WYCC

Credits

Compiled by
Charlie179

Video captures courtesy of
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)

Background

WYCC was a station that was founded in February 17th, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois and was an affiliate with PBS. It was owned by Window to the World Communications, Inc., a non-profit organization which also owned WTTW. In 2017, the station changed its affiliation to MHz Worldview, then in 2020 the station changed again into FNX. In May 2022, the owner annouced that the station's license would be surrended on the 1st of June of that year. The station got defuncted on June 2, 2022 after it's license got cancelled.

1st Logo (February 17th, 1983-1993)

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Visuals: On a black background, four words "We are", "Your", "City", "Colleges" in yellow slide from four directions simutaneously to form the call sign meaning of the station vertically. After that, the lowercase words of the sentence disappear, only to be left with the word "WYCC", the station's name. The letters slide to the right, with the lower the letter is, the more spaces it slides to the right. They then slide all to the middle and form the station's name horizontally. After that, an orange line draws itself from the right and when it comes to the "W" letter, a circle draws itself from the line. A number "20" appears in the circle while a silhouette of the Chicago's skyline draws itself in on the line. And finally, the word "Chicago" in green and italic writes itself in a handwriting style with a dot appears on the letter "i " and shines at the end.

Technique: Traditional 2D animation

Audio: A catchy piano tune, followed by sassy trumpet snippet, then a wobbly synth tune when the circle draws itself, and finally a moog synthesized tune when the word "Chicago" write itself, with a "ding" sound occurs when the dot on the word "i" appear at the end.

Legacy: This logo is beloved by the Chicagoans that lived in this period.