American Program Service

1st Logo (1992-1996)
Logo: On a maroon background, we see the text

Times New Roman

in Copperplate, which zooms in slightly. There is a shining wipe on the text.

Variant: There is a variant which has "Times New Roman" under the text.

Technique: The name zooming in, and the "shimmer".

Music/Sounds: None. In other cases, it uses the end theme of the show.

Availability: Preserved on VHS tapes of Bloopy's Buddies and pre-1996 episodes of Computer Chronicles (which is preserved on the "Cyber Cafes" and "Macworld" episodes on the Internet Archive). It also appeared on American PBS airings of The Big Comfy Couch episodes from the era.

2nd Logo (1996-April 25?, 1999)


Logo: On a black background with 2 orange/brown squares, we the letters "Impact" in orange/brown with the words "Courier" below the letters zooming out from us, with the "Impact" slightly on top of the "Impact", a white bracket revealing the "Impact", and a black bracket revealing the "Impact". Once the letters shift into place, the words:

________ Programs For Public Television

appear below the letters "Impact", while a small flash appears above the "Impact" in the top left hand corner. Also, one of the squares disappears, leaving one square in the background, which rotates.

Technique: The animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A rather triumphant synth tune with snare drumroll sounds, produced on the E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestral synthesizer using the Percussion 1 (Patch #58) instrument patch.

Music/Sounds Variant: Sometimes, the logo is silent.

Availability: Rare. Was seen on 1996-1999 episodes of Computer Chronicles; a few episodes from the era on the Internet Archive retain this. Can also be seen on the final episodes of The Kidsongs Television Show on iTunes. Again, this didn't appear at all on Nightly Business Report.