Hearst Television

ID (1995-1999)
Logo: Taking place on a close-up of a camera lens with orange and lavender lights moving around it, a large print logo of the station's network (NBC peacock on WBAL-TV, ABC logo everywhere else) tilts and zooms back to the the top left, illuminated in silver and then turning dark as it settles in position. As this happens, the station's logo (in the form of their channel number) appears in front on its side at a slight angle, and zooms out to the right side of the screen while rotating clockwise into view. Station ID info fades in on the left in the Bank Gothic font, with the call letters on top and city/cities below in smaller, spaced out text with a line in between both and on the left (or right in WDTN's version) of the latter.

Trivia: These were made by LoConte-Goldman Design in Boston, MA, and was part of a larger branding and graphics package mandate for the Hearst stations that was also designed at the same agency.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A short brass-based fanfare from the "Image News" music package. Composed by Gari Communications (now known as Gari Media Group) and commissioned by Hearst as part of the aforementioned mandate.
 * This is often accompanied by an announcer.

Availability: Extinct on TV. These usually appeared at the beginning of news intros during this period, and were sometimes used as standalone IDs.