NBC's Graphics: Mid-Late 1990s

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Were these graphics used for NBC's branding, or were they made just for its affiliates?

[rkolsen 1686]

I want to say they were local. NBC probably didn’t make them and likely are part of the graphics package that was used. That being said The Howie Mandel Show was made by NBC but was syndicated.

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Look at the background. Countless NBC affiliates have used it in promos, news opens, etc. I'm thinking it was a promo template that NBC made for its stations, but I'm thinking otherwise.

 

Here's another example:

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I don’t know. It could be that or a syndicated package.

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Have you ever seen NBC use it in promos and ID's?

[Drew 152]

KNDO-KnDU used that too.

[rkolsen 1686]

Have you ever seen NBC use it in promos and ID's?

 

I was young then. But pretty much all I can remember were related to Hearst’s image news.

[Drew 152]

I think NBC created them and the stations could use them as they wished. KNDO was a Raycom Media station back then.

[Samantha 2902]

A lot of smaller-market NBC stations used these.

 

A predecessor is the "blinking lights" background from 1996 or so:

 

 

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A lot of smaller-market NBC stations used these.

 

A predecessor is the "blinking lights" background from 1996 or so:

 

 

I was not aware of that...

[SFTV 532]

Ah the glass peacock. KNSD used these.

[TSSZNews 1052]

I can confirm this was an affiliate promo package NBC fed out to affiliates in the late 90s.

 

Source: I used these backgrounds cutting promos at my first job.