Buffalo, New York


1st (known) Logo
(1983-1991)
Nickname: "The Skyline"

Logo: We pan over a live-action view of Buffalo, New York, seeing the words "WNED BUFFALO", colored yellow, with "WNED" outlined. "BUFFALO" then morphs into "PRESENTS".

FX: Just "BUFFALO" morphing into "PRESENTS".

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Check an old VHS of a Mark Russell comedy special for this logo.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1983-1998)
Nickname: "The Reading Rainbow Logo"

Logo: Against a blue BG with a rainbow that slowly fades away, the words "WNED", in gold, appear from the left and stop at the top of the screen, followed by the Great Plains National Television logo (the gold letters "GPN" in a futuristic font with a stylized red N in the middle of the P and several small lines below the whole thing) coming in from the left and arranging itself in the center. "present", in spaced-out white letters, appears below via a "glowing" effect.

FX: The zooming and the fading rainbow.

Cheesy Factor: Why does the rainbow suddenly fade out like that? And shouldn't there be an "and" or an ampersand between "WNED" and "GPN"?

Music/Sounds: A nine-note synth fanfare with some "dinging" sounds.

Availability: Rare; appears on some old Reading Rainbow tapes.

Scare Factor: Low; the synth music may bother some.