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Logos
Radio version
1926–1931
1931–1942
Television version
1942–1954
During 1942, NBC unveiled their first logo for television. This logo is of a microphone surrounded by lightning bolts. This logo is similar to their first logo. The lightning bolts are used from RCA's logo due to them being a sponsor. This logo means the left side of the lightning is from the radio and the right side of the lightning is from television. On televison it would usually say "This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company."
1949–1954
This NBC logo is like a curtain with text. On the end of "40's Television", the curtain will say "This has been an NBC Television presentation".
1954–1959
In January, a xylophone and mallet was shown with a three tone "G E C" tone, as seen in the Video section. The keys refer to the General Electric Company (G, E, C).
1957–1975
In 1957, NBC started using a logo for their color programming. The original peacock is a lucky find today. In 1962, they changed the logo. On a kaleidoscopic background, a majestic tune plays, as the NBC peacock fans its feathers and then turns into the logo from before.
1960–1975
The chimes were rendered obsolete by 1960 as a new logo, dubbed the "NBC snake", arrived. There are some variants of it but the most famous is the one where it draws itself.
1962–1979
1975–1979
1979–1986
This is shown with or without the stylized "N". The network had, by this time, taken advantage of major successes in its programming to introduce the slogan, "NBC--Proud As A Peacock!"
1986–present
A new logo, created by Chermayeff & Geismar, was finally launched in 1986. Chermayeff & Geismar are also responsible for the logos of PBS, Chase Manhattan Bank, Screen Gems Television, and others.
Special logos
2001
2002
2011
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Holiday
Graphics
2006
A new graphics package was launched for the fall of 2006, created by Los Angeles studio Capacity. This package takes one of the feathers from the peacock and uses it as a "mouse pointer" to "navigate" through promos and other graphical elements, before being tucked back into the peacock when a promo ends or a show has started.
2009
With the start of the new fall schedule on September 14, 2009, NBC launched a new on-air graphics package. The tagline was "More colorful", which can be seen in the package's extensive use of the six colors in the NBC logo. Capacity were behind this rebrand too.
2011
In 2011, NBC altered, and modified their logo slightly to feature more bevels and gradient. Other aspects of the 2009 graphics package remained intact.
Special ID's
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