Corporation for Public Broadcasting/Variants

This subpage has two express purposes: to list specific variants of the CPB logo for each CPB-funded program, and to keep track of when programs with each logo were first broadcast.


 * The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour:
 * 1976-19??: Textual logo, often grouped with other funders.
 * 1983-1984:
 * Opening: Within a black bar in the center of the show's standard background at the time, with the company name to the left and the circle to the right.
 * Closing: Same as before, but against a pure blue background.
 * 1984-1987: Standard circle-on-top-of-company-name arrangement, against a black/dark blue background.
 * 1987-1989: Regular animated variant of the 1987 logo.
 * 1989-1991: More stars in the background.
 * 1991-1993: Standard 1991 logo.
 * 1993-1999: Standard 1993 variant of the 1991 logo.
 * 1999-2001: Standard 1999 logo, without byline.
 * 2001-2002: Standard 2001 logo.
 * 2002-2010: Standard 2002 logo.
 * 2010-2015: Standard 2010 logo.
 * 2015-present: Standard 2015 variant of the 2010 logo.
 * Reading Rainbow:
 * June 6, 1983-October 1, 1984: Standard 1982 logo, against a blue background.
 * October 8, 1984-July 3, 1987: Standard 1982 logo, against a black-violet gradient background.
 * August 15, 1988-September 27, 1991:
 * Opening: Regular still variant of the 1987 logo.
 * Closing: Regular animated variant of the 1987 logo.
 * October 5-16, 1992:
 * Opening: Standard 1991 logo.
 * Closing: Still version of the same.
 * October 11, 1993-October 14, 1994:
 * Opening: Standard 1993 variant of the 1991 logo.
 * Closing: Still version of the same.
 * October 2, 1995-October 9, 1998: Standard 1993 variant of the 1991 logo.
 * October 23, 2000-April 20, 2001: Superimposed 1993 variant of the 1991 logo.
 * September 2, 2002-November 10, 2006: Children's variant of the 2001 logo.