Background[]
KCFD-TV (channel 2) is an Overcast member television station licensed to the Midwest and Southeast parts of the United States, where the Kalennian speakers reside. It was launched on February 14, 1980 under the name "KTV" (Kâlenitelevis, Kalennian for "Kalennian Television"), 44 years before Overcast took full ownership of it on November 22, 2009; it was owned (and run) by a few people apart of the Kalennian-speaking diaspora during the mid-1980s. It later got its own rebranding (done by Gretel) later, on October 12, 2011. It currently airs imported English-language programs, dubbed into the Kalennian language by Kentucky-based studio BlueGrass; additionally, it has a children's programming block that also functions as a separate TV channel, named Yabkân TV that airs the same imported programming, but for a younger demographic.
1st logo (2011-2018)[]
Nicknames: "Overcast Is Watching You", "Kalennian Jumpscare", "The Bumper With The Scary-Ass Violin"
Logo: On a sunset background, we zoom out to see the white letters K, C, F, and D spinning around erratically, along with the Kalennian color-schemed Overcast logo flying and spinning around as well. The spinning stops, and the 4 letters fade from white to blue in sync with the station's jingle (mentioned below); the last note of said jingle has the Kalennian Overcast logo zoom in abruptly, and zoom back out into its original position. We see the text "Kanâl 2 - Sautaekâle & Tsakarabâlte" (meaning "Channel 2 - Southeast and Midwest" in Kalennian) slide up after this happens.
FX: 3D animation, done by Gretel.
Music/Sounds: A high-pitched violin string, which then fades out after a climactic ambient horn tune plays. The tune then cuts to the station's 5-note jingle, as the letters fade to blue along with the Kalennian Overcast logo's zooming in and out in sync. During all this, a Kalennian announcer says "Malpublikâtosa dântro yâ tsakarabâlte âd sautaekâle gâdisni go Âmerikadâsorya, dâb â malsoretkâsa yâ bândesâr go âstarKâlenitelevis..." (“Broadcasting within the Midwest and Southeast areas of America, you are watching the leader of all Kalennian television...”). The announcer then says the name of the station, and its channel number ("Kanâl kenyo", "Channel two").
Scare Factor: Low to medium. The music, and the Kalennian Overcast logo zooming in and out abruptly (in sync with the music) can catch some people watching the station off-guard. Either way, this is a very tame logo.
2nd logo (2018-present)[]
Nicknames: "Black, Blue & White", "Is That A Black Choir?"
Logo: Against a sky background, we see the Kalennian flag waving. Then, the sky and the flag both fade out, as we see the KCFD-TV logo fade in and zoom out.
FX: 2D animation, combined with live-action for the Kalennian flag.
Music/Sounds: A female (possibly Black) choir singing, along with dreamy music.
Trivia: This ident was also used as the shutdown bumper every time KCFD-TV shut down at 12:00 am (00:00 m.d. in the Kalennian clock).
Scare Factor: Low to none. This is a beautiful logo.