KUHT

1st Logo (1975-1983)
Nckname: "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: Early CGI.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Used as a program intro tag back then.

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.

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.

3rd logo (1992-2000's)


TBA

4th logo (2000's-2014)
TBA

5th logo (2014-January 2015 [at least in some cities in Texas, June 2015-])


Logo: On a blurred bacground we see lights form rectangles forming a shape. The shape flips taking the entire screen. It also sparkles a bit. It zooms out to reveal itself to be a square-like shape with a curved gap with a light in it and with a sharp top-right corner. "Houston Public Media" zooms out along. Both stop zooming out.

Trivia: This was made at Locke Bryan Productions and by Kenny Benitez and Cameron Deutschendorf.

Variant: A station ID exists. Basically the same concept, except slower, and "Houston Public Media" fades in below. It stays there still until the program begins. The "H" in "Houston" shines a bit.

FX/SFX: The lights, rectangles and flipping. 2D computer animation graphics.

Music/Sounds: A five-note synth tune, ending in a single synth note. Composed by Alan Villatoro.

Music/Sounds Variant: For the station ID, it starts off with a synth sound segueing into the jingle. It stays as long as the logo does. Also a female announcer says "This is KUHT, Houston Public Media, TV 8."

Availability: Possibly extinct in most places of the U.S., but appears in Houston again after a segment called "Rima, Fuego and the Children" on KUHT. It was seen on Arts Insight shows from the period. Other cities where this ran include Port Lavaca, Point Comfort, Bay City, West Columbia, Angleton, Alvin, and Pearland. For the Station ID, extinct. It was also seen in those cities.

6th logo (January 2015-)


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.

Trivia: This was made by Vicky Charleston.

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 sparkles.


 * 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: The sliding. For the Station IDs the wiping is added. CGI animation here.
 * 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 sparkles differently.

Music/Sounds: Same as previous logo.

Music/Sounds for Station IDs:
 * 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."

Availability: Current. Seen on Arts Insight. The station IDs only ran in Houston proper, and the 1st-3rd (and possibly 5th) are now extinct.