Television station WGBH Boston has been a major source of PBS programming for over four decades, and over the last three decades, its identification and sounder have appeared at the end of its national shows accompanied by different animating graphics. On January 3, 1972, WGBH introduced its first ident. The logo end with the letters "WGBH" in a yellow Helvetica font zooming out away from the viewer to a green background. Then the word "Boston" zooms forward from the center and engulfs the screen and changes the background to yellow, and "Presents", slowly zooms forward in green. The music begins with a choppy, futuristic computer-type synth, followed by a rising synth violin stinger; all elements probably produced on a Moog synthesizer. In this version which is in Black and White, "WGBH" and "Boston" are in black, while "Presents" is in white. This logo is extremely rare, but can be found on tapes of WGBH programming such as January 3, 1972 to September 2, 1977 episodes of ZOOM, episodes of Julia Child's The French Chef, and March 3, 1974 to September 5, 1977 NOVA. On September 5, 1977, WGBH introduced its second ident. The logo begins with a black background, two tiny, moving [ - ]

Television station WGBH Boston has been a major source of PBS programming for over four decades,... [ + ]