Network color opens logos 1950's-60s NBC-CBS-NBC-ABC

Network color logos 1950's-60s NBC-CBS-NBC-ABC

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[fromthesidelines]

Noble bought NBC's "Blue Network" in 1943, 'Jan' (after the government ordered them, in an anti-trust action, to divest themselves of one of their two radio networks), and had it identified as such until early 1945, when staff announcers began noting, "This is the Blue network, of the American Broadcasting Company". In June of '45, the "Blue Network" officially became ABC [yet continued to share space at NBC's Rockefeller Plaza offices until the mid-'50s].

[Jantv81]

@fromthesidelines ABC, which was born as part of NBC's two networks: Red and Blue did not make the scene until 1945 when Edward J. Noble bought the Blue Network and turned it into the American Broadcasting Company.

[Jantv81]

@cobrachoppergirl Living color was only to symbolize the power that NBC had over competition. Remember CBS and NBC were tight when it came to broadcasting "color" programming for all shows- however, with the right equipment, NBC out did CBS and ABC when it came to virtual innovative techniques to make color broadcasting possible.

[MarkJ1961]

NOTE that the ABC "rolling circles" with fanfare music was 1965/66 (and maybe 1964/65?). Starting with 1966/67, ALL color ABC shows (thru 1970/71?) had PROGRAM-SPECIFIC color bumps instead at the very beginning of the program. "BAT-MAAAAHHN" (In Color). "Next... the Fugitive... IN COLOR!". Elizabeth Montgomery on camera: "Hi! Stay tuned for 'Buh'-WITCHED! NEXT! In 'Kuluh'!", slides with jingle music and "IN COLOR" text but no audio verbage for "Brady Bunch" (1969/70), "That Girl", etc.

[dan1701a]

@Catdude5000, no, it was pretty much traditional animation. If you put transparent cels on top of each other, they tend to "multiply" the color on them, sort of like in Photoshop when you choose each layer's mode.

[imajeepster]

the second one is the one I remember most.

[agustinmotta111]

the theme from the 1st nbc peacock is like music kids childs!

[RayPointer]

The second ABC logo shown was actually the first on that was being used starting in 1962. The one preceding went into use in 1964 and continued to be used for several years.

[Catdude5000]

With that 1950s NBC Peacock, I wonder if the purple vector-graphics-like, "pre-fill" drawing sequence of the peacock feathers was created by a "programmed" oscilloscope of some sort. Maybe it was done by traditional animation techniques, but it strikes me as possibly an early example of what could arguably be considered computer-generated animation.

[fromthesidelines]

Keep in mind that NBC was virtually the ONLY network to schedule color programming (though only a few were colorcast) in the late '50s and early '60s; CBS halted their limited color programming in 1959 (they didn't want RCA to sell more of their sets by capitalizing on THEIR shows), and didn't resume them until the fall of 1965. ABC didn't have the financial or technical ability to carry color shows until September 1962...then, only two or three shows were colorcast in prime-time until '65.