Rhode Island PBS

1st Logo (1968)
Visuals: Unknown.

Technique: None.

Audio: The film's closing theme with a male announcer saying "Ring Around Rhode Island is a pre-recorded production of WSBE-TV.".

Availability: Only known to appear on Ring Around Rhode Island.

2nd Logo (1978-1985)


Visuals: We see an abstract text in lines saying: WSBE. After two seconds, it fades from the top left, down to the bottom right, revealing the text in red, green, and blue colored lines; along with text in Antique Olive in green; PROVIDENCE PRESENTS.

Technique: The sliding.

Audio: A mellow, relaxing synth tune.

Availability: Can be seen on some programs such as Feeling Free and Wake of ‘38.

3rd Logo (1998)
Visuals: We see the words "WSBE" in silver then the lights turn on to see the text "A Presentation of" on top and "Providence RI" underneath. Also, the text shines.

Technique: CGI

Audio: A piano tune.

Availability: Seen only on Steamboats On the Hudson.

4th Logo (2005-2012)
Visuals: On a shining cyan background, we see footage of a seagull flying, while the text "RhodeIslandPBS" with the PBS symbol next to it zooms out. The footage turns into an abstract blue seagull, placed above the text.

Variant: Sometimes, "Produced in Association with" or "A Production of" is seen at the top of the animation..

Technique: 2D animation and live-action.

Audio: A guitar theme with seagull screams.

Availability: Seen on Ciao Italia.

5th Logo (2012-)


Visuals: The same logo from before with the black text turned into white, on a blue background.

Technique: The animation.

Audio: Same as the 2005-2012 logo.

Availability: Seen as before.