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North Carolina Public Television/UNC-TV
1st (known) Logo
(1977-1983)
Nickname: "Bronze S", "S from Limbo", "The S that Isn't as Hellish"
Logo: We see the words "North Carolina" in a white outlined Antique Olive font zoom out and flash, turning into the words "The UNC Center for Public Television" surrounded by several blue outlined words written with the same message. The central words dissolve away and the outer words fade away to make room for some lights to draw in a stylized S, which contains two pairs of brownish lines arranged in an S shape similar to the S from Hell. "Presents" flashes in below, and the S shines with some pings.
FX: The Scanimate/chyron words, the model S, and the flashing...
Cheesy Factor: ...which are very typical of a late '70s logo.
Music/Sounds: It starts out with a rising sawtooth wave sound, then ending with a 9-note synth fanfare.
Availability: Rare; seen on episodes of Woodwright's Shop, which are still aired to this day on UNC-TV affiliates.
Scare Factor: Medium to high; the music and logo designs really aren't that friendly.
2nd Logo
(1983-1990)
Nickname: "Multi-Square Lights"
Logo: On a black background fading into a blue-black gradient background (opposite from the black-blue gradient backgrounds you see in the WTTW, KOCE, and WXXI logos), a pink square shoots out to the right, and an orange square shoots out to the left, while many other squares, colored pink, blue, green, orange, etc, flash on screen to form the words "North Carolina Public Television" in the same font as before, arranged vertically to the left of the screen. Finally, a few more pink squares flash on the logo.
FX: The squares zooming out and flashing to form the words.
Cheesy Factor: '80s computer effects.
Music/Sounds: A three-note xylophone tune, then three wooden drum beats.
Music/Sound Variant: There is a strange variant in which there is a single "donk" sound, four xylophone notes, and two more deep notes. The logo stays on the screen here, and the squares flash in a different pattern.
Availability: Rare; can be found on old Woodwright's Shop episodes.
Scare Factor: None; much tamer than before.
3rd Logo
(1990-1993)
Logo: Against a dark blue BG with a shiny reflective floor, the same S from logo 1, but surrounded by a circle, turns to face us. The words "NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC TELEVISION" fade in below, and "Presents" flashes in at the right.
FX: The model S turning, "Presents" flashing in.
Music/Sounds: A three-note synth tune with a "bling" as "Presents" flashes in.
Availability: Uncommon; seen on NCPTV-produced programs from the period. '90s episodes of Woodwright's Shop would be the most likely episodes to find with this logo.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
4th Logo
(1993-1996)
Logo: Against a yellow/red gradient BG with several streaking lines, panels, and ripples, one panel wipes in the words "North Carolina Public Television" with the NCPTV logo and "PRESENTS" below inside a black rectangle. The BG also changes to a blue/green gradient.
Variant: There is a variant used at the end of shows. Against a yellow/red gradient BG with several streaking lines and ripples, we see the text "Produced by University of North Carolina". Below that is "CENTER FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION" on a yellow/red rectangle.
FX: The streaks and ripples.
Music/Sounds: A five note synth-orchestra fanfare.
Availability: Once again, seen on episodes of Woodwright's Shop of the period whenever reran.
Scare Factor: None.
5th Logo
(1996-2008)
Logo: On a blue background, we see a giant glass square with "University of North Carolina Television", stacked, over the UNC-TV logo, consisting of "UNC" and "TV" in a condensed sans-serif font (possibly Futura), and the UNC-TV symbol between them. There is also a line between the text and the logo, which shines all over.
Variants:
FX: Other than the turning and the shine, it's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: Plays over the ending theme.
Availability: Was once currently in use as a local ID for UNC-TV.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
6th Logo
(2006- )
Logo: Against a black BG, a large blue UNC-TV logo surrounded by a rotating compass-like circle comes into view from the left, rippling constantly. Then, we see several eleven blue rectangles containing the cities and station numbers which UNC-TV serves flying across the screen from the right. As the S reaches the center of the screen, it blurs away, causing the words "UNC TV" (with an aqua-colored S shape in the middle), in purple, to fade in, along with the URL www.unctv.org below.
FX: The S coming into view, the stations flying by.
Music/Sounds: A march-like tune with strings with an announcer saying "You're watching the 11 stations of the University of North Carolina center for public television.". After a while, the announcer then says "This is UNC-TV. Learning for a lifetime.".
Availability: Currently in use as a local "You're watching" ID.
Scare Factor: None.
(1977-1983)
Left: The words being formed.
Right: The NCPTV logo.
Logo: We see the words "North Carolina" in a white outlined Antique Olive font zoom out and flash, turning into the words "The UNC Center for Public Television" surrounded by several blue outlined words written with the same message. The central words dissolve away and the outer words fade away to make room for some lights to draw in a stylized S, which contains two pairs of brownish lines arranged in an S shape similar to the S from Hell. "Presents" flashes in below, and the S shines with some pings.
FX: The Scanimate/chyron words, the model S, and the flashing...
Cheesy Factor: ...which are very typical of a late '70s logo.
Music/Sounds: It starts out with a rising sawtooth wave sound, then ending with a 9-note synth fanfare.
Availability: Rare; seen on episodes of Woodwright's Shop, which are still aired to this day on UNC-TV affiliates.
Scare Factor: Medium to high; the music and logo designs really aren't that friendly.
2nd Logo
(1983-1990)
Logo: On a black background fading into a blue-black gradient background (opposite from the black-blue gradient backgrounds you see in the WTTW, KOCE, and WXXI logos), a pink square shoots out to the right, and an orange square shoots out to the left, while many other squares, colored pink, blue, green, orange, etc, flash on screen to form the words "North Carolina Public Television" in the same font as before, arranged vertically to the left of the screen. Finally, a few more pink squares flash on the logo.
FX: The squares zooming out and flashing to form the words.
Cheesy Factor: '80s computer effects.
Music/Sounds: A three-note xylophone tune, then three wooden drum beats.
Music/Sound Variant: There is a strange variant in which there is a single "donk" sound, four xylophone notes, and two more deep notes. The logo stays on the screen here, and the squares flash in a different pattern.
Availability: Rare; can be found on old Woodwright's Shop episodes.
Scare Factor: None; much tamer than before.
3rd Logo
(1990-1993)
FX: The model S turning, "Presents" flashing in.
Music/Sounds: A three-note synth tune with a "bling" as "Presents" flashes in.
Availability: Uncommon; seen on NCPTV-produced programs from the period. '90s episodes of Woodwright's Shop would be the most likely episodes to find with this logo.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
4th Logo
(1993-1996)
Logo: Against a yellow/red gradient BG with several streaking lines, panels, and ripples, one panel wipes in the words "North Carolina Public Television" with the NCPTV logo and "PRESENTS" below inside a black rectangle. The BG also changes to a blue/green gradient.
Variant: There is a variant used at the end of shows. Against a yellow/red gradient BG with several streaking lines and ripples, we see the text "Produced by University of North Carolina". Below that is "CENTER FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION" on a yellow/red rectangle.
FX: The streaks and ripples.
Music/Sounds: A five note synth-orchestra fanfare.
Availability: Once again, seen on episodes of Woodwright's Shop of the period whenever reran.
Scare Factor: None.
5th Logo
(1996-2008)
Variants:
- There exists a version with a brown/tan BG.
- Sometimes, there is a brief bit which shows the square turning into place.
FX: Other than the turning and the shine, it's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: Plays over the ending theme.
Availability: Was once currently in use as a local ID for UNC-TV.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
6th Logo
(2006- )
FX: The S coming into view, the stations flying by.
Music/Sounds: A march-like tune with strings with an announcer saying "You're watching the 11 stations of the University of North Carolina center for public television.". After a while, the announcer then says "This is UNC-TV. Learning for a lifetime.".
Availability: Currently in use as a local "You're watching" ID.
Scare Factor: None.
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Good job on this article and this is coming from someone who lives in North Carolina!
PS: That third logo mentioned does have a jingle, you know.
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