007)


Logo: On a blue sky background with flaring from the sun, we see a glass oval slowly zooming containing the letters "klrn dt" with a charge of lightning going through it. Below is "SAN ANTONIO" chyroned. The logo shines.

FX/SFX: The zooming, charge and shine, all in well-done CGI similar to the 1997 PolyGram Films logo.

Music/Sounds: A longer variant of the 2002 PBS jingle and thunder. Another version has a guitar chorus tune.

Availability: A video shows a sighting on early episodes of Travelscope.

Editor's Note: None.



8th Logo
(2007-)

KLRN (2007)

Logo: On a black background, we see KLRN's current logo in violet rotate into place behind a drop shadow in the same color. A comet flies by revealing "SAN ANTONIO". A light passes through the logo.

FX/SFX: The rotating, the comet, and the light.

Music/Sounds: A synth note held out throughout followed by a gunshot.

Availability: Unknown, but seen on Heroes.

Editor's Note: None.

[[Category:Television Logos]] [[Category:Television IDs]] [[Category:Regional Television IDs]] [[Category:PBS]]

Latest revision as of 03:19, 17 October 2024

Credits
Descriptions by
gshowguy and Jonathan Hendricks

Captures by
SloshedMail, sptweb and skyoneer2007

Video captures courtesy of
SloshedMail, sptweb and skyoneer2007

Background

KLRN is a PBS affiliate located in San Antonio, Texas.

1st ID (1976-1979)

Visuals: There is a yellow background with a sandy texture zoom out, revealing "KLRN" in a gray-outlined font on the top. Then, "KLRN", in blue, zooms out to fill in the outline. After that, the outline in "KLRN" turns white, and the stacked words "SAN ANTONIO" and "AUSTIN" appear outlined in white.

Technique: Scanimate effects.

Audio: Two slightly different warbly synths, followed by a synth chord.

Availability: Seen on 1976-1979 episodes of Austin City Limits.

2nd ID (1970's?-Mid/Late 1980's)


Visuals: On a black background, there is a dark sapphire five-pointed star spinning, flat down, then rising up as a "water drop" drops onto the star (which grows an Alamo-like arch above it) and red and blue sparkles fly from it and cause "KLRN 9" to appear in a blue Aero Extended font. The words "SAN ANTONIO" appear below it, also in blue but in Helvetica. The star turns white.

Trivia: There is sometimes a countdown in which the logo is known as "Animated KLRN Only Logo Jazz".

Variant: When KLRU of Austin simulcasted with KLRN, the star animation continued as normal, but the star stays blue, unlike the main logo. "KLRN" (in a yellow-orange outline) and "KLRU" (in a red-orange outline), in Aero Extended, are drawn in and "NINE - SAN ANTONIO" and "EIGHTEEN - AUSTIN" (both in white), in Times New Roman, appear below.

Technique: Scanimate animation

Audio: A catchy Moog synth disco tune in the normal logo, and a flute and piano rendition (with some differences) in the variant. The variant sometimes also uses ACL producer Terry Lickona saying "This is public television, KLRN San Antonio and KLRU Austin."

Audio Trivia: The music with the synth is described as "Jazz" in the logo countdown.

Audio Variant: On a 1983 episode of SA Perspective, a continuous series of Morse code "E" beeps play along a repeating uprising 4-note synth-horn arpeggio (sixteenth note C-sharp/D-flat, F-Sharp/G flat, G-Sharp/A flat and C-sharp/D-flat (this one is 12 semitones higher than the first one)). This could be the opening theme.

Availability: This was used as a logo at the start of programs or station ID back in the early 1980s. One show that is confirmed to have this is ArtBeat.

3rd ID (1979?-1984)


Visuals: Over a black background, there are the numbers "9" and "18" in Aero Extended in white with a rainbow-colored square between the two numbers. The text "KLRN SAN ANTONIO/KLRU AUSTIN" in white is underneath.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: A funky disco jingle, actually the beginning of "Keep You Eye On the Sparrow" by Earl Klugh. A female announcer says, "You're watching KLRN San Antonio and KLRU Austin."

Availability: It was only used as a local ID.

4th ID (1980's-1994)

Visuals: Over a white marble background, there is "KLRN", in 3D form, but in a similar font from the previous logo, over a chyroned "SAN ANTONIO". "KLRN" then shines.

Technique: Shining effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Possibly used as a station ID.

5th ID (1987-1994)


Visuals: On a blue/white gradient background, an outline of the Alamo in silver flies in with it facing flat and quickly rotating up. It zooms out as 8 stars fly behind it and the top of the dome zooms in with a wood texture and white outline as a star with the same texture and the text "KLRN TV 9", in white and still in Aero Extended, fly in. The Alamo outline fades out and "SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS" in a brown Aero Extended font flies in below.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: The flute and piano tune from the 2nd logo and an announcer saying "You're watching KLRN TV, Channel 9."

Availability: It was probably only used as a local ID.

6th ID (1994-2001)


Visuals: The first element shown is a slow motion video of a Jalisco dancer dancing zooming out. Half a second later, a still square image of the beginning footage starts fading in on the center left with a "K" on the square. Next, there is an image of a silhouette of a cowboy at sunset, just as another square fades in next to the one with the "K", but with the silhouette image and an "L", . Later, there is a right-tilted angle of shot of the Alamo. It does the same with the previous image, but with the Alamo photo and the "R". Then, there is a few lily pads with Lotus Blossoms at a lake, and it does the same animation square animation with its respective incumbent capture, and the "N". Finally, the words "A PRODUCTION OF" and "SAN ANTONIO" fade in above and below the logo.

Variant: A local variant exists without "A PRODUCTION OF", with different scenes (e.g. balloons, capital, etc), and the K is zoomed in as it slides at the beginning.

Technique: Live-action footage.

Audio: First, a trumpet fanfare vaguely similar to that of "Jarabe Tapatio". Next, a sound of a nighttime atmosphere. Then, some knocking sounds, and finally, water. All this is played over a tribal beat which plays to the end. Sometimes, it uses the closing theme of the show.

Audio Variant: The local variant used a jungle-like score with the same announcer from the previous logo says "This is KLRN-TV, channel 9 in San Antonio."

Availability: It is seen on ArtBeat and San Antonio Remembered.

7th ID (2001-2007)

Visuals: On a blue sky background with flaring from the sun, there is a glass oval that contains the letters "klrn dt" with a charge of lightning going through it zooming in. Below, there is the chyroned text "SAN ANTONIO". The logo shines.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A longer variant of the 2002 PBS jingle and thunder. Another version has a guitar chorus tune.

Availability: Can be seen on early episodes of Travelscope.

8th ID (2001-2009)


Visuals: Over a black background, there is KLRN's current logo in violet rotate into place behind a violet drop shadow. A comet flies by revealing "SAN ANTONIO". A light passes through the logo.

Variant: A 2001 copyrighted stamped logo was found on a local program with the text “SAN ANTONIO 9.” No animation here.

Technique: CGI effects.

Audio: A synth note held out throughout followed by a gunshot.

Availability: Seen on Heroes.

Retrieved from "https://www.avid.wiki/KLRN?oldid=971144"
Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.
More information