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1st (known) Logo
(1981-1985)
Nickname: "Early Gannett Death Star", "Laser Death Star"
Logo: Against a black background, we see a multicolored wireframe globe zooming out. The globe turns blue, 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 words "GANNETT" in its corporate font fade in below, and the logo turns white, flashes, and zooms out rapidly to make room for the station's logo. The words "AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER" (in white) also appear below the Gannett logo.
Variants: Depending on what the local station was, the local station identity appeared above the globe:
KPNX: The words "KPNX" and "TV" (in blue) are stacked vertically with "12" (in red) at its right, all of which are written in a large, blocky font. The words "Phoenix" and "Mesa" (in blue, much smaller, and in Gill Sans) are stacked vertically below "KPNX".
FX: The rotation and "solidifing" of the globe; pretty neat effects for the time.
Music/Sounds: A "creeping" synth tune, followed by a "whoosh" and a 3-note synth piano stinger.
Availability: Extinct on TV.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, thanks to the music and graphics.
2nd Logo
(1985-1995)
Nicknames: "Gannett Death Star", "The Evil Orb"
Logo: On a black background, a grey spherical like 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 of 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 grey dot with "GANNETT" in white zooms in. The dot turns into a white globe like shape with the 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.
WTCN: We see the top of a 3-D "WTCN 11" with the "WTCN" in white and the "11" in blue appear from the top of the screen and flip to face the viewer as it goes above the globe. "Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below the "WTCN".
KARE: "KARE 11" in blue appears from the top of the screen like a flipping 2-D image above the globe. "Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below the "KARE".
WXIA: A 3-D "11ALIVE" in red with the "11" being both red and 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.
KUSA: The 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.
KPNX: When the Gannett logo is done animating, the background changes to blue, as an orange-gold "12" flies from the side flipping into place, covering the logo, then "KPNX" flies in from the left and "PHOENIX-MESA" appears below that (this is incorrect; the station is licensed to Mesa and that city should be acknowledged first). Finally, the Gannett logo appears on the bottom-left. The end result is pushed to the left, as the station's news open (by Television By Design) starts.
KOCO: As usual, on a purple background, after the Gannett globe is done animating, it stops, and a 5 in a circle comes from the right, and the text "KOCO-TV Oklahoma City" appears. An announcer (Mike Lewis) says "This is KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City". The rest is animated as usual. Before this, a version of the logo that was sped up and acknowledged the station as "5 Alive" was used. Instead of the normal music, the station's news theme (by Frank Gari) started over the logo, which, in this instance, lacked a voiceover.
WLVI: The blue "56" (still in "Field Communications" font) and "WLVI" in white simply flip down over a plain black background.
WUSA: Had a drastically different version in the late '80s (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).
FX: The light streaks, the 3-D "G", the grey dot, and the local station identity appearing. Very impressive CGI.
Music/Sounds: A warbly synth, followed by the 1st logo's music.
Availability: Extinct on TV; check those old tapes!
Scare Factor: Low to medium; 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.
3rd Logo
(1995-)
Nickname: "Metallic G Globe"
Logo: On a purple/black gradient BG, a 3-D 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 while the station's announcer saying "This is Gannett Broadcasting in (city of license)".
Variants: Every station that used this put their logo in it. Here is a list of them.
KUSA: The same as the 2nd logo, but instead of a star drawing the line, it slides in.
WUSA: The background resembles the station's Giant Octopus-created graphics that were used from 2007-2008. Before the Gannett logo appears, a giant version of the station's 9 logo flies to the left. The CBS eye separates "W" and "USA" in the station logo. Also, the Gannett logo goes to the bottom left and not the right. An older version exists with the purple/black BG and an older version of the station's logo; here the Gannett logo goes to the bottom right.
WXIA: Cuts in in the midst of the animation; the station's "11 Alive" logo and the NBC peacock zoom up to the upper right corner, but not before a flash announces its arrival. The zooming logo also has a cheap looking glowing effect around it while zooming out. "An Equal Opportunity Employer" is absent from below the Gannett logo.
FX: The animation.
Music/Sounds: Same as logo 2, though sometimes with a warbling sound and a 4-note synth sounder at the beginning.
Availability: Depends on the station; some air it and some don't.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the music.
4th Logo
(2005- )
Nickname: "Modern G Globe"
Logo: On a radar BG, an 3-D version of the Gannett logo zooms out, the "Gannett" name zooms in, and zooms to the middle-left corner of the screen. The website URL www.gannett.com and "An Equal Opportunity Employer" appears below the logo and the station's logo appears at the middle-right.
Variants: Stations that use this put their own logo on this. Another list is used for these stations:
KUSA: The Logo 3 animation, but the line is extended, and the NBC peacock is also seen. Sometimes, "TV/DT" replaces "TV".
FX: The animation.
Music/Sounds: The same as before.
Availability: Current; appears on Gannett-owned stations. As of now, it is only known to exist on Denver's KUSA; other sightings of it have not been reported (it resembles the graphics used by KUSA from 2004-2008, so it may have been created by the station's graphics department)
Scare Factor: Minimal.
1st (known) Logo
(1981-1985)
Logo: Against a black background, we see a multicolored wireframe globe zooming out. The globe turns blue, 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 words "GANNETT" in its corporate font fade in below, and the logo turns white, flashes, and zooms out rapidly to make room for the station's logo. The words "AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER" (in white) also appear below the Gannett logo.
Variants: Depending on what the local station was, the local station identity appeared above the globe:
KPNX: The words "KPNX" and "TV" (in blue) are stacked vertically with "12" (in red) at its right, all of which are written in a large, blocky font. The words "Phoenix" and "Mesa" (in blue, much smaller, and in Gill Sans) are stacked vertically below "KPNX".
FX: The rotation and "solidifing" of the globe; pretty neat effects for the time.
Music/Sounds: A "creeping" synth tune, followed by a "whoosh" and a 3-note synth piano stinger.
Availability: Extinct on TV.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, thanks to the music and graphics.
2nd Logo
(1985-1995)
Logo: On a black background, a grey spherical like 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 of 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 grey dot with "GANNETT" in white zooms in. The dot turns into a white globe like shape with the 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.
WTCN: We see the top of a 3-D "WTCN 11" with the "WTCN" in white and the "11" in blue appear from the top of the screen and flip to face the viewer as it goes above the globe. "Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below the "WTCN".
KARE: "KARE 11" in blue appears from the top of the screen like a flipping 2-D image above the globe. "Minneapolis/St. Paul" appears below the "KARE".
WXIA: A 3-D "11ALIVE" in red with the "11" being both red and 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.
KUSA: The 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.
KPNX: When the Gannett logo is done animating, the background changes to blue, as an orange-gold "12" flies from the side flipping into place, covering the logo, then "KPNX" flies in from the left and "PHOENIX-MESA" appears below that (this is incorrect; the station is licensed to Mesa and that city should be acknowledged first). Finally, the Gannett logo appears on the bottom-left. The end result is pushed to the left, as the station's news open (by Television By Design) starts.
KOCO: As usual, on a purple background, after the Gannett globe is done animating, it stops, and a 5 in a circle comes from the right, and the text "KOCO-TV Oklahoma City" appears. An announcer (Mike Lewis) says "This is KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City". The rest is animated as usual. Before this, a version of the logo that was sped up and acknowledged the station as "5 Alive" was used. Instead of the normal music, the station's news theme (by Frank Gari) started over the logo, which, in this instance, lacked a voiceover.
WLVI: The blue "56" (still in "Field Communications" font) and "WLVI" in white simply flip down over a plain black background.
WUSA: Had a drastically different version in the late '80s (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).
FX: The light streaks, the 3-D "G", the grey dot, and the local station identity appearing. Very impressive CGI.
Music/Sounds: A warbly synth, followed by the 1st logo's music.
Availability: Extinct on TV; check those old tapes!
Scare Factor: Low to medium; 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.
3rd Logo
(1995-)
Logo: On a purple/black gradient BG, a 3-D 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 while the station's announcer saying "This is Gannett Broadcasting in (city of license)".
Variants: Every station that used this put their logo in it. Here is a list of them.
KUSA: The same as the 2nd logo, but instead of a star drawing the line, it slides in.
WUSA: The background resembles the station's Giant Octopus-created graphics that were used from 2007-2008. Before the Gannett logo appears, a giant version of the station's 9 logo flies to the left. The CBS eye separates "W" and "USA" in the station logo. Also, the Gannett logo goes to the bottom left and not the right. An older version exists with the purple/black BG and an older version of the station's logo; here the Gannett logo goes to the bottom right.
WXIA: Cuts in in the midst of the animation; the station's "11 Alive" logo and the NBC peacock zoom up to the upper right corner, but not before a flash announces its arrival. The zooming logo also has a cheap looking glowing effect around it while zooming out. "An Equal Opportunity Employer" is absent from below the Gannett logo.
FX: The animation.
Music/Sounds: Same as logo 2, though sometimes with a warbling sound and a 4-note synth sounder at the beginning.
Availability: Depends on the station; some air it and some don't.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the music.
4th Logo
(2005- )
Logo: On a radar BG, an 3-D version of the Gannett logo zooms out, the "Gannett" name zooms in, and zooms to the middle-left corner of the screen. The website URL www.gannett.com and "An Equal Opportunity Employer" appears below the logo and the station's logo appears at the middle-right.
Variants: Stations that use this put their own logo on this. Another list is used for these stations:
KUSA: The Logo 3 animation, but the line is extended, and the NBC peacock is also seen. Sometimes, "TV/DT" replaces "TV".
FX: The animation.
Music/Sounds: The same as before.
Availability: Current; appears on Gannett-owned stations. As of now, it is only known to exist on Denver's KUSA; other sightings of it have not been reported (it resembles the graphics used by KUSA from 2004-2008, so it may have been created by the station's graphics department)
Scare Factor: Minimal.
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