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Change: Yet another in-credit variant was spotted on some early '90s episodes of "Masterpiece Theatre", which shows the logo inscribed in the book used in the end credits in gold with "Boston" and some copyright info below. (2007- ) On some Postcards With Buster
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Change: variant, and none for the in-credit variants. This logo has scared many with its dark colors, eerie animation, and that dated synth music.3rd Logo(1991-1996) Logo: We see a small Earth globe against a starry sky quickly
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Jun 3 2008, 11:51 AM EDT
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Change: Boston, Massachusetts Compiled by AsdfTheRevival1st Logo(1972-1978) Nicknames: "Zooming WGBH", "WGBH of Doom", "Zooming Letters"Logo: Against a dark green background, the letters WGBH in yellow in a generic Arial font quickly zoom back, away from the viewer to the vanishing point. Then the
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May 11 2008, 7:16 PM EDT
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Change: (2007-) On some Postcards With Buster episodes it features the red phrase B O S T O N fading in and zooming in slowly until the flash dies down other episodes have a shortend version of the textless WGBH logo Availability: Common; can be seen
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Apr 19 2008, 9:15 AM EDT
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Change: 1991-1993: The introduction to the theme playing repeatedly throughout coupled with Lynne Thigpen saying "Today's caper is presented by WQED Pittsburgh and WGBH Boston.". 1993-1996: The end theme of the show coupled with Lynne Thigpen saying "This program is producedpresented by WQED Pittsburgh and WGBH Boston.".Availability:
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Change: France against a blue BG.FX: The zooming of the words.Cheesy Factor: Simple animation.Music: The long, full version of the jingle, with a choppy, futuristic synth, followed by a rising synth violin stinger. Most likely produced on a Moog synthesizer.Availability: Extinct;
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Mar 26 2008, 7:23 PM EDT
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Change: an outline of "WGBH" in the center of the screen, and then go and form the letters. The lines stop, and an orange flash starts behind the outline to form two, orange, 2D "shadows", one on top and one on bottom. Thenbottom.Then the lines form
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Mar 26 2008, 6:01 PM EDT
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Change: : We see a small Earth globe against a starry sky quickly rotate around counterclockwise, and the words "WQED" (in yellow) with "PITTSBURGH" (in white) below slowly rotate around clockwise, followed by "WGBH" (in yellow) with "BOSTON" (in white) below.FX: The rotating globe and letters.Music:
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Mar 26 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
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Change: The version used as a station ID has the logo zooming in a bit, and another version had the PBS logo appearing in its place and shining with an announcer saying "You're watching WGBH Boston.". (1998- ) On Mystery! and Masterpiece Theatre, the announcer has a British accent. (1999-2002)
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Mar 22 2008, 4:56 PM EDT
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Change: 19741972 music, used to this day. There have been two versions, a long version and a short version. The entire seven-second jingle is used as
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Mar 17 2008, 5:07 PM EDT
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Change: 1stLogo1st Logo(1972-1978)Nicknames: "Zooming WGBH", "WGBH of Doom", "Zooming Letters".Logo: Against a dark green background, the letters WGBH in yellow in a generic Arial font quickly zoom back, away from the viewer to the vanishing point. Then the word "Boston,"
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Mar 15 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
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Change: This can be seen on very early episodes of Nova.In "The French Chef", the logo is super imposed over the flag of France.FX: The zooming of the words.Cheesy Factor: Simple animation.Music: The long, full version of the
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Mar 3 2008, 4:11 PM EST
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Change: In "The French Chef", the logo is super imposed over the flag of France.FX: The zooming of the words.Cheesy Factor: Simple animation.Music: The long, full version of the jingle, with a choppy, futuristic
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Change: On later episodes of "Arthur", the byline "WGBH is a trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation" in shown below written in the "Arthur" font. Availability: Common; can be seen in its various versions on many PBS shows.
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Change: Renamed from WGBH Boston by Jan 14 2008, 3:10 PM EST for: Rename
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Change: (1993- ) A version can occasionally be spotted in which the "glowing" animation is played, but no text appears. A version has been seen with abridged animation, no voiceover, and slightly lower-pitched music. Availability: Common,Common; can be seen in its various
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Change: they get a new logo))Nicknames: "Flash of Doom," "Circle Outline".Outline"Logo: Here are the main variants of this logo: Variant 1: On a black background, two orange lines of "electricity" form an
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Jan 14 2008, 2:59 PM EST
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Change: The sound quality isn't so good either.Music: The long, full version of the jingle, with a choppy, futuristic synth, followed by a rising synth violin stinger. Most likely produced on a Moog synthesizer.Availability: Extinct, will probably never be seen again outside of tape-trading.Scare Factor:
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Change: thethey get a new logo)Nicknames: "Flash of Doom," "Circle Outline".Logo: Here are the main variants of this logo: Variant 1: On a black background, two orange lines of "electricity" form an outline
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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