KWSU Channel 10 Pullman

Background: KWSU is the PBS station affiliate located in Pullman, Washington, owned and operated by Washington State University.

1st (known) Logo

(1976-1994)

Nicknames: "Static Squiggly Lines", "CWSU", "CUSU", "CWJU", "CUJU", "KWSU From Hell", "Flashy Public Television"

Logo: We see some purple and blue squiggly lines on a dark background. The blue lines appear as more of a liquid substance when the logo forms. All of a sudden, they form the letters "KWSU" in a pink Stop font, the same font used in the 1984 Maryland Public Television logo. After that, the word "presents" in Heliotrope fades in. Finally, they squeeze themselves into the black background.

FX/SFX: The lines forming, the fading, and the squeezing.

Cheesy Factor: Very cheesy Scanimate effects, plus the font makes the text say CWSU, or even CUSU, with a vertical rectangle inside the U. It may also be mistaken for CWJU or CUJU. Also, "presents" looks cheesily chyroned and the effects became dated by the 1980's.

Music/Sounds: A weird synthesized tune, which sounds like a error in a arcade game or something from the 70s.

Availability: Rare. Seen on programs at the time, most famous the videotaped edition of The Second Ending, featuring Heart, live at their studio.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare. The weird music combined with the creepy font and darkness might scare more than a few people. Those who aren't scared by this logo will nonetheless find it ear-grating or epilepsy-prone beyond belief itself.

2nd Logo

(1994-1995?)

Logo: This logo is also difficult to describe, but from what we know, this is how the animation goes-- on a brownish-purple (gradient?) background, we see "KWSU" colored red sliding in from the right, and "Presentation" flipping up, and then the logo fades out.

FX/SFX: The sliding in of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A synth-guitar tune.

Availability: On Susan Schewee's painting shows that carry an annoying "American Public Television" bumper, at least.

Scare Factor: Low. This is tamer than the previous logo.