15 years later, many more idents were discovered, and the “logo demo” is now 15 minutes long

Thank you for posting the vintage KPBS ID, I always want to see rare KPBS stuff.

GREAT collection. Thanks for posting. These bring back memories.

1:23 My public TV station since 1996.

Here a List of all the Cities in this Video for Reference KSBS San Diego CA (0:06) WNYC/WNET Manhattan NY (0:11 and 0:54) (Broadcasted from the Twin Towers of the WTC to be Exact) KBYU Salt Lake City UT (0:13) WQED Pittsburgh TN (0:17) WFSU Tallahassee FL (0:21) WTTW Chicago IL (0:27) WHYY Philadelphia PA (0:3`) WGBH Boston MA (0:36) (The Main Core PBS Station) WIPB Muncie IN (0:40) KUHT Houston TX (0:47) KET Kentucky (0:50) Georgia Public TV Georgia (0:58) WLVT Easton PA (1:02) KTCA Minnesota (1:11) WBPT 2 Miami FL (1:15) KCTS Seattle WA (1:21) KERA Texas (1:23) North Carolina Public TV North Carolina (1:27) KSPS Spokane WA (1:31) WECT Cincinati OH (1:36) WNED Buffalo NY (1:51) WGBY Springfield MA (1:52) KAET Phoenix AZ (1:56) KQED San Fransisco CA (2:01) KRMA Denver CO (2:04) WGTE Toledo OH (2:08) South Carolina Educational TV South Carolina (2:14) WPSK Pennsylvania (2:16) Connecticut Public TV Connecticut (2:20) Oregon Public Broadcasting Orgeon (2:24) KLRU Austin TX (2:27) WHMT/WHMX Upstate New York (2:29) WJCT Jacksonville FL (2:32) Nebraska ETV Network (2:36) WETU Florida (2:39) KLRN San Antonio TX (2:45) KOCE Los Angeles CA (2:49) MPT Maryland (2:52) WETA Washington (2:58) WXXI Rochester NY (3:00) KCET Los Angeles (3:04) KUED Salt Lake City UT (3:07)

I grew up with WGBH. I also remember the CPTV logo on some old barney tapes.

0:35 is my local station.

Pbs logos from the 80s fascinate me

I love the one used for WQED. I like how the skyline goes from day to night.

That ket fanfare was also the split tv fanfare

For some reason it’s hard to believe that this is an actual PBS logo reel.

Great compilation! Thanks.

That WQED logo was from the Zoobilee Zoo era (1986), and Hallmark was the Sponsor. But WQED was the producer.

Grew up in the tri-state (North Jerz, where WNET still currently serves my area). Remember that logo and WNYC's (including 2 alternate ones - also remembered it becoming WBIS when I was on vacation in WETA-land in 1996, then WPXN that next year) VERY fondly. Logos not shown: WLIW and WNJM/WNJN (part of NJN, which I saw its last hours in 06/30/2011, my first day of my vacation back in NJ, before handing over to **coughs** NJTV the next day). Now I live near the Big Guava, home of WEDU (It co-produced - before TBN adapted it to the Christian crowd - THE REPPIES. I even passed by the theater where most scenes were filmed!) And on CPTV's logo - it's my second-favorite to WNET's. It's so humanoid, and it looks like an abstract Southern monogram! Being a Barney fan, I'd fill up with delight seeing that thing precede Season 1 eps of Barney & Friends.

i find this aesthetically pleasing

The Kentucky Network sounds as if it should end something like The A-Team!

WWHY was the station that let Nickelodeon used their studios for the first game show for kids, Double Dare!

@PTVhistoryproject-- Whoever put this together forgot IPTV (Iowa Public Television) and Public TV stations and networks in Missouri, Arkansas, Alaska, and Hawaii.

0:14 Escape from the atmosphere?

WXXI Rochester and WNED Buffalo were my PBS stations but that WLVT 39 logo just gives me the heebie jeebies. Ugh! :P

Oldies but goodies, aren't they? Gee, I missed those good, old days with these logos.

That's only the theme to Hometime. There's a synth-piano tune that actually serves as WHYY's jingle, but it's rarely heard.

I remember this video back in ,08 and. 09 it’s interesting seeing pbs logos from the 80s

2:53 Yay! My PBS Station!

0:13 It Was The Music Called “Escape from The Atmosphere” and is Also From Videovisa

That WLVT logo is pure ear candy :)

The KERA logo is a classic!

Oh and one more thing. I dunno if anyone remembers this. But KET (The Kentucky Network) produced this really strange Adult Math program. It was definitely produced in the early 80's, and just screamed 80's. I remember seeing it on our local PBS station very early in the morning during their GED block. There was also this program called "Write Right". i just wanna see if anybody remembers those.

Ah man, that OPB logo brings back fond memories of watching PBS when I was a little kid. :D

Nice to see other areas....more please

Some of these logos look modern enough to be used today!

I was decided the first WGTE logo is appeared 7:00 am.

I'm gonna watch classic PBS-related videos like this more often to celebrate them airing these timeless _Peanuts_ specials ad free and uncut to kids this year!

The ''wcet-tv'' Text is written in Avant Garde.

I lived in lots of member stations from PBS

Interestingly, most all of the big three networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) all have sister stations, whose call letters are exactly the same save for the first letter, on both coasts. The West Coast stations (KABC, KCBS and KNBC) hail from Los Angeles, while the East Coast stations (WABC, WCBS and WNBC) are all from New York City. PBS' stations in those cities are KCET and WNET, respectively.

This programme was presented by WQED PITSBURGTH AND WGBH BOSTON And Delta Air Lines You will like the way we fly (Where in the world is carman sandigeo (1991-1995))

Hey Everyone, I hope you guys are having great Nostalgia from this video. As I learned a little more about PBS stations. Here are all of the opinions about all the station logos and consider it a universal timecard. This took long to make so, please be happy about this comment and enjoy this universal time stamps and my opinions on every logo. Not meant to offend any homestates that people grew up with. Opinions will be shared in parathesis 0:00 The Universal PBS logo (while making this I found that I got red text) 0:06 KPBS (This brings great vibes) 0:09 WNET 13 (This is a great station for famous kid shows) 0:12 KBYU (Piano echos give it a relaxing feel) 0:16 WQED (It's pretty short and sweet) 0:21 WFSU (This logo has an unsettling vibe for some reason) 0:27 WTTW (The music in the logo works well with the previous logo. Great CGI) 0:31 WHYY (WHYY is this so great? I find it a little under exaggerated logo, no offense Philadelphia. Love the bell) 0:35 WGBH (An iconic logo that is probably shown on a lot of TV shows. Surprising how they still use the logo) 0:39 WIPB (Remember the synth) 0:45 KUHT (Pretty Basic. But is a good design) 0:49 KET (Previous logo was quiet. this logo was a fanfare.) 0:54 WNYC (A little dated but great CGI) 0:58 Georgia Public Television (I read one comment that he find it unsettling. I find it mysterious) 1:00 WLVT 39 (Someone said that this is ear candy. He was right.) 1:10 KTCA (Reminds of some logo but can't ring a bell. psst.. It's Colex) 1:15 WPBT (Zooming in, reminds me of something. psst.. It's Viacom) 1:20 KCTS Seattle (Violin gives good vibe) 1:23 KERA (This is a great logo as it uses "RAD" music) 1:26 North Carolina Public Television (This logo is cute with the music) 1:30 KSPS 7 (Reminds about 3G home video. Quieter and tamer) 1:36 WCET (WOW! Old Fashioned logo) 1:49 WNED (Silent?) 1:52 WGBY (Another Silent?) 1:56 KAET (oh. Silent) 2:00 KQED (Finally! Sound.) 2:03 KRMA (Mix this audio with KSPS 7's visuals and crank the volume too high. You get 3G home entertainment) 2:08 WGTE (Returned to silent town with a children's drawing) 2:13 South Carolina Educational Television (Least, they have an announcer) 2:17 WPSX (Sounds familiar? It's WIPB) 2:20 Connecticut Public television (Great Logo because of the music) 2:24 Oregon Public Broadcasting (Music just gets more and more relaxing) 2:27 KLRU (Disney Home Video Vibe) 2:29 WMHT & WMHX (Is that Bluestone? With SILENCE!?) 2:32 WJCT (Also gives an old vibe) 2:35 Nebraska ETV Network (Relaxing music) 2:39 WEDU (Good CGI movement) 2:45 KLRN (METAL SILENCE) 2:49 KOCE (It's cool but yet disturbing synth) 2:52 MPT (Seen better days) 2:57 WETA (Relaxing music) 3:00 WXXI (Ear candy but not Eye candy) 3:04 KCET (Heard it discontinued) 3:08 KUED (Relaxing last logo) 3:13 Universal PBS logo (And we are done) OK guys we will wrap it up here. Have any Questions? Reply. This comment has no intentions of offending anyone that grew up with any of the other logos so I would see you next time when I will conclude this comment. Enjoy your day and enjoy this video.

I don't remember remember 99% of these considering this was before I was born. Except for WGBH because of how loud it is, it's like the PBS version of the THX logo.

I think I traveled to San Antonio many times for KLRN, but I didn't watch KLRU, Austin.

KUED-7 was licensed to Salt Lake City, and KBYU-11 to Provo.

1:50 There's an E Bulding on the WNED Logo

@Taylor Phillips-- The Public Television stations in Michigan never produced any nationally-based programs.

I wasn't alive at the time these were shown, nor do I live in America, but my favourites are the KCET and NETV idents. WETA also has quite nice music.

WNET New York! Yeah!

i remember the san diego one growing up

Wlvt ch 39! Wow that brings back memories of Sesame Street and Mr Rogers when I grew up

And I also love WCET

Nice collection of logos! There's one I'm looking for in particular... I don't know what station it's from, but it's a graphic of a reel-to-reel recorder running in the upper left corner of the screen, as a synthesized music phrase plays twice. Seen in NYC in the early 80's. Any idea what it's from?

@bigblueplanet You found it! I never thought I'd see that logo again. I think the version I saw may have been a later version, for some reason I remember smoother-sounding music, and the logo was white on a blue background in the upper left corner. Though I do enjoy seeing the earlier one - I like early Scanimate graphics One of these days I plan to build a small version of one...

Oh yes, now I remember. I've only noticed the resemblance recently.

WNED and WXXI were my Public Television Stations. :)

Nostalgia.

My local stations are WIPB and WFYI

Regarding Missouri-- you should be able to find some old program intro headers from KCPT in Kansas City, at least. And the 50th anniversary special from KETC in St. Louis does have an old program intro header from the 1970s (with probably the best-sounding synth music I heard for a PBS station).

0:14-0:17 sounds like a small piece from Mannheim Steamroller's "Escape from the Atmosphere" ... 5:16 - 5:22 of Mannheim Steamroller's "Escape from the Atmosphere" matches PERFECTLY, instruments and all, to the piece used.

The logo at 1:30 has a jingle that is actually a snippet from Mannheim Steamroller's "Fresh Aire" album. I believe it's the second track on there. Also, 0:13 's jingle is from a track on the "Fresh Aire V" album.

1:24 my station 🙂

0:13 is from Escape from the Atmosphere... a kickass song, IMO.

Hey PTVhistoryproject, can you upload "Austin City Limits 1403 Series Credits" from 1989?🙂

0:14 escape from the atmosphere

This is the video that started everyone doing PBS logo videos. Most of it is copied from here and edited a bit, yet have quite a few views. This was uploaded in 2007!!!

WQED has been famously known for Mister Rodger's Neighborhood.

0:51 hey look there is my pbs station

3:04 OMG ITS MAH STATION!!!!!

On what show did the KQED logo come from, was what I was trying to ask.

I vaguely remember KQED, because I used to live in the Bay Area in my youth (where they have another PBS station, KTEH, for San Jose, where I lived) until I moved up to the Sacramento area ten years ago. How did you get all those logos, anyway?

ALL HAIL WHYY TV!

wow, rare stereo

Magical,

I remember our old SCETV logo.

Nice

I think WGBH was the logo on this demo closest to where Meredith Vieira was born.

Los Angeles better than everyone else in California

Actually, I think I recall seeing a WTVS logo on some national shows back in the 90s. If memory serves me right, it had a green background with the text "WTVS" inside a dark green circle, and "Detroit" below it (and I think "FROM" above "WTVS"), using a generic synth jingle.

Late 1988-October 1, 1989

WGBH still has the Great Flash Ident #WGBH

THEY INCLUDED THE KET LOGO!

2:57 🎸👨‍🎤🎙

I see. Thanks.

WHYY and WETA are the many of the favorite even WNET

WGBH Boston FTW! I just wish that WSBE (now Rhode Island PBS) had a logo during this time.

OMG!

@TJCoyote30 Don't know how to link it, but search on 'vegetable soup intro'. Find the one by user jacksorengan. This intro was used on PBS stations throughout NYS for instructinal programming during the 70s, and I imagine, the 80s. Let me know.

WNED, WNET, WNYE, WNYC and WLIW are all sister stations in New York

These are beautiful. Sad to see that kids with jumbled usernames decided to take over the comment section.

Out of all these logos, barring the PBS logo, only WGBH, KET, and WETA have the same logos here as they do today (even if the animations have changed).

KCTS is my PBS station

A lot of the 3d-animated ones were done by Pacific Data Image.

I believe it was "Hometime."

I expected WFSU to turn into Star Light Zone from Sonic!

The WCET Cincinnati one looks to me like it was made in the 70s (we already know the WGBH Boston one was). WLVT Allentown also has a very 70s-ish feeling to it, but because of the graphics it looks like early 80s. In fact, it seems easy to tell the "newer" ones apart from ones that were made in the earlier 80s, because of the more awkward graphics. Interestingly, nowadays WNET New York doesn't brand itself as "WNET" anymore---their logo is the big word "Thirteen" (as in channel 13).

0:58 to 1:01. I imagine some people shit their pants seeing that. Even I found that logo a little creepy.

2:32 輝く！

WEDU in the house, ya'll!

Well, read the title carefully. It reads "PBS Logo Demo circa 1989/1990", which means that many of them could be from 1989.

WNET is the second station shown...

KCET is no longer the PBS affiliate of Los Angeles! Now that honor goes to KOCE, which is also featured (at 2:50)!

I saw a new version of WETA yesterday, which evidently sponsored Ken Burns' documentary on World War II called "The War" (the next part of which I'm watching even as I write this).

And what about my hometown station, WOSU (Columbus, OH)?