Logos[]
1st logo (1986-1989)[]
On a gradient blue BG, a series of translucent 3D quadrilaterals rotate into view and form what turns out to be a right-pointing arrow with an italic number 5 cut out of it. The arrow is then hit by a line of electricity (a stock footage) and turns gold, and as it turns to face us, the word "CHANNEL", also in gold, appears above. The whole logo faces us very briefly, with a flash of white light behind it, then zooms in towards us and disappears, leaving just the blue BG.
2nd logo (1989-2001)[]
On a gradient brown background, a beige square zooms from the bottom right hand corer towards the center of the screen before disappearing. two more squares, colored purple and black respectively, participate in similar sequences. While this is being done, the word "CHANNEL", rendered in gold, is formed, letter by letter. After all this is done, the symbol from the first logo (A segmented arrow with a 5-shaped hole) is formed segment by segment. After it has appeared on the screen for a few seconds, the symbol and the word "CHANNEL" fly to the top-right corner of the screen, leaving just the background.
Music/Sounds[]
1st logo[]
A synthesizer tune is played with some bells and electric guitars and just before the bolts of lightning hit each other a cymbal is heard building up to the flash and a final electric guitar riff before the synthesizer fades out as the logo zooms off the screen.
2nd logo[]
A lullaby-esque theme, featuring a xylophone and woodwind.
Music/Sounds Variant/Trivia[]
On some videos, a different audio track is used which consists a droning note followed by a downing synth chord with drumbeats, which surprisingly is in sync with the lines forming the logo and even fits a bit more. This was actually sourced from "Threshold" by the Steve Miller Band. The track was also used for an early station ident for KMPH-TV.
Scare Factor[]
1st logo[]
Low to medium. The bright flash and the in-your-face zoom-in might get to some people, but this is a great logo and is a favorite among a fair share amount of viewers.
2nd logo[]
Minimal to low with the regular theme and low to medium with the droning synth one. Other than that, this is just an downgrade step from previous logo with its simpler and cheaper effects.
Videos[]
