1st Logo
(1943)

Logo: The Word "NBC" in a microphone, surrounded by bolts of lightning.

2nd Logo
(1986-1990s)

Logo: Exactly like the 1986 NBC Productions logo, but slowed down and missing the word "PRODUCTIONS".

SFX: All of the animation.

Music: A Broadway-sounding tune, with the NBC chimes near the end.

Availability: Long gone from TV; check any old tapes you have!

Scare Factor: None, really.

3rd Logo
(1993-1999)

Nickname: "The Fireflies"

Logo: We see a rush of white "fireflies" (what they are referred to from now on). The fireflies eventually take on the six primary colors, and transform into the NBC peacock. When the peacock is formed, white fireflies continue to fly around in the background.

SFX: The animation of the fireflies, which still holds up today.

Music: A rather tranquil symphonic theme with backing that sounds a bit like the NBC peacock theme from the '60s.

Availability: Again, it's gone from TV, however given its long lifespan (it served in various capacities during the '90s, such as a network ID or serving as NBC's "special presentation" ID) you might see it on tape somewhere. Another capacity it served was to signal the switch of Philadelphia's WCAU from CBS to NBC in the early hours of September 10, 1995.

Scare Factor: Low, the start of the ID may catch you off-guard, but this is a magnificently well-done ID.