Public Broadcasting Service logo 1971-1985

[kenbob331]

WPTD 16 Dayton WPTO 14 Oxford WCET 48 Cincinnati and WOSU 34 Columbus. Can't believe I grew up with 4 PBS stations on my cable.

[DarthSinistris]

KMBH 60 Rio Grande Valley

[OldSchoolRadioHour]

WHYY TV-12 Philadelphia,PA



[dft432]

This reminds me of watching "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood", especially the 1969-75 episodes that I saw via reruns during the mid-late 1980s....fun times.

[dft432]

WGBH 2 & WGBX 44 Boston

WSBE 36 Providence

Southeastern Mass & Cape Cod, where both Boston & Providence tv channels can be seen

[RetroVideoFan]

@dft432 Same with me.

[RetroVideoFan]

@dft432 Same here. I also get those stations.

[TheDeathcoaster]

KukuBima with PBS 1971/MamaSuka with KingWorld 1989/Sari Roti with LBS 1989

Indonesia with United States of America

[TheDeathcoaster]

Sony Pictures Originals (Canada)

[TheDeathcoaster]

PBS vs. ABC vs. CBS vs. CNN vs. FOX vs. NBC vs. Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Disney vs. CN vs. Nintendo vs. Star Wars vs. WWF/WWE vs. Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi vs. McDonald's vs. KFC vs. Pizza Hut vs. Burger King vs. No A&W vs. No Texas Chicken/PBS Viacapple/Mega Man/Mario

[zshaw7549]

Preschool all over again.

[TheZeke1974]

CH 39 Bowling Green, Ohio mid to late 1970s early 1980s. Then later out of Fort Wayne.... 

[TheBambam2371]

channel 8 houston pbs

[chip64c]

This is the Emergency Broadcast Service

[KitanavsMileena]

Anyone know why they flipped it the other way? Here it actually is a P.

[UtubeLeeOh]

WSWP TV-9 BECKLEY WV

the only PBS affiliate in rural VA where I grew up in the 70's until our cable company switched it out with another affiliate in Norton, VA

[zshaw7549]

Reminds me of watching Sesame Street.

[GingerGilligan]

I feel like I've just seen Sesame Street and now waiting for Mister Rogers to come on. KMTF Channel 18 Fresno, CA

[Scottthewolf]

The first part of that tune sounds like a front loading washing machine winding down in the spin cycle.

[TheKimberBenton]

WNET 13, New York City.

[MrBobTomato]

Was that still shown in 2000s?

[jerold6314]

cleveland ohio

1983 and i still remember this

[msmithstud]

WSRE, CHANNEL 8 PENSACOLA, FL ...........The memories this brings back

[MavsFan1982]

KERA, Channel 13 (Dallas-Ft. Worth)

[dcbandnerd]

WETA 26 - Washington

[wannawatchu66]

KQED 9 San Francisco and KVIE 6 Sacramento

[Aquarianquetie]

WCVE, Channel 23 - Richmond Virginia

[sldl04]

WNPE-WNPI Channel 16, Watertown and Channel 18, Norwood.

[Green18600]

WILL -- Channel 12 Urbana, Illinois: A member of the University of Illinois -- Champaign-Urbana Campus. Sesame Street and Wall $treet Week would be two programs coming to mind during the 1970's on public television. A 10!!

[SidJustice1]

WHYY Channel 12 Philadelphia Pennsylvania

[PJSkins26]

WCNY Channel 24, Syracuse, NY During the analog and rabbit ears era.

[RCTelevision134]

WHYY 12 - Philadelphia, PA

[TheJamesmario]

WTVS Channel 56, Detroit, MI

[slaterms11]

KRMA Channel 6, Denver

[dmaster92289]

WTTW 11 Chicago

[elwin38]

WKNO Channel 10, Memphis, TN....i used to watch all the kids shows..i.e. Sesame St, Electric Company, Zoom. Later on 3-2-1-Contact and The Great Space Coaster.

[TheVerdeCuervo]

WXXI 21 in Rochester, NY!

[bassistguy]

KETC Channel 9, St. Louis!

[dogstreamWW]

KET, kentucky

[miles1200]

KLVX Channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV!!!

[Moonberry94]

I havent seen this logo when i was a small child, and its not so frightful for me now. Though that stupid old electic computer sound can make every logo creepy

[mikper7]

Remember when, even in the nation's largest market, all you had besides PBS (on Channel 13, of course) were channels 2 (WCBS), 4 (WNBC), 5 (WNYW), 7 (WABC), 9 (WOR), and 11 (WPIX). I man literally, 7 friggin' channels...and I watched more TV back then!

[msmithstud]

I know this sounds stupid, but I could listen to that all day. I miss the late 70's and early 80's.

[xXthescarykidXx]

@msmithstud

I concur

[LoudProudNPunk1]

KCET LOS ANGELES! Ch. 28! ..I remember seeing this alot when I was a toddler in the early 80's, right before Sesame Street came on. I was never frightened by this and liked it. My dad told me That when this came on, especially when I heard "this... is... CBS!" I freaked out and got really excited every time. Being a kid was fun.

[demikede1]

KVCR 24- San Bernardino/Riverside Cal. on channels 12 or 14 Indio/El Centro Cal. for those in the Palm Springs area and Imperial valley back in the 1970s/early 80s.

[wiithepeople2]

WFWA PBS 39 Fort Wayne here.

[vigilante11485]

Damn, those old-school synthesizers are hard to resist! I love the sound of them!

[geon67]

WHYY Channel 12 Philadelphia/Wilmington

[staytunedfor]

WNIT channel 34 Elkhart/South Bend. Public television for Michiana.

[dslgunner1977]

This was the "PBS" logo of my childhood! :)

[Superbook4Eva]

WKAR Channel 23 East Lansing, Michigan.

[audioblinker]

KMBH-TV 60 Cable 10 - Rio Grande Valley - South Texas

[yammie75]

WNED Channel 17, Buffalo. Serving Western New York and Southern Ontario.

[TheDarthEddie]

WBRA-15 Roanoke, Virginia!

[cochranexyz]

KCTS-9 Seattle.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

KPTS channel 8 Hutchisonn/Wichita this is in south central Kansas. Still ch. 8. And music wasn't scary it sounded to my toddler mind in late 70s early 80/s like the tv was hickupping and the P reminded me of a key. Like a key to knowledge or something. Never realized it was a head until my toddlers started watching PBS kids a few years bak

[JGmartinezJr]

KCET-TV, Los Angeles, Channel 28

[joshtemplet]

WLPB 27 Baton Rouge, LA

[Mark40930]

KCET Los Angeles..UHF.channel 28, cable channel 8

[torchwoodjackharknes]

WKLE Lexington/Richmond, Kentucky Channel 46!!!!!  KET...

[jnrks0211]

WDCN Channel 8 (Now WNPT Channel 8) - Nashville, TN

[IstvanN1961]

Channel 12 WHYY TV Wilmington-Philadelphia.

[ThePolerbearproducts]

WSKG TV Binghamton NY Channel 7!!!!!

[QueenNostalgia]

San Francisco!

[QueenNostalgia]

kqed channel 9

[bfbjr]

WCNY Channel 24 Syracuse, New York!

[newstarcadefan]

WNEO-TV Alliance/Youngstown, and WEAO Akron Ohio, AKA Channels 45 and 49

[justasiam1970]

WSJK TV, Sneedville, TN high atop Short Mountain.. one of the smallest cities in Tennessee...but Short Mountain was the location for the broadcast towers.. LOL!

[singinglawnchair]

WGVU, channel 35 in Grand Rapids

[eegphalanges]

Someone I knew had two friends she nicknamed "PBS & Butt-Chin"--one had the profile of the "P" and the other a cleft chin. I wonder what she called me when I wasn't around...

[Xezlec]

I still just don't understand what's so frightening about the sound of a beautiful, soft, smooth, vintage synthesizer. This logo seems quite nice to me.

[JWReichert]

Channel 8--KUHT Houston

[epsteinsmutha1]

Viewer Supported Public Television from the campus of Indiana University

WTIU Channel 30 Bloomington

[Erredmek]

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA !!!!

I used to love the way that sounded when watching Channel 13 New York -- I guess I still like it !!

:-)

[ipeters61]

Channel 24 WEDH, Hartford!

[RailroadJerk]

Cable 3 in Winnipeg/KGFE Channel 2 in Grand Forks!

[DJCandyManMike]

WKPC, channel 15 in Louisville, KY.

[Ace411275]

Channel 44 WGIQ Louisville/Texasville, AL (formally Channel 43)!

[HightowerDH]

Also, WCES-TV 20 in Augusta, GA

[HightowerDH]

WVAN-TV 13 (formerly 9) in Savannah, GA

[porkyminch01]

this is much worse than Screen Gems

[Mcoov]

Channel 2 WGBH, and Channel 44 WGBX in Boston.

[whattheheck1000]

WDCN, Channel 8, Nashville, TN (Now WNPT)

[Ulisesbroos]

P-Pals?

[DrPhilMusic]

This music is kind of a wake-up theme, for like 5 in the morning when you have to go to work.

[luvsthose8230s]

WEDH CHANNEL 24 HARTFORD CONN.

[sldl04]

WNPE-WNPI Channel 16

Watertown, NY

[johnissoevil]

WNET 13 Newark (station's operations have since moved to Manhattan)

New Jersey Network

[spintecmaster]

Witf Hershey pa

[MatthaeusGulielmus]

WGBH 2, Boston; WGBX 44, Boston

[evilnub]

WPBT - Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

[mlentz71]

Wcmu channel 6, Traverse city MI

[thedude19766]

WGTE channel 30 Toledo Ohio

[Tyrone181]

WFUM TV 28, Flint, MI.

[kc8grp]

WTVS channel 56, Detroit

[videonut33]

WHYY TV12 Wilmington/Philadelphia

WLVT TV 39 Allentown

[rjflesher]

WNED-TV 17, Buffalo, NY

[MattTheSaiyan]

This video gives me the urge to play the Atari 2600.....and buy some Coca-Cola in glass bottles?

[fisher10000]

KOPB Channel 10, Portland, OR

[ooga70]

Channel 12, WILL-TV, Champaign-Urbana, IL

[smittykins]

WCNY, Channel 24, Syracuse, NY!

[NikDev5000]

WMVS 10 & WMVT 36, Milwaukee!

[icpizzaboy]

WGTE TV 30 Toledo Ohio

[ControlledExplosions]

Channel 17, WMHT Albany NY! 

[mariomatt692]

and Channel 11 (WTTW) in Chicago!

[mariomatt692]

Channel 13 (WNET) in NYC!

[jhonnydrama]

channel 18 toronto

[cfoster81]

WETA Channel 26, Arlington, VA and since I live in Maryland as they used to say it when Maryland Public Television opened and closed their broadcast days in the past. "Channel 22 WMPT in Annapolis, Maryland, Channel 28 WCPB in Salisbury, Maryland, Channel 31 WWPB in Hagerstown, Maryland, Channel 36 WGPT in Oakland, Maryland, Channel 62 WFPT in Frederick, Maryland and Channel 67 WMPB in Baltimore, Maryland".

[murielsartre]

WMVS & WMVT, Channels 10 and 36, M'waukee.

[uktransplantedyank]

KAET-TV Ch. 8 in Phoenix!

[51512601]

If I remember right, there were times when this logo played and a voice over would announce what show was next so I didn't hear the music at all.

[51512601]

WNET Thirteen NYC

[ncatina]

WHYY -TV Ch 12 in Philadelphia!

[Dhfalcon62]

WNET Channel 13 - Newark, NJ and WPBT Channel 2 - Miami, FL

[SuperGamer68]

KSPS CHANNEL SEVEN UHF SPOKANE WASHINGTON!

[thetoolbox112394]

why don't they keep all their old pbs logos? why do they keep getting new ones? the new ones are boring.

[jsaw200]

KCTS/Seattle Public Television Channel 9

[bassistguy]

St. Louis, KETC Channel 9

[Mr253raymond]

WPSX ch3 state college ( now WPSU ).

[whodat3702]

KPBS - Ch 15, San Diego.

[neoconsnightmare3]

WTTW-Channel 11, Chicago.  I used to LOVE that little tune!

[Vasquez77]

WNET Channel 13 - New York City

[godlover2179]

Channel 13 WNET- New York City, NY/Newark, NJ

[brainysnaeha]

The music is quite haunting at first but later on love this music!

Why can't today's channel's ID didn't sound like this?

The logo and fonts was really 70s,80s style.

There's nothing wrong about logo,i think its rather "kind of my style that i wanted

to see"

Today's logos has been pretty much sucks compared to this.

The Thailand new NBT channel logo was not looked as modern as it should but

that's good thing and now being classic also Thai PBS logo was classic

[freakspeely]

Channel 2 KETS (now AETN) Little Rock, AR! Sesame Street & Electric Company is the WORD!

[PeaceFrog467]

WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago,IL

[RGAF1987]

It's a shame that the music PBS and others use on TV doesn't sound like this anymore. It makes me feel a bit nostalgic, and I'm only twenty-two. I should barely remember this kind of thing.

[whattheheck1000]

@RGAF1987 Hey I'm 18 and this makes me feel nostalgic... not to mention I was 17 when you posted that comment

[Tapwater2226]

WTVS channel 56 in Detroit, MI

[Akira625]

This would make an interesting ringtone! :)

[purpletoe101]

@Akira625

Yes it would!

[theGMANtheBOSS]

I really like the music. <3

[RPZ975XL]

Channel 68 WKMJ Louisville Ky.

[RailFanTV]

WNET Channel 13 NYC (the flagship of the Propaganda, er I mean Public Broadcasting Servce), WLIW Channel 21 out of Garden City, LI - WNYE channel 25 NYC now owned by the city of NY, & NJN.

[Kevra777]

Channel 8, North Georgia!

[ilovemayo123]

some of the scariest and weirdest movies had weird synth sounds in them...

[uwtitanfan]

Channel 38 - WPNE, Green Bay Wisconsin

[moxie96]

KQED Channel 9 San Francisco!

[reganBuffalo]

WNED channel 17 Buffalo. Serving Western New York and Southern Ontario.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

Whoever came up with the synth melody was a musical genius! Just one of the reasons I love the 70's.

They replaced the NET logo with this one on my bonus DVD containing the first Sesame Street episode.

[Aspergian]

@TelephoneRock4ever Paul Alan Levi composed the Moog synth melody.

[parkman35]

Everyone sound off on your PBS station where you were when this logo was popular...Channel number and call sign please!.

Channel 11 WTTW-Chicago!

[MisterGee7]

@parkman35

KCPT Channel 19, Kansas City, Missouri

[Fluorescences]

WETA Channel 26, Washington.

[jskf622]

@parkman35 Channel 13 WQED Pittsburgh

[bryanw91178]

@parkman35  KETC channel 9 St.Louis,MO

[jemerson722]

@parkman35 Channel 24 -- WNPB Morgantown, WV

[lothartheterrible]

Channel 5 KTXT- Lubbock, Tx

[WTRickman]

@parkman35 KETS - Channel 2 - Little Rock

[RareMusicalGems]

@parkman35 WILL-TV 12, Urbana IL

[thomaslover135]

@parkman35 KCET 28 In LA

[marioTmaggot]

They would play this, and then Dragons, Wagons, and Wax would come on, followed by Readalong. I miss the old PBS. =(

[marioTmaggot]

This is the logo I remember most growing up.

[ThereisNoGoingHome]

If we as citizens are obligated to pay a hefty fee, to a private company just to be given the privilege of accessing "public television" then by default there is no such thing as public television.

[birthalove22]

I LOVED this logo because i knew that soon i would be soothed by Lilias Yoga and You!

[Davidt33]

In New York, the music would sometimes be muted out by an announcer saying this or that is coming up next on Thirteen.

[RAM71]

why are some people saying they are scared of this?- you squares...this is awesome

[MrRackensack]

actually many may not remember, this logo actually ran until 1986 Sept. then the new logo was introduced for the fall season

[v10lini5t19921993]

I was born in Beverly, MA in 1982. I am unsure if I have, but so might have, seen or heard, this logo.

[bigrene2]

Umm, no.

[Rav1nRay]

I remember this from Sesame Street, when it was shown after the credits. Ah, the memories!

[DogBoneBlues71]

" ...one of the scariest logos in the history of television, due to its startlingly primitive animation and frightening moog synthesizer tones " < Ha Ha Ha! Folks, you just can't make this stuff up! Thanks for the memories, yes I found the "humanoid" head sorta disturbing when I was a kid, gotta love growing up in the '70s! :D

[Cloverheart109]

I love this logo its not scary at all! (To me)

[happy7117]

How can I get this as a ring tone for my text phone??

[rcortez911]

I can't believe how a few seconds of this took me back to 1982....thank you ;)

[v10lini5t19921993]

Hearing this yields nerves. Anyway...G...B...D...UH-OH!

[marius478]

Ahhhh,the 1970's.  :)

[catgumart]

Those sounds stimulate brain cells that remained dormant for many years..

[thimoneus]

So much nostalgia comes from that. It is one of the major symbols of my childhood.

[LocoYoFla]

When i heard this many times as a kid, I thought a nuclear war from the USSR had started when i heard it and it was an emergency broadcast.

[thespawnof66]

I agree. That sound used to scare the crap out of me when I heard it.