NBC chimes with snake logo

[fromthesidelines]

The "G-E-C" chimes originally signalled the end of a program on radio- as an "outcue" to alert local affiliates to cut away for a station break/I.D., a staff announcer usually ended a program by declaring, "This is [NBC,] the National Broadcasting Company" (or, by the '50s, "This is the NBC Radio Network"), followed by the chimes....

[TaleSpinTV1990]

The current chimes are prettier they are more modern and more high pitched

[DSM1G90]

A history moment on the chimes: From 1927 to 1928 they experimented with various sequences of as many as seven tones, ie: G-C-G-E-G-C-E. However, since the air men found it difficult to repeatedly do this accurately, it was reduced to four, G-G-G-E, and then on 11/29/29, the G-E-C triad was first broadcast.

[psykdiva]

@ Robb: LOL you are right; that hadn't occurred to me before.

[RobDZeppelin]

that beginning of that one song that goes "ill stop the world to melt with you" sounds like this. random useless observation

[HAMMERDOWNROKK]

why is there so much grit and grain in the film??

[ClassicTVMan81]

The correct notes for this jingle are G, E, C. This is said to be an allusion to NBC's parent, General Electric Company.

[lytrigian]

@ClassicTVMan81 It might be said, but it's wrong. The chimes came into use almost 60 years before GE owned NBC. At the time, its parent company was RCA.

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

That's fairly creepy like the S from hell.

[sr36532]

You can tell by these comments the younger generation that is spoiled by color and hd tv.

[coloradostar50]

another cool, jingle

[NebraskaFan77]

CONAN!

[blutrane1]

The chimes are intonations of the musical notes G, E, and C representing the intials of the General Electric Co which owned and operated NBC from its beginning as a radio network

[HortHawg]

Good night Chet. Good night David. Seeing this really took me back,

[singinjohnny]

I always loved this NBC insignia and didn't realize that the background color changed synchronously with the sound of the chimes as we watched this back then on a black and white television. I always was fascinated by how the letters were designed to be attached to each other. Westinghouse's "Group W" insignia for their television network at that time was another nice piece of graphic art.

[DrSurprise]

this is the best "old times" chime sound! beter than this one!

/watch?v=X_W510QY0zU&feature=r­elated

[tsntana]

Probably why they stuck with the lower octave.

[akampfer]

When I was a kid, I thought the NBC snake was the creepiest thing on TV. It's nice to see it again.

[crazylaura64]

i hate the way its forming nbc. and the colours dont help either

[dibstah]

Sweet Animation too.

[sonictrey]

Man, can't believe this is the final day of analog broadcasting in the US...

[JojoPandacutie1989]

This logo is so cool. Sounds like a doorbell

[happy7117]

What a great doorbell!

[SONICSATAMJAMER77]

"Ding , Dang , Dong'

What a wonderful sound that is!

[krookyjj]

@SONICSATAMJAMER77 i think the "Ding , Dang , Dong" is "n, b, c."

[SONICSATAMJAMER77]

They still use that chime today!

[MarkJ1961]

If you want to be a contestant on Jeopardy, write to Jeopardy, Radio City Station, New York 20, New York. Jeopardy is a Merv Griffin Enterprises Production in association with the NBC Television Network. Stay tuned for "Eye Guess" with Bill Cullen, next in color, over most of these same NBC Television stations, THIS is Don Pardo, Speaking. ("take five" theme-music ends, "BAP!", then the NBC chimes: "Bong, Bing, Bung")

[AttackOfTheDoctor]

lol i have a friend who lives in australia and the train she takes to go to th library makes the nbc chime sound when theyre about to stop

[Blackedward]

SCARY SHIT

[rtivey01]

sounds like a doorbell

[stevethepocket]

I wonder if the head of NBC has a doorbell that plays that. I wonder if he doesn't but the fake one in "30 Rock" does. (I've never seen that show.)

[happy7117]

I just posted that comment before reading yours...but it does make a good doorbell.

[Clovervidia]

woot....

[imajeepster]

so cool....

[fromthesidelines]

The particular "bumper" was seen at the end of every series "co-produced" by the network {i.e. production funding} from 1965 through (at least) 1971...I remember seeing this at the end of "I DREAM OF JEANNIE", "GET SMART", "STAR TREK", "THE BILL COSBY SHOW", "HULLABALOO", etc.

[iabhornc]

Does anybody know which year(s) NBC used this logo? I saw some really old Star Trek bloopers and I saw this (although upside down and color faded) after the credits.

[markojameow]

This logo, which is affectionately called "snakey" by its many fans, was used from 1959 to 1975.

[iabhornc]

Thanks

[markojameow]

Anytime!

[Limp73]

It scared me too at first but the kinephoto disclaimer used in the 50s was much scarier. The NBC snake logo was the coolest logo they had.

[CJBlackleather]

I Loved This Logo!!!

[retroguy1976]

I like that logo they shoulda kept it

[RonaldVaughan]

Skitch Henderson did a "Music From The 'Tonight' Show' " album...and it featured

an ENTIRE SONG built upon these three notes.

That song would play during the intermission

when JOHNNY was off-camera. I wish I had that

music!

[seanoue]

NBC rocks man. Plus the chimes rocks too man. You should do the one with the Columbia logo with the NBC chimes too.

[Teflon65]

There is a CBS (Columbia) color logo, somewhere on You Tube. It doesn't have the NBC chimes, of course.

[seanoue]

Well I can here the guy that said This is CBS on some old Star Trek bloopers.

[Teflon65]

I thought Star Trek was on NBC. Maybe they did a bloopers show, over on CBS, years later.

[ilikesakura2005]

This one scares me.

[LuvvyDuck]

There was one they had late at night that scared the crap out of me...it had the Time-Life logo on it and this freaky music.

(It doesn't bother me now. :) )

[whattheheck1000]

I like the Laramie Peacock myself.

[sereneceline101]

the nbc 3 note jingle started in 1936 this logo started in 1959 to 1976 but the 1956-1975peacock was there

[dra999]

This logo was also known as "The Snake"

[markojameow]

Bring back that logo! I agree, this was NBC's best logo - simple, easy to remember, and so-o-o-o cool!

[ricsanta1]

And the three musical notes played with this logo are easy to remember as well: G-E-C (i.e. General Electric Company, the parent company of NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC)

[storrs19]

This was what followed most shows broadcast on NBC from 1965-1972 in color. Nice to see it again. Thanks.

[kxx46]

NBC should have kept this logo !!

[Disco2009]

You mean 1965-1975.

[eaglesfan47441]

used to scare me when I was 3 years old!!!

[huggyface]

Did the old PBS identification music scare you too? The different-colored PBS letters on-screen and the several low tones that followed a little high-pitched noise? I loved that one!

[markojameow]

Same here!

[huggyface]

Yes! ;-)

[BONEDOMEZ]

because its a subliminal dude.

[tamspeci]

This was NBC's coolest logo.I wonder why NBC has changed their logo so many times while ABC & CBS have used their logos for at least 50 years.

[aljertrev]

How long has NBC used that 3 note jingle?

[fluffbits]

the chimes have an interesting history. nbc began using them on radio in the 20's i believe, but the tv i'm not sure. anyone help? also, there was a 4th chime, which was used for "bulletins". do a google search on nbc chimes for more info. thanks!

[CastleCrashers441]

@fluffbits I heard it earlier on tv when my parents were watching it I heard it

[EdisonTechCenter]

@aljertrev NBC chimes originated from WGY radio station, which was GE's experimental radio station based from GE's former headquarters in Schenectady, NY. The chimes had several variations with more than just three notes. GE connected NYC and Schenectady by microwave link in the 40's to make the world's first TV network link. You can here an old version of the NBC chimes on the video: Worlds Only working Pallophotophone 1922 on my YouTube Channel.

[89990000]

@aljertrev

It's still alive moron. it will be used forever.

[Disco2009]

This is kinda the 1971 NBC snake.

[jdbaes]

A great  memory........thanks

[Yutzwagon404]

kinda CRAP.

[Yutzwagon404]

Sorry I apologize for any offense...the logo is fine, but the video quality is kinda fizzy

[brealmsys]

Well, it is from over 40 years ago :)

[sean33b]

Boy do I remember this At the end of most of the NBC shows.

Thanks

[wubbzyrocks]

Can you upload the poor one?

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Presented By The NBC-TV Network (1965 To 1970) They Should Really Bring That Back In A 1960's Remake They Should Remake That They Should Bring Back The NBC Peacock The Following Program Is Brought To You In Living Color On NBC Then At The End Presented By The NBC-TV Network At The End From 1965 To 1970 They Should Remake Those Again

[Disco2009]

This logo should come back and the 1962 peacock should come back with the "We're NBC, just watch us now!" ident!

[markojameow]

Awesome idea, Disco2009. (Judging from your name, you're a fellow Old School disco fan - yes!) The sad part is that TV has lost the innocence and creativity of an earlier time, and NBC would veto this idea because it's listened to a few beancounters who don't understand TV.

[Browndoor1986]

John Graham designed the Snake logo, along with the original 1957-62 Peacock, the Laramie Peacock of the early to mid 60's, and the corporate N of the mid to late 70's.

In the 80's, the NBC logo was the N with a peacock on top (a different peacock from the 50's and 60's..... just take today's peacock, add a few more feathers on and change the colors to I believe orange yellow and purple).

[ShaDeed329]

I like that one!

[zendcs]

Spooky!

[seanpaulfan200]

I wish they had that logo and the current one (the peacock) and chimes, It makes NBC!

[enigma413]

Wish they would bring back this logo.

[psykdiva]

This and the peacock both bring back memories!

[Fullmetalking86]

Cool!! They should bring it back!

[dnm728]

If NBC produced the preceding program the disclaimer read "Produced with the NBC-TV Network" (as shown here), if produced by someone else and shown by the network the disclaimer read "Presented by the NBC-TV Network."

[pannoni1]

Uugggggh... the changing color backgrounds are so cheesey. The Viacom 1971 pinball probably stole that changing color technique from this logo, as everytime a letter is completed the background color changes!

[btwokyu]

Bring back this logo, NBC!

[fromthesidelines]

The disclaimer would also read at times, if the network produced the preceeding program, "Produced by the NBC-TV Network". This bumper appeared at the end of every NBC program from 1965 until the summer of 1970.

[ShaDeed329]

Would it also have the "In association with" version as well?

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

yet another variation of the classic NBC 'snake' logo, this one I remember well.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

It Was Introduced September 19,1965

[Disco2009]

No, it wasn't introduced in 1965, it was introduced in 1959, as said on Wikipedia.

[wmbrown6]

The NBC 'snake' logo was introduced in 1959. This closing bumper, however, did debut in 1965.

[ChristianWithNES]

Short and Sweet!

[dnm728]

Great!  I finally found the NBC Snake ID with chimes here!