KUHT

1st Logo
(1975-1983)

Nickname: "Silhouetted City 2"

Logo: Set on a black background, we see a red silhouetted outline of the Houston skyline (as opposed to the blue silhouetted skyline of Miami in the 90s WPBT logo) zooming toward us and wiping itself in over a blue grid that moves. When a star disappears, an "8", looking like a rope, zooms out and spins itself to the left, while "KUHT", at the same time, zooms out to the center from the bottom left corner of the screen. When they settle in place, two sparkles can be seen simultaneously on the logo.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Early CGI, and the grid is so 1980s.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Used as a program intro tag back then.

Scare Factor: Low to medium for the darkness of the logo.

2nd logo
(1983-1992) Nickname: "Scary Gold 2"

Logo: On a black background, we see "KUHT" in a gold-colored outline font, along with "HOUSTON, TEXAS" below it (in blue), sliding from the top of the screen at a tilted position, then settling into place, a la Parade Video (though unlike Parade's logo, there is no "reflection" underneath). Sparkles can be seen on the logo.

FX/SFX: The sliding of the logo...

Cheesy Factor: ...just plain simple, and the font looks rather ugly.

Music/Sounds: A timpani drum roll.

Availability: Might be seen on KUHT-produced shows of the period if your local station has older prints. Otherwise, extinct.

Scare Factor: Medium to high, because of the way the logo looks, along with the "V of Doom"-esque drum roll.

3rd logo
(1992-2000's?)

TBA

4th logo
(2000's?-2014)

TBA

5th logo
(2014-2015)

TBA

6th logo
(January 2015-) Standard logo / Station ID Versions

Logo: We see the same shape from the previous logo settle with "Houston Public Media" sliding from it. A line forms and the words"TV 8 News 88.7 Classical 91.7 slide out from the line. A bar set up like this:

ARTS & CULTURE I EDUCATION I NEWS I ARTS & CULTURE I EDUCATION I NEWS I ARTS & CULTURE I E

shines.

Station IDs:
 * One starts out with a gray screen with the bar being wiped out by a red bar with some closeups of the figure. We see a closeup of the logo with the text. The screen gets wiped out again and the usual animation plays out. It does not fade out. The standard logo was shortened (how lazy). It zooms in a little bit and shines.


 * Another version has "KUHT-HOUSTON" below the logo and the text.
 * Another version uses a short version of the first Station ID with a red bar.
 * Same as 1st, except with "KUHT-HOUSTON" fading in below.

FX/SFX: Nice modern CGI.
 * Same as 3rd, except with "KUHT-HOUSTON" fading in below, again.
 * A prototype version exists and was never aired. Here the background is gray and it shines differently.

Cheesy Factor: "Houston Public Media" sliding out looks cheesy. Also, "KUHT-HOUSTON" looks chyroned on the newer Station IDs, but otherwise, great CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as previous logo.

Music/Sounds for Station IDs: Availability: Current. Seen on Arts Insight. For the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd station IDs, they were only seen in Houston and now extinct. The 4th is only seen in Houston. As for the 5th one, rare in Houston.
 * Same as previous logo Station ID, except the voice is shifted up a little bit.
 * For the versions with "KUHT-HOUSTON" the same announcer says, "This is Houston Public Media, KUHT-HOUSTON TV 8." Still in use.
 * A new version was introduced. This time, the same announcer says, "This is Houston Public Media, KUHT-HOUSTON TV 8, broadcast from the University of Houston, Houston's public tier one university."

Scare Factor Low. It can suprise some, but it's harmless with some great animation. Same for the Station IDs.