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=== Background ===
=== Background ===
public tv network launched may 16, 1954 owned by the [[Ford Foundation|ford foundation]]. shut down october 4, 1970 It pbs but old...
public tv network launched may 16, 1954 owned by the [[Ford Foundation|ford foundation]]. shut down october 4, 1970
 
 
It pbs but old...
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=== 1st logo - 1954 to 1955 ===
=== 1st logo - 1954 to 1955 ===
{{YouTube|id=lUmLuvUhro4|description=extremely rare opening. from "Great Ideas: War and peace", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id2=n4Jhk9tGayU|description2=extremely rare closing. from "Great Ideas: War and peace", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id3=FvdT91UicIc|description3=1954/10/08. from "The magic window", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id4=bt0oAGTSJYw|description4=1955. from "Parents And Dr. Spock", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@aldenpbs aldenpbs]|id5=KACW9eONUYk|description5=1955, superimposed. from "Children's Corner", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id6=OfZ6HzggDpY|description6=1955, ultra rare opening. from "The finder: The riverboat race", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id7=B9tVW677v1M|description7=1955, ultra rare closing. from "The finder: The riverboat race", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]}}
{{YouTube|id=lUmLuvUhro4|description=extremely rare opening. from "Great Ideas: War and peace", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id2=n4Jhk9tGayU|description2=extremely rare closing. from "Great Ideas: War and peace", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id3=FvdT91UicIc|description3=1954/10/08. from "The magic window", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id4=bt0oAGTSJYw|description4=1955. from "Parents And Dr. Spock", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@aldenpbs aldenpbs]|id5=KACW9eONUYk|description5=1955, superimposed. from "Children's Corner", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id6=OfZ6HzggDpY|description6=1955, ultra rare opening. from "The finder: The riverboat race", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id7=B9tVW677v1M|description7=1955, ultra rare closing. from "The finder: The riverboat race", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]}}
'''Nickname:''' "NET Map of America"
'''Nicknames:''' "NET Map of America"


'''Visuals:''' hand-drawn
'''Visuals:''' hand-drawn


'''Audio:''' Mic
'''Audio:''' Mic
'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Ultra Rare}}
'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Ultra Rare}}




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=== 2nd logo - 1955 to 1958 ===
=== 2nd logo - 1955 to 1958 ===
{{YouTube|id=QcLWZjdneKc|description=1955. clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id2=dAF4miT3sSA|description2=1955, no announcer. from "Religion of man", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id3=RVBLE5_i9gY|description3=1955, extended announcer. from "Parents and Dr. Spock", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@SBIMoonSquid SBIMoonSquid]|id4=e_U7ZsBmfLk|description4=1955, rare alt voiceover opening. from E7 of "The Challenge of Foreign Policy", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id5=jEd1spfB7LU|description5=1955, rare alt voiceover closing. from E7 of "The Challenge of Foreign Policy", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id6=kwyVPJParQo|description6=1956, opening. from "Books and Ideas", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@TheVintageTVArchive TheVintageTVArchive]|id7=8uniK5Pm4g0|description7=1956, closing. from "Books and Ideas", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@TheVintageTVArchive TheVintageTVArchive]|id8=NsJbIF1AEYU|description8=1957, opening. from "America looks abroad: Africa: Colonialism", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id9=QAQXuMeTRRs|description9=1957, closing. from "America looks abroad: Africa: Colonialism", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id10=Xn-7FIXZfN0|description10=1957, closing. from "The Born Criminal", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@MJandST2926 MJandST2926]|id11=XU9vcR2jXiE|description11=1957, rare voice-over variant. from "Searchlights on Delinquency", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id12=tDD9cmQJVy0|description12=1957, rare announcer. from "The tales of Poindexter", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id13=J0-S-dia6uk|description13=1957, rare inverted opening. from "The art of the theatre", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id14=_yOv3xNrvMU|description14=1957, rare inverted closing. from "The art of the theatre", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id15=P2pJ8-q_p9w|description15=1958, opening. from "People are Taught to be Different", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@OckGypsy OckGypsy]|id16=CeWOk21U1e0|description16=1958, closing. from "People are Taught to be Different", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@OckGypsy OckGypsy]|id17=CcUT0_HmyUQ|description17=1958, id. from "The Exceptional Child: The Blind", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jadsi3 jadsi3]|id18=H8dmaFCbdPQ|description18=1958, no announcer. from "Archeology and the Bible", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id19=BVZ0z_RpwOA|description19=1958, rare announcer. from "Essentials of freedom: Freedom of communication", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]}}
{{YouTube|id=QcLWZjdneKc|description=1955. clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id2=dAF4miT3sSA|description2=1955, no announcer. from "Religion of man", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id3=RVBLE5_i9gY|description3=1955, extended announcer. from "Parents and Dr. Spock", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@SBIMoonSquid SBIMoonSquid]|id4=e_U7ZsBmfLk|description4=1955, rare alt voiceover opening. from E7 of "The Challenge of Foreign Policy", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id5=jEd1spfB7LU|description5=1955, rare alt voiceover closing. from E7 of "The Challenge of Foreign Policy", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id6=kwyVPJParQo|description6=1956, opening. from "Books and Ideas", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@TheVintageTVArchive TheVintageTVArchive]|id7=8uniK5Pm4g0|description7=1956, closing. from "Books and Ideas", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@TheVintageTVArchive TheVintageTVArchive]|id8=NsJbIF1AEYU|description8=1957, opening. from "America looks abroad: Africa: Colonialism", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id9=QAQXuMeTRRs|description9=1957, closing. from "America looks abroad: Africa: Colonialism", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id10=Xn-7FIXZfN0|description10=1957, closing. from "The Born Criminal", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@MJandST2926 MJandST2926]|id11=XU9vcR2jXiE|description11=1957, rare voice-over variant. from "Searchlights on Delinquency", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id12=tDD9cmQJVy0|description12=1957, rare announcer. from "The tales of Poindexter", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id13=J0-S-dia6uk|description13=1957, rare inverted opening. from "The art of the theatre", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id14=_yOv3xNrvMU|description14=1957, rare inverted closing. from "The art of the theatre", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id15=P2pJ8-q_p9w|description15=1958, opening. from "People are Taught to be Different", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@OckGypsy OckGypsy]|id16=CeWOk21U1e0|description16=1958, closing. from "People are Taught to be Different", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@OckGypsy OckGypsy]|id17=CcUT0_HmyUQ|description17=1958, id. from "The Exceptional Child: The Blind", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jadsi3 jadsi3]|id18=H8dmaFCbdPQ|description18=1958, no announcer. from "Archeology and the Bible", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id19=BVZ0z_RpwOA|description19=1958, rare announcer. from "Essentials of freedom: Freedom of communication", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]}}
'''Nickname:''' "NET Map of America II"
'''Nicknames:''' "NET Map of America II"


'''Visuals:''' camera-controlled and cel animation
'''Visuals:''' camera-controlled and cel animation


'''Audio:''' Microfone
'''Audio:''' Microfone
'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Very Rare}}
'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Very Rare}}




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=== 3rd logo - 1957 to 1959 ===
=== 3rd logo - 1957 to 1959 ===
{{YouTube|id=EyWZDqXpYAE|description=1958. from "A large speck of progress", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297] from [https://www.youtube.com/@FuzzyMemoriesTV FuzzyMemoriesTV]|id2=XtoCYzVLg30|description2=1958. from "Sing hi...sing lo", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297] from [https://www.youtube.com/@SabuCat_Productions SabuCat_Productions]|id3=j-2bBORzHt4|description3=1958. from "The great opposites", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id4=vwCdppKKsZc|description4=1958, it look different. from "From Capitol Hill", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@aldenpbs aldenpbs]|id5=oiGSoojRPuM|description5=1959, silent opening. from "Decision: The Constitution in action", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id6=43jvyFbW7eA|description6=1959, rare announcer. from "Invention in Dance", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id7=wMbThYvXujc|description7=1959. from "The Exceptional Child", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id8=dP8MP7ebp3Q|description8=1959. from S1E25 of "Search for America", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id9=9QwA7w85fNs|description9=1959. from "The Revolution in Europe's Role in the World", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@TVRomanceFan1993 TVRomanceFan1993]}}
{{YouTube|id=EyWZDqXpYAE|description=1958. from "A large speck of progress", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297] from [https://www.youtube.com/@FuzzyMemoriesTV FuzzyMemoriesTV]|id2=XtoCYzVLg30|description2=1958. from "Sing hi...sing lo", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297] from [https://www.youtube.com/@SabuCat_Productions SabuCat_Productions]|id3=j-2bBORzHt4|description3=1958. from "The great opposites", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id4=vwCdppKKsZc|description4=1958, it look different. from "From Capitol Hill", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@aldenpbs aldenpbs]|id5=oiGSoojRPuM|description5=1959, silent opening. from "Decision: The Constitution in action", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id6=43jvyFbW7eA|description6=1959, rare announcer. from "Invention in Dance", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id7=wMbThYvXujc|description7=1959. from "The Exceptional Child", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id8=dP8MP7ebp3Q|description8=1959. from S1E25 of "Search for America", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id9=9QwA7w85fNs|description9=1959. from "The Revolution in Europe's Role in the World", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@TVRomanceFan1993 TVRomanceFan1993]}}
'''Nickname:''' "The NET Circle"
'''Nicknames:''' "The NET Circle"


'''Visuals:''' hand painted
'''Visuals:''' hand painted
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=== 4th logo - 1958 ===
=== 4th logo - 1958 ===
{{TBA}}
{{Youtube|id=aRTtQJhlThs|description=clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jadsi3 jadsi3]|id2=K4SYLrWVk6I|description2=rare announcer. from "Adventuring in the hand arts" clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]|id3=uyj6bIB4RjI|description3=invert. from S1E5 of "The Subject Is Jazz" clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@PlasmaStorm24 PlasmaStorm24]}}
'''Nickname:''' "ETVNETETV"
'''Nicknames:''' "ETVNETETV"
 
'''Visuals:''' hand painted


'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Extremely Rare}}
'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Extremely Rare}}
'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"This logo appears to be used for NBC co-productions, since all of its known appearances have been on such."''
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=== 5th logo - 1958 ===
{{Youtube|id=QM5f84T5rp0|description=from S1E2 of "The Subject Is Jazz", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@PlasmaStorm24 PlasmaStorm24]}}
'''Nicknames:''' "Boxes" "Unearthed Obscure Treasure" "Epitome of 50's" "Deco Carpet Design"


'''Visuals:''' hand painted
'''Visuals:''' hand painted


'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"This logo appears to be used for NBC co-productions, since all of its known appearances have been on such."''
{{Rarity}}''':''' {{Extremely Rare}}
 
'''{{AVID}} note:''' ''"This logo is an oddity, as this logo's existence was practically unknown until Kennedy Center Education Digital Learning uploaded The Subject is Jazz: Performance on October 29, 2018. Its similarity to the [[NBC]] "Chimes" logo may or may not be a coincidence, as The Subject is Jazz was a co-production with NBC."''
 
'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"This is an interesting precursor to the 1960 logo."''
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=== 5th logo - 1958 ===
=== 6th logo - 1959 to 1961 ===
{{TBA}}
{{YouTube|id=YNaffcZMSV8|description=1959. from "That Free Men May Live: Martin Luther King, Jr.", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@OckGypsy OckGypsy]|id2=VOxvyXA6Ug8|description2=1959. from "Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@aldenpbs aldenpbs]|id3=Q431uroKx_o|description3=1959, cut off. from S1E3 of "Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@AlternativeTelevision AlternativeTelevision]|id4=9fvFnzpsX14|description4=1960. clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@googlechrom3297 googlechrom3297]}}

Revision as of 02:36, 16 December 2025

page originally created by: Boberrybiscuit on 09/18/2025 08:52 AM


Background

public tv network launched may 16, 1954 owned by the ford foundation. shut down october 4, 1970


It pbs but old...


1st logo - 1954 to 1955

extremely rare opening. from "Great Ideas: War and peace", clipped by googlechrom3297
extremely rare closing. from "Great Ideas: War and peace", clipped by googlechrom3297
1954/10/08. from "The magic window", clipped by googlechrom3297
1955. from "Parents And Dr. Spock", clipped by aldenpbs
1955, superimposed. from "Children's Corner", clipped by googlechrom3297
1955, ultra rare opening. from "The finder: The riverboat race", clipped by googlechrom3297
1955, ultra rare closing. from "The finder: The riverboat race", clipped by googlechrom3297

Nicknames: "NET Map of America"

Visuals: hand-drawn

Audio: Mic

Rarity: Ultra Rare


CLG note: "This logo, despite being basic, is an interesting peek at the very early years of what would become PBS, back when it was a limited service for distributing educational films produced by local stations nationally."


2nd logo - 1955 to 1958

1955. clipped by googlechrom3297
1955, no announcer. from "Religion of man", clipped by googlechrom3297
1955, extended announcer. from "Parents and Dr. Spock", clipped by SBIMoonSquid
1955, rare alt voiceover opening. from E7 of "The Challenge of Foreign Policy", clipped by googlechrom3297
1955, rare alt voiceover closing. from E7 of "The Challenge of Foreign Policy", clipped by googlechrom3297
1956, opening. from "Books and Ideas", clipped by TheVintageTVArchive
1956, closing. from "Books and Ideas", clipped by TheVintageTVArchive
1957, opening. from "America looks abroad: Africa: Colonialism", clipped by googlechrom3297
1957, closing. from "America looks abroad: Africa: Colonialism", clipped by googlechrom3297
1957, closing. from "The Born Criminal", clipped by MJandST2926
1957, rare voice-over variant. from "Searchlights on Delinquency", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085
1957, rare announcer. from "The tales of Poindexter", clipped by googlechrom3297
1957, rare inverted opening. from "The art of the theatre", clipped by googlechrom3297
1957, rare inverted closing. from "The art of the theatre", clipped by googlechrom3297
1958, opening. from "People are Taught to be Different", clipped by OckGypsy
1958, closing. from "People are Taught to be Different", clipped by OckGypsy
1958, id. from "The Exceptional Child: The Blind", clipped by jadsi3
1958, no announcer. from "Archeology and the Bible", clipped by googlechrom3297
1958, rare announcer. from "Essentials of freedom: Freedom of communication", clipped by googlechrom3297

Nicknames: "NET Map of America II"

Visuals: camera-controlled and cel animation

Audio: Microfone

Rarity: Very Rare


CLG note: "This is the first NET logo to feature animation, albeit limited."


3rd logo - 1957 to 1959

1958. from "A large speck of progress", clipped by googlechrom3297 from FuzzyMemoriesTV
1958. from "Sing hi...sing lo", clipped by googlechrom3297 from SabuCat_Productions
1958. from "The great opposites", clipped by googlechrom3297
1958, it look different. from "From Capitol Hill", clipped by aldenpbs
1959, silent opening. from "Decision: The Constitution in action", clipped by googlechrom3297
1959, rare announcer. from "Invention in Dance", clipped by googlechrom3297
1959. from "The Exceptional Child", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085
1959. from S1E25 of "Search for America", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085
1959. from "The Revolution in Europe's Role in the World", clipped by TVRomanceFan1993

Nicknames: "The NET Circle"

Visuals: hand painted

Audio: Mic UP


Rarity: Very Rare


4th logo - 1958

clipped by jadsi3
rare announcer. from "Adventuring in the hand arts" clipped by googlechrom3297
invert. from S1E5 of "The Subject Is Jazz" clipped by PlasmaStorm24

Nicknames: "ETVNETETV"

Visuals: hand painted

Rarity: Extremely Rare

CLG note: "This logo appears to be used for NBC co-productions, since all of its known appearances have been on such."


5th logo - 1958

from S1E2 of "The Subject Is Jazz", clipped by PlasmaStorm24

Nicknames: "Boxes" "Unearthed Obscure Treasure" "Epitome of 50's" "Deco Carpet Design"

Visuals: hand painted

Rarity:: Extremely Rare

AVID note: "This logo is an oddity, as this logo's existence was practically unknown until Kennedy Center Education Digital Learning uploaded The Subject is Jazz: Performance on October 29, 2018. Its similarity to the NBC "Chimes" logo may or may not be a coincidence, as The Subject is Jazz was a co-production with NBC."

CLG note: "This is an interesting precursor to the 1960 logo."


6th logo - 1959 to 1961

1959. from "That Free Men May Live: Martin Luther King, Jr.", clipped by OckGypsy
1959. from "Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt", clipped by aldenpbs
1959, cut off. from S1E3 of "Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt", clipped by AlternativeTelevision
1960. clipped by googlechrom3297