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Detroit, Michigan
1st (known) Logo
(1983-1986)
Nickname: "Flying Skyline"
Logo: We fly over a live-action shot of downtown Detroit as the text "From WTVS/Detroit" zooms away slowly.
FX: Simple, but OK animation for the text. Other than that, it's all live-action.
Music: An "outer-spacey" synthesized tune with a "whoosh" at the end.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Medium, due to the music.
2nd Logo
(1986-1991)
Nickname: "The Skyline Returns"
Logo: Against a purple/tan BG, we see a distorted, purple, multi-lined "56" arrange itself on a dark purple square as it zooms out to the top left. Then, the BG fades to a skyline of Detroit, and the text "WTVS/Detroit" slides out from the bottom left of the screen.
FX: The logo's arrangement and fading skyline.
Music: A rising synth chord followed by a rather spacey three-note tune.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low.
3rd Logo
(1986-1991?)
Nickname: "The Universe, The World, Detroit, and You"
Logo: We fade into a close-up shot of the Milky Way, but just half a second later, we start zooming away, and in the process, we pass the earth, then we arrive at the Detroit skylines. As soon as the zooming stops, the texts "The Universe", "The World", and "Detroit" all zoom out, stacking each other, and then the text "and you" writes out in cursive, and the WTVS logo of the time, next to "WTVS|56" fades below.
Variant: There is a shorter version that just starts at the texts zooming out.
FX: The zooming of the camera and text, plus the writing of "and you". Not too bad animation for the 1980s.
Music: A majestic eight-note synthesized orchestra tune, with a "ding" at the beginning. The shorter version uses a quicker, 10-note synth tune.
Availability: Seen with the "Skyline" ID, this was used as a "You're watching..." ID on WTVS. It would then cut to a national program intro tag at the time. (I've seen four versions on YouTube-- one cuts to the KQED "Shine" logo, another cuts to WNET's "Radar" logo, another cuts to WGBH's "Flash of Doom" logo, and one cuts to the WQED "Skyline at Night" logo)
Scare Factor: Minimal, for the music and quick-fade in and sudden zooming of the text, which may catch people off-guard.
4th Logo
(1991-Mid 90's)
Nickname: "Quality Shows", "56 Circle"
Logo: Inside is a bunch of PBS program clips stacked as you fly by them, much like those movie theater chain logos. Then it comes out of the bottom of the circle and turns so that 56 is in the center. the logo shines. The bottom says
QUALITY SHOWS
then says
WTVS DETROIT
FX: The flyby of the stacked clips, the turn of the circle and the shine.
Music: A mild action-news like fanfare which then turns into harp music.
Availability::Can be found on homemade recordings of WTVS brodcasts.
Scare Factor: Low-Minimal
5th Logo
(Mid 90's-????)
Logo:
FX:
Music:
Availability:
Scare Factor:
1st (known) Logo
(1983-1986)
Nickname: "Flying Skyline"
Logo: We fly over a live-action shot of downtown Detroit as the text "From WTVS/Detroit" zooms away slowly.
FX: Simple, but OK animation for the text. Other than that, it's all live-action.
Music: An "outer-spacey" synthesized tune with a "whoosh" at the end.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Medium, due to the music.
2nd Logo
(1986-1991)
Nickname: "The Skyline Returns"
Logo: Against a purple/tan BG, we see a distorted, purple, multi-lined "56" arrange itself on a dark purple square as it zooms out to the top left. Then, the BG fades to a skyline of Detroit, and the text "WTVS/Detroit" slides out from the bottom left of the screen.
FX: The logo's arrangement and fading skyline.
Music: A rising synth chord followed by a rather spacey three-note tune.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low.
3rd Logo
(1986-1991?)
Nickname: "The Universe, The World, Detroit, and You"
Logo: We fade into a close-up shot of the Milky Way, but just half a second later, we start zooming away, and in the process, we pass the earth, then we arrive at the Detroit skylines. As soon as the zooming stops, the texts "The Universe", "The World", and "Detroit" all zoom out, stacking each other, and then the text "and you" writes out in cursive, and the WTVS logo of the time, next to "WTVS|56" fades below.
Variant: There is a shorter version that just starts at the texts zooming out.
FX: The zooming of the camera and text, plus the writing of "and you". Not too bad animation for the 1980s.
Music: A majestic eight-note synthesized orchestra tune, with a "ding" at the beginning. The shorter version uses a quicker, 10-note synth tune.
Availability: Seen with the "Skyline" ID, this was used as a "You're watching..." ID on WTVS. It would then cut to a national program intro tag at the time. (I've seen four versions on YouTube-- one cuts to the KQED "Shine" logo, another cuts to WNET's "Radar" logo, another cuts to WGBH's "Flash of Doom" logo, and one cuts to the WQED "Skyline at Night" logo)
Scare Factor: Minimal, for the music and quick-fade in and sudden zooming of the text, which may catch people off-guard.
4th Logo
(1991-Mid 90's)
Nickname: "Quality Shows", "56 Circle"
Logo: Inside is a bunch of PBS program clips stacked as you fly by them, much like those movie theater chain logos. Then it comes out of the bottom of the circle and turns so that 56 is in the center. the logo shines. The bottom says
QUALITY SHOWS
then says
WTVS DETROIT
FX: The flyby of the stacked clips, the turn of the circle and the shine.
Music: A mild action-news like fanfare which then turns into harp music.
Availability::Can be found on homemade recordings of WTVS brodcasts.
Scare Factor: Low-Minimal
5th Logo
(Mid 90's-????)
Logo:
FX:
Music:
Availability:
Scare Factor:
