Logo description by mr3urious
Logo capture and video courtesy of zyber9

Cincinnati, Ohio

1st (known) Logo
(1976-1990)
Nicknames: "Cincinnati Life", "The Disney Channel Mock-Up" (suggested by YouTube user Homestar4000)

Logo: Against a black BG, "cincinnati", in red letters, comes in from the right one-by-one with light trails behind them. Then, from the dot of the first I, four video screens zoom in, which have video clips playing that show various goings-on throughout Cincinnati. Then, the screens slide away to each corner of the screen with little red, blue, and yellow lights flashing in their wake to show the words

in a golden yellow color. "WCET-TV" glows brightly.

Some of the video clips include:
1.) A Cincinnati Reds game
2.) A roller-coaster
3.) A shot of a lake near Cincinnati's skyline
4.) A man and his son in a park
5.) A man and a woman talking in front of a fountain
6.) The Cincinnati Ballet Troupe


FX: The video and light effects; very impressive animation!

Music/Sounds: An uplifting orchestra tune, which sounds like something off an old Disney Channel ID (hence the 2nd nickname).

Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction. If your local PBS station has older prints of any WCET-produced shows, then there may be hope in finding this logo (UPDATE: If there's a chance PBS DVD will release "Lillias! Yoga and You" episodes from this era on DVD, you might find this logo).

Scare Factor: Minimal; some may be bothered by the light effects, but this logo has great animation and music.


2nd Logo
(1991-1997)

Nickname: "The Paddle Steamer"

Logo: We see "WCET", outlined in purplish-pink (and I believe in a font similar to KCET's), over "Cincinnati", zooming in over an image of a paddle steamer at night.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The zoom-in. Not even close to as impressive as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: None. Using the previous logo's music (or even a synth tune!) would've been cool.

Availability: The yoga show "Lillias! Yoga and You" had this logo at the beginning of its episodes.

Scare Factor: None. It's just boring.