KTWU

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

1st ID (1980-2001?)


Visuals: There's two versions:

  • 1980-1986(?): Fading into a helicopter pan shot of the Kansas State Capitol and the surrounding area, the black word "KTWU" in a custom font flips in towards the screen, and as it stops and faces the screen, the red-violet word "presents" appears letter-by-letter.
  • 1986(?)-2001(?): With an another different shot of the Kansas State Capitol and the surrounding area, the text "KTWU" in a custom font, with the text "A Presentation of" above and "Topeka, Kansas" below, all now colored in blue, flip in towards the screen like the first version.

Variants:

  • A longer variant of the first version exists, which has an extra 6-second pan shot in the background in the beginning.
  • A short variant of the second version exists, which has the text being still while the pan shot in the background is still being played.

Technique: Live-action for the background, and computer animation for the text.

Audio: Silent for the 1980 version, and a country hoedown tune for the 1986 one.

Audio Variant: Both of the variants are silent.

Availability: The first one is seen on programs such as Tornado: Another Look, Not for Chowderheads and Scatband, and the second one is seen on Goat Gland Doctor and Carnival Of Souls.

2nd ID (1982)


Visuals: On a purple background with a white grid on, the word "KTWU" rotates in, and as it's rotating, the word "presents" appears letter-by-letter. Both words are white.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Remembering Harry S. Truman.

3rd ID (2000s-2010?)


Visuals: On a live-action background of a plains field at daytime is the same logo from before, but horizontally, and colored blue. It zooms out, and "Presents" fades in below.

Technique: Live-action and computer animation.

Audio: An acoustic guitar tune.

Availability: Seen as a program opener for shows (mostly local) produced by the channel, like I've Got Issues.


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