Connecticut Public

Connecticut Public Television is the statewide PBS affiliate that serves Connecticut via its stations WEDH Hartford (its flagship station), WEDW Bridgeport, WEDN Norwich, and WEDY New Haven.

Connecticut Public Broadcasting

Contents   Logo (October 30, 1978-December 4, 1984)

Connecticut Public Television

Contents 1st Logo (December 5, 1984-1990) 2nd Logo (1989) 3rd Logo (May 25, 1990-February 16, 1994) 4th Logo (September 4, 1991-January 23, 1994)   5th Logo (November 29, 1993-July 20, 2004) 6th Logo (September 5, 2004-March 1, 2009) 7th Logo (2009-2013) 8th Logo (July 1, 2013-2018)

Connecticut Public

Contents   Logo (2018-)

Connecticut Public Broadcasting

Logo (October 30, 1978-December 4, 1984)

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Visuals: On a black background, a blue rectangle appears and grows on the screen as it begins to spin outward, trailing as does so, at one point getting really close to the screen. As it continues to spin counterclockwise, it begins to form a circle around it, which draws in from two opposite ends. Once the line is in the vertical position and the circle is fully formed, it stops spinning and the trail disappears. The result is a blue circle with a line going down the middle, forming the "CP" part of the logo. Then, the "CP" moves to the left as the words "Connecticut Public Broadcasting", in white and stacked on top of each other, slide in from the right, as if bumping the "CP". As that happens, a blue dot appears within the "CP" to form the "T", completing "CPT". When all the moving stops, the word "Connecticut" flashes brightly.

Technique: Motion-controlled cel animation.

Audio: A downward-arpeggio keyboard and bongo combo as the CP logo forms and the words slide in, and a final piano note for the "Connecticut" flash.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
In Performance	1979-1982?
Nancy Savin the Arts	January 27, 1980-1982?
Connecticut Prime Time	1981
Fairfield County Business Report	August 3, 1984
At Issue	1984
Brass Valley Counterpoint	1984

Connecticut Public Television

1st Logo (December 5, 1984-1990)

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Visuals: On a black background, the CPTV circle, in chrome, appears and swings up. The bottom right part of the circle is barely disconnected from the line, and a dot is in the inside of the circle on the top left side. Once the circle is finished swinging up, the metallic words "Connecticut Public Television" fade in below in a Bauhaus font. The circle sparkles, and then glows blue behind it. The background then lights up with faded blue at the bottom.

Variants:

• On local programs, the circle shines blue as a spotlight passes through. After that, the logo fades before it completes.
• Sometimes, a blue glass circle zooms from the top instead.
• There is a variant where the text "25th Year" is next to the logo. It was used for their 25th anniversary.
• Sometimes on the glass variant, the Praxis Media Inc. logo trails in below.
• A humorous variation appears at the beginning of the 1987 TV special American Comedy Network. After the logo finishes, a disclaimer below the logo fades in, reading “(Not Funny, Yet)”. An audience is heard laughing offscreen.

Technique: Most likely motion-controlled animation made with models.

Audio: A dreamy new age-style synth note (which is sampled from the song "Look What You Find" by George Duke).

Audio Variant: Sometimes, on the 25th anniversary variant, a female announcer says "The following is a special CPTV 25th anniversary presentation."

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Black Magic	1984
Fairfield County Business Report	1985-1988
Sports Talk	1986
American Comedy Network	1987
Connecticut Newsweek	1987-1990	On late-1988 episodes, "25th year" variant, without announcer.
Showdown on Tobacco Road	September 17, 1987
Brass City Music	1988	"25th year" variant, with announcer.
Lighthouses of New England	1988
The University of Connecticut Health Center	1988	"25th year" variant, with announcer.
On The Record	1989-1990
Great Decisions 1990	1990
USS Nautilus	1990

2nd Logo (1989)

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Visuals: On a black background, the CPTV circle is seen in bronze, and sparkles for a while. The text "Connecticut Public Television" is seen under the logo in a bronze Helvetica font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A shortened version of the previous logo's theme.

Availability Notes: This appeared on a 1988 PBS logo demo video.

3rd Logo (May 25, 1990-February 16, 1994)

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Visuals: Against a dark gray background, a side-facing circle folds to the left, leaving behind a residue trail of circles, which fades into the CPTV circle, which sets itself in the center and turns silver. Twelve spectral lines wipe across the bottom of the screen to reveal the words "Connecticut Public Television" in a Times New Roman font shown below, which are similar to the previous logo. The circle and the text are viewed at a straight angle with a bit of drop shadow and shine a bit as a spotlight shines upon the whole thing.

Variants:

• Usually, the ident was cut short to the shining.
  • Sometimes, the spectral lines portion is shown over this variant.
• A still, superimposed variant with "Presented by" above it appears on episodes of Scientific American Frontiers.
  • On season 4 episodes, the logo looks mostly the same as the on-screen logo.
  • On season 5 episodes and the first season 6 episode, the logo is more blue, and the "Connecticut" is slightly smaller than the season 4 logo.
• When used locally, the station info wipes in first.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A majestic synth fanfare with ride cymbals during the first part. It's often abridged to the last part of the tune (the last note is shorter), or one single note.

Audio Variant: The Scientific American Frontiers variants use the closing theme.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
On the Record	May 25, 1990-February 7, 1992	Debut appearance.
Scientific American Frontiers	October 1, 1990-February 16, 1994	Last appearance. Seasons 1-4. Short variant. Retained on the Chedd-Angier website.
Rust Valley	1990
Sail to Win	1990	3-part documentary.
Barney & Friends	April 6, 1992-October 20, 1993	Seasons 1-2. Retained on the season's VHS releases from Time-Life.
Barney's Birthday	September 2, 1992
Trailside	1993

4th Logo (September 4, 1991-January 23, 1994)

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Visuals: Against a background with blue marble squares, there is the text "CPTV" in silver on a gray square. On the top and bottom of "CPTV", there are purple and blue streaks. The blue squares zoom toward the camera and the gray square zooms to the right.

Technique: Computerized 2D animation.

Audio: A synth bell with an announcer saying "The following is a CPTV original."

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Schools in Black and White	September 4, 1991	Debut appearance.
Troubled Waters	1993
On the Record	February 21, 1992-January 23, 1994	Last appearance.

5th Logo (November 29, 1993-July 20, 2004)

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Visuals: The ident starts with an extreme closeup of a translucent "C", shining in pink. While gradually zooming away, a moving dark cloudy background is revealed, with many multicolored stylized "C"s and glass dots scattered around the background, merging into each other. When the "C"s and dots gradually come together, the stylized "C"s shine in multiple colors, and when the logo pans to the lower left, the "C" and the dot turns red, with the dot exploding with a light streak explosion-like effect, and "CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION" in a pale blue italicized font fades in at the right of the "C", and shines afterwards.

Variants:

• Three variants of this logo exist, a long version, a medium length version, and a short version, the latter being the most common:
  • The long version is the one described above, with slower animation. Unlike the other two variants, this one remains on-screen for a few seconds, and cuts to black instead of fading out.
  • The medium length version reuses the "C" animation from the long version, but the glass dots animate similarly to the short version.
  • The short version starts with a different animation, where the "C"s and dots quickly merge together, and the text flies in to the right before the dot explodes.
• When used locally, the long version is used, and the channel names and their respective channel numbers are below the logo in the same font as "CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION".
• The logo is still and superimposed with "Presented by" above it on episodes of Scientific American Frontiers from this era, when Alan Alda hosted.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A news-like twinkling theme is used, with a 4-note dreamy synth tune playing twice in different keys, building up to a long "ding". Droning synths are heard at the end, with a six note chime that repeats until the logo ends.

Audio Variants:

• The short version has the four notes played once, with a shorter "ding" at the end.
• On Angelina Ballerina and the Scientific American Frontiers variant, the show's closing theme plays over it.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
The Roots of Roe	November 29, 1993	Debut appearance.
On the Record	February 13, 1994-199?
Scientific American Frontiers	October 5, 1994-July 20, 2004	Last appearance. Seasons 5-14. Retained on the Chedd-Angier website.
Barney & Friends	February 27, 1995-May 14, 2004	Seasons 3-8. Appeared on previous seasons of the show in reruns.
Amistad Connecticut: A Legacy Reborn	February 27, 1998	Long version.
Lyme Disease: A Guide to Prevention	1999
Angelina Ballerina	October 15, 2001-June 21, 2003
Rob the Drummer	2002	Long version.
Scully: The World Show	April 1, 2014	Cameo on the April Fool's Day 2014 episode.

6th Logo (September 5, 2004-March 1, 2009)

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Visuals: On a multicolored (purple, white, and blue) background, there is a red stylized "C" with the dot which is seen in the 6th logo, and is close up where several characters and celebrities are seen (Alan Alda being licked by a sea lion on Scientific American Frontiers, Angelina from Angelina Ballerina dancing, and Barney singing and dancing) chroma-keyed in the "C". The "C" with the dot pans out as the characters disappear. The text "CPTV" appears next to it in a similar font for the text in the 6th logo. Then a purple, white and blue line is drawn and "CONNECTICUT" is seen above the line.

Variants:

• There are two still, superimposed variants with "Presented by" above the logo. These were used on the final season of Scientific American Frontiers.
• On PBS Retro prints of season 8 of Thomas & Friends, the still variant is shown on a black background.
• There is also a local variant. The stylized C's animation is slower and a collage of the same clips (along with others) of CPTV's programs slides in with the line from the national logo drawn on it.

Technique: CGI combined with live-action and traditionally animated clips of the characters and celebrities.

Audio: 3 bell/triangle notes, followed by a 4-note synth fanfare (E, C, A, D) with drums. On other shows, a female announcer says "A production of CPTV Connecticut." This is also heard on The Saddle Club.

Audio Variants:

• Some shows, like with the Scientific American Frontiers variants, use the ending theme.
• On the black background variant, silence.
• On PBS prints of kids' shows (save for some episodes of Barney & Friends, The Saddle Club and Angelina Ballerina), an alternate version of the fanfare is heard; the opening is different and has a harp/piano section alongside a cymbal crash, and the 4-note fanfare is a bit shriller. This variant is actually an excerpt from the extended version of the theme.
  • On Thomas & Friends, one millisecond of the alternate fanfare is cut off.
• On the local ID variant, the fanfare is extended beginning with a low piano, followed by a high piano and an orchestral section with bells and violins building up to the 4-note fanfare.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends	September 5, 2004-November 11, 2007	Debut appearance. seasons 8-season 11 Retained in PBS Retro prints. The last episode to use this logo was "Variety".
Barney & Friends	September 6, 2004-October 13, 2006	Seasons 9-10.
Bob the Builder	January 1, 2005-October 13, 2007	The first 14 seasons save for seasons 3 to 6
Scientific American Frontiers	January 19-April 13, 2005	Season 15.
SeeMore's Playhouse	September 30, 2006-February 23, 2008
The Saddle Club	September 29, 2008-March 1, 2009	Last appearance. Season 3.

7th Logo (2009-2013)

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Visuals: On a room-esque 2010 CPB background tinted in red with a floor and a spotlight, stylized glass "C"s with dots merge into each other from the left. Once they finish, a while light bursts into the camera the same C-Dot logo from the 2 previous logos becomes embedded in what looks like a cut off square or half of a trapezoid, colored red. The words "Connecticut Public Television" fly in one by one.

Variant: For their 50th anniversary, the animation is different. There is red chips flying around to unveil the logo. The "C" seems to be carved out rather than plastered onto the shape. Below the logo is a big "30" in yellow in front of a few red chips. Below the "50" is "CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS" in a thin font. Below that is "OF TELEVISION EXCELLENCE" in a much less thin and smaller font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The last note of the 2009 PBS logo. For the local variant, a violin piece or a female announcer saying the funding provided for the program.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Prohibition: Connecticut Goes Dry	2012

8th Logo (July 1, 2013-2018)

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Visuals: Over a light gray background, the text "cptv" wipes in from the bottom left to the top right of the screen. The text slowly zooms in towards the viewer then halts.

Technique: 2D CGI.

Audio: End of "A Day Off" by Jim Studer.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Infinity Hall Live	July 1, 2013-2018	Debut appearance.
The Kate	March 19, 2016-May 12, 2018

Connecticut Public

Logo (2018-)

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Visuals: Over a white to gray radial background, the logo blurs in, showing a sky blue comment bubble shape. And inside is a script saying "Connecticut" and below is a big "public" with "p", "b", and "l", touching the shape. Below the shape is a gray text saying "Media for the curious." Below is the text of four stations that are statewide simulcasted by that affiliate.

Technique: 2D CGI.

Audio: A calm piano tune, along with the female announcer saying the funding provided for the program.