{"id":6943,"date":"2011-08-10T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T21:00:41","slug":"a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-the-pbs-logo","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-the-pbs-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trip Down Memory Lane with the PBS Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost nothing makes me so nostalgic as the bumpers and &#8220;idents&#8221; (network identification spots) of the media of my childhood. That got me thinking about the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBS_idents\">PBS logo<\/a> through the years &#8212; which is a very personal anchor for a lot of our memories of learning while watching our favorite shows through the years.<br \/>\n<em>Independent Lens<\/em> wasn&#8217;t around until that later generations of the PBS idents, but we all remember the ones from way, way back. Here are a few videos tracing the evolution of the PBS logo. My personal favorite was the 70s version, with left-facing blue P-head and the super groovy jingle.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The making of the mid-1990s logo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7iNg1dRqQI\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost nothing makes me so nostalgic as the bumpers and &#8220;idents&#8221; (network identification spots) of the media of my childhood. 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