The Weather Channel Entertainment
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The Weather Channel Originals
1st Logo (1986-1991)
Logo: Inside a gradient blue tube shape with a silver outer frame, we see the following words:
WEATHER
CHANNEL
The logo may be seen on a black background or superimposed over the ending scene. Copyright information is shown below the logo.
Variants: On Global Crisis, the logo is shrunken down.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme.
Availability: Can be seen on their documentaries including Calm to Catastrophe, On Shaky Ground, John Hope on Hurricanes, and others.
2nd Logo (1991)
Logo: The logo from before zooms up towards the screen and shines. Copyright information zooms in below alongside the logo.
Technique: Computer animation.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Can be seen on the documentary Danger's Edge.
3rd Logo (1992-1996)
Logo: An enlarged version of the logo as seen before almost fills up the screen; the text is shown in gradient grey-white lettering. Below is copyright information.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme or none.
Availability: Can be seen on their documentaries including The Burning Season and Superstorm '93.
4th Logo (1996-2003)
Logo: Almost the same as before, except the logo is remodeled to look flat and the gradients are removed. Starting in 2001, the URL "weather.com" replaces the copyright information.
Variant: On Five Great Weather Disasters, the logo is slanted towards the left.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme.
Availability: Can be seen on their documentaries including Tornado Chase '96, Five Great Weather Disasters, and Storm Week.
5th Logo (2001)
Logo: Over a strip of gold, we see the Weather Channel logo with the URL below. On the bottom of the gold strip is the copyright information.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Can be seen on Storm Week.
6th Logo (2003-2005)
Logo: Over a background consisting of a time lapse of white Cumulus clouds against a blue sunny sky, we see The Weather Channel logo at the time (a rounded translucent blue square with a white outline, and the solid white text “The Weather Channel”; stacked up inside) slowly zoom out slightly. The URL “weather.com” in translucent white also zooms out with the logo, below it.
Technique: A mix of CGI animation for the logo and URL, and live-action time lapse footage for the background of clouds.
Music/Sounds: A fast-paced catchy drum theme, with a chorus quietly shouting “Hey!” at the end.
Availability: Seen on episodes of Storm Stories from the era, among many other original shows aired on the channel at the time.
7th Logo (2005-2008)
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