Station I.D.s - what did stations feature in them back in the day ?

[gregg75]

I grew up in Columbus, Georgia the "Fountain City" so I remember a lot of station I.D.s for both WRBL 3 CBS and WTVM 9 ABC in the 60's and 70's with fountains in them. Some were still shots and some were videos. What did the stations in your area like to PROMOTE locally in their I.D.s?

 

[ShawnHill1]

CBS Channel 2 in Los Angeles, back in its KNXT days during the '70s and '80s, would feature various local landmarks in their station IDs--the Hollywood Hills, L.A. Zoo, the downtown skyline, etc.

I noticed WCBS-TV (via YouTube clips) also did similar things for their station IDs as well.

 

[desertv]

Phoenix stations until the era of CGI used various AZ scenery photos (probably cut out from Arizona Highways magazine) KOOL-TV also used a picture of the US flag...with the spoken phrase "Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord"

 

[onairb2014]

KRON 4 San Francisco's 'Golden Gat e Bridge' logo is seen at the beginning and end of this sign-off video (recorded on 1986, not sure exactly when it was filmed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iPtDedVZT4
KBHK 44, in its time as a Kaiser station in the '70s, had these promos/IDs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTM9nfH2Fik&list=PL756BD77B30CCCF7C

 

[formeraa]

In Seattle, when CBS had their "Looking Good Here, Looking Good There..." campaign, KIRO produced a local version with their news personalities jumping around with KIRO-branded umbrellas out in the rain.

 

[firepoint525]

WMC-TV, channel 5 in Memphis, has long had a steamboat whistle (representing a Mississippi River riverboat) as part of their station ID.

 

[crainbebo]

KSTW back around 1977 had an ID featuring a Puget Sound marina and boats.
KCTS 9's sign off had a view of I-5 and the Space Needle around 1985...

-crainbebo