Bloomington Educational Cable Television

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

Bloomington Educational Cable Television (or BEC-TV for short) is a local television company operated by Bloomington Public Schools in Bloomington, Minnesota that produces school-based programming such as sports, concerts, and ceremonies for its many schools, including Kennedy High School, Olson Elementary School, Jefferson High School, etc. In the mid-70's, the BEC-TV network was launched, consisting of daytime only programming supplied by WLIN (Lincoln High School), KTAV (Kennedy High School), and WJAG (Jefferson High School). The network can only run during school days when students are around operating the controls. It initially went on the air for at most 2 hours before adding more time later on. In the company's early years, they had no funding until early 1982, when they hired Tom Ringdal. He helped the network by recruiting 7th graders and older across the district in creating more programming for the channel.



1st Logo (April 26, 1983-October 28, 1985)

Visuals: On a blue background, on the top left is a "B" with its holes filled and a polygon containing cut-outs of an "E" and a smaller "C". To the right reads:

PRODUCED
FOR CABLE
BY BEC-TV

Underneath it all are the credits for some of the program's teleproduction crew.

Variants:

  • The top text may sometimes have normal capitalization.
  • The top text can very, sometimes consisting of the channel's full name with its channel number (17-D) or have "TELEVISION PRODUCTION CREW:" next to the BEC logo.
    • Other cases, the "PRODUCED FOR" variant omits the BEC-TV name and adds a colon next to "BY".
    • On a September 21, 1984 football match between Kennedy and Jefferson, the words "FOOUnknownLL '84" are next to the BEC logo.
    • On a January 15, 1985 hockey match between the Kennedy Eagles and the Jefferson Jaguars, the top text includes "EAGLE HOCKEY" next to the BEC logo.
    • On a 1985 broadcast of the 1983 Jefferson Marching Band Concert, the top text reads "TELEVISION PRODUCTION CREW:"
  • The background can change colors depending on the program with some containing a purple, dark red, or orange background.
  • Sometimes, the credits remain static.
  • On the 1983 Jefferson Knight Thyme Singers Concert, the bottom text reads:
THIS HAS BEEN
A
BEC TV
TELEPRODUCTION
  • Some shows may have this logo appear on their title cards with the name of the program in a blue box.
  • When the program ends and there aren't any being broadcasted at the moment (similar to the behavior of a test card), the screen goes black and then cuts to this logo where "TV" is within the "C" in the BEC logo, "CHANNEL 17-D" appears as the top text, and the following text
BLOOMINGTON
EDUCATIONAL
CABLE TV

is underneath with thick baby blue bars over and underneath it.

  • The logo may be superimposed into the end programs.
  • On Oak Grove Theatre Company presents, 'Murders of Montmarie', "TELEPRODUCTION CREW" is above the credits portion.

Technique: A computerized graphic.

Audio: Either a rock tune, none, or the ending of the program.

Availability:

  • One of its first appearances was on the 1983 Jefferson Knight Thyme Singers Concert whereas its last was on an October 28, 1985 girl's soccer match part of the Girl's Soccer Section Championship.
  • The superimposed variant was seen on a September 21, 1984 football match between Kennedy and Jefferson and the 1984 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show.
  • The title card variant was so far mostly seen on sports programs such as a January 15, 1985 hockey match between Kennedy and Jefferson as well as the aforementioned October 1985 girl's soccer match.
  • The off-air variant was seen before and after programs would air. This was only used during the 1983-1984 season before being replaced by the 3rd logo. However, it did appear at either the beginning or ending of on-demand prints of the Kennedy JB Singers Show and the Kennedy Choir Pops Concert, both from 1984.
  • There are several programs that do not use this logo, specifically elementary school productions as well as a couple of sports and concert events, most namingly the 1983 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show, as they either start and end with their own title cards with no BEC indicator whatsoever or logos from a different channel/company such as KTAV.

2nd Logo (March 9, 1984-June 5, 1985)

Visuals: An in-credit notice containing the logo from before with "A PRODUCTION/PRESENTATION OF" before it.

Technique: A computerized graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the program.

Availability: Was only seen on the 1984 Kennedy Choir Pops Concert and the 1985 Kennedy High School Graduation.

3rd Logo (1984-November 9, 1990)


Visuals: This is simply the 1st logo with "BLOOMINGTON" AND "EDUCATIONAL CABLE" over and underneath it against a blue background.

Variants:

  • An animated version exists where it starts off with four copies of the BEC logo on all corners of the screen before multiplying with no animation in-sync with the music. After that, the large letters "BEC" appear one at a time before the group of BEC logos wipes with a clock effect to the standard logo.
  • Another animated version has the background consisting of dark blue diamond patterns moving.
    • The 1989 Jefferson Marching Band Concert uses faster animation of the patterns moving.
  • On the 1984 Jefferson Band Fiesta Bowl Phoenix Trip, the logo is orange on a black background.
  • On the 1984 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show, the background is green.
  • On the 1985 Bloomington Elementary School All-City Spring Concert, the background is brown.
  • On the 1985 Kennedy Choir Pops Concert, the background is in a lighter shade of blue.
  • On The Puberty Zone, the logo is in black and white.
  • On a March 7, 1987 final hockey match between Kennedy and Jefferson, the logo is purple blue on a black background.
  • On the Jefferson Concert Band Trip to Mexico, the logo is yellow on a black background.
  • On the 1990 Jefferson High School Graduation, the logo, now in gold with a thick bar on the left side, appears to be more printed rather than digitally generated.

Technique: None for the normal variant. The animated variants has primitive 2D animation.

Audio: None or the ending theme of the program.

Audio Variant: On the BEC survey tape, there is a catchy funk tune with an announcer saying "BEC, Bloomington Educational Cable, with a local access channel".

Availability:

  • Similar to the off-air variant of the 1st logo, it was seen when no program was being broadcasted. Despite it not being a production logo, it was kept on the end of many programs from this period, whether if it's on DVD copies or through BEC-TV's Request-A-Rama airings. This logo usually appears several seconds after the end of these programs, but can otherwise not appear at all due to BEC-TV's on-demand prints of some of these programs ending seconds before this logo can appear.
  • The animated variant was only seen on a survey tape from the company.
  • The closing variant is easier to find and was seen on The Puberty Zone, the 1985 Kennedy JB Singers Show, and a March 14, 1987 boys' basketball quarterfinals game between Jefferson and Minnetonka.
  • As for the pattern variant, it was usually seen on some elementary and middle school productions such as the Westwood 2nd Grade Dinosaurs Concert and the Valley View 3rd/4th Grade Don't Let the Music Stop Concert, both of which are from 1988. It was also seen on at least one high school program: the 1986 and 1989 Kennedy Marching Band Concerts. In fact, this variant was used more than the standard logo in the late 80's.
  • Its final appearance was on the 1990 Kennedy Marching Band Concert.

4th Logo (July 31-August 21, 1985, May 1, 1990-June 26, 1991)

Visuals: On a black background, the 1983 logo is in yellow and 3D with the "C" rounded and the text "BEC-TV" on the "B"'s side face. The logo is seen spinning around for several seconds.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None.

Availability: It appeared for a short time in 1985 at the end of a 1985 broadcast of the 1978 Kennedy High School JB Singers Show and reappeared five years later on the 1990 Kennedy Choral Holiday Show, the 1990 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show, and the 1991 Olson Talent Show. One of its last appearances was on the 1990-91 Kennedy Orchestra Year in Review. By the end of this logo's run, most programs would fade to black without any other logo succeeding it.

5th Logo (March 6, 1993-)



Visuals: An in-credit notice where we see the 1983 logo in gold with "BLOOMINGTON" and "EDUCATIONAL CABLE" over and underneath it. The following text "This has been a production of" and information such as the copyright date, phone number, and website, are seen over and underneath it respectively.

Variants:

  • January 10-June 21, 1994: The whole graphic has a shadow effect to it with the BEC logo containing the company's name. The top text is in one row and underneath the logo is the copyright date in Roman numerals and the channel's phone number.
  • December 5, 1995-April 24, 1999: the logo is now positioned like this
Production of:
Bloomington
Educational Cable
Television

BEC
(612) 885-8491
(Year in Roman numerals)
    • On the 1995 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show, "A" was added to "Production of:" and instead of the Roman numerals, there is the location of the network (Bloomington, Minnesota) underneath. Graphics of two copies of snowflakes on both sides of the screen are also next to the notice.
    • The 1997 Kennedy Choir Pops Concert is similar to the aforementioned 1995 holiday show variant but has the Roman numerals on top of both the phone number and location.
  • March 22, 1997-October 20, 1999: The top text is simplified to "This is a Production of" and the company's full name including "Television" is underneath the BEC logo and above the phone number and copyright date.
    • Starting in 1999, "Television" was removed from the company's full name and the network's website was added. It may either be on the same row as the channel's phone number or underneath, removing the Roman numerals entirely.
  • March 20, 2004-April 25, 2008: The logo is inside a transparent white box with a thin blue outline with a top rectangle containing the Kennedy eagle head inside a gold circle and "This has been a production of..." next to it. The channel's name is above the logo and the copyright date, website link, and phone number are below it, the latter two being in the same row.
    • The 2004 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold show features a translucent box and the logo and text are slightly beveled.
    • Starting in 2005, the copyright year is in numbers.
    • The 2008 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold show has an opaque white box, the text size was slightly adjusted (subtly for the top text and smaller for the bottom), and a copyright symbol replaces "(C)".
  • Starting in 2020, the BEC logo is in a pure yellow color with the company name now reading "BLOOMINGTON EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY TELEVISION".
  • February 11, 2021-: Using the 2020 logo, the "production" section has been simplified to just "Production By". The bottom info now groups the website link, phone number, and copyright info together in one row whose placement may vary.
    • On the 2021 Metro South ABE Graduation, on a blue-white gradient background is the 2020 logo in gold with the "Production By" text in white and a black stroke over it.
    • The 2021 Bloomington United for Youth Volunteer Recognition Ceremony variant is similar to the previous one except all of the white text is in black, the 2020 logo is inside a dark grey box, and the bottom text is rearranged to this order: website link, phone number, and copyright info.
    • On the 2021 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Review, the "Production by" font is now fancy and the bottom text reads:
BEC-TV - bectv.org - 952-681-5900
    • On the 2022 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Review, this variant is positioned more on the left side of the screen. The text is also in peach with "Production by" being in a fancy font and the bottom info includes the channel's email instead of the copyright date. This was placed underneath both the channel's website link and phone number.
  • The name of the company may vary, sometimes including "Television".
  • In some programs in 2017, the BEC logo is beveled and sometimes has a shadow effect.
  • The earliest version of the logo has everything including the BEC logo in white, the top text reads "Teleproduction" instead of "production", and the company's name ending with TV and its phone number are underneath the logo.
  • On the 1993 Kennedy Homecoming Coronation special, the logo is inside a blue box alongside the KTAV notice. "THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OFF" and the copyright year in Roman numerals are inside a white box with the top text in a stacked format.
  • On the 1997 Senior Men's Hockey National Championship match between Bucks and Chicago, the top text is simplified to "This is a Production of" and the company's full name including "Television" is underneath the BEC logo and above the phone number and copyright date.
  • On the 2000 Jefferson Connection Special, the channel's full name is smaller and the copyright date is above the network's phone number and website, both of which are the same size as the company's name.
  • The February 4, 2000 boys' basketball match between Jefferson and Kennedy omits the "production" phrase and has the phone number, website link, and copyright date on separate rows. The word "Copyright" is added next to the year in Roman numerals.
    • The 2001 Jefferson Connection Special uses the same variant but with the copyright date in numbers. The notice was also mistakenly duplicated.
  • On the 2001 Jefferson Indoor Marching Band Concert, the company's full name in a stacked format is above the BEC logo and underneath the "production" section. The notice is also smaller.
  • On a September 14, 2001 football match between Jefferson and Eastview, the "production" section is stacked, the company's name underneath the BEC logo is colored gold, and the copyright symbol is simplified to "(c)"
  • On the 2002 Jefferson Connection Special, the logo omits the company's name and instead includes its address as well as location and zip code underneath.
  • On the 2002 Jefferson Choir Orchestra Holiday Concert, the "production" phrase is in an old-fashioned font and the phone number and website link are separate from the copyright date, now accompanied with a copyright symbol, in between the channel's name and the aforementioned details.
  • On the 2004 Jefferson Connection Special, all of the text are in italics.
  • On the January 1, 2004 boys' basketball quarterfinal between Holy Angels and Spring Lake Park, the logo is textless.
  • On the 2006 Jefferson Connection Special, the text has a bottom gray gradient underneath and only the phone number and copyright date are underneath the channel's full name. A website link would be added between both the phone number and the copyright year in the 2009 special.
  • On the 2007 Jefferson Band Pops Concert, the network's full name is in yellow, the "production" phrase is in an italicized serif font and the bottom info simply consists of the website link and the copyright date.
  • On the 2008 Kennedy Marching Band Concert, all of the text have a shadow effect. Plus, all words in the "production" section have been capitalized.
  • On a 2009 Boys' Basketball State quarterfinal between Jefferson and Henry Sibley, the full network name underneath the BEC logo is colored yellow with the copyright date and phone number underneath.
  • On the 2009 Kennedy Choir Spring Pops Concert, there are yellow bars with a blue shadow over and underneath the BEC logo with its full name overlapping the logo. The copyright year and the website link are on the same row and all of the text are in Comic Sans.
  • On modern prints of the 1995 BEC-TV Van Tour, the program fades to the BEC logo with its name on top and bottom against a gray background.
  • On a 2011 episode of YRU-UP, the logo is smaller and has "TV" in white on the bottom right. The text "THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT" in a blue and purple gradient is underneath it and the rest in white
(Copyright year in Roman numerals)
hTTP://WWW.BECTV.ORG
952/681-5900

ThIS hAS BEEn A PRODUCTIOn
OF BEC-TV

is underneath it.

    • A 2014 show has the logo in cyan and the "Thank you" text is in a different font and a cyan-white gradient. The bottom details are also in a different font with the dashes in the phone number removed.
  • On the 2014 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Review, the program uses the same cyan-colored logo from before and is now structured like this
This has been a
BECTV
Production.
Copyright 2014
www.bectv.org
  • On the 2017 Jaguar Cheer Jam, the notice appears underneath the Jaguar Cheer Jam logo. The "production" text is also colored yellow and the bottom text consists of the channel's full name in a stacked format and the copyright date and website link in one row with a dash separating the two.
  • On a September 14, 2017 girls' soccer match between Benilde and St. Margaret at Jefferson High School, the 2017 BEC variant is low-quality and superimposed into the background with the "production" section and the copyright and website link in white and Helvetica over and underneath it.
  • On the 2017 Jefferson Indoor Marching Band Concert, the "production" phrase is colored yellow and the phone number and website link are in the same row with a dash separating them.
  • On an October 5, 2017 girls' swimming and diving program at Kennedy High School, the 1993 BEC logo has a thin black stroke and is inside a gray box. The "production" text is stacked, italicized, and inside a transparent and blurry yellow box and the copyright info, also italicized, is within a longer rectangle of the same aforementioned type.
  • On the 2018 Jefferson Choral Winter Concert, all of the text is in yellow and only the "production" section is italicized.
  • On the 2019 Jefferson Choir Concert Finale, the notice is structed like this:
This Has Been a Production Of:
BEC
Bloomington Educational Cable Television
www.bectv.org
952-681-5900©2019
  • On the 2019 and 2020 Jefferson Homecoming Coronations, the notice is inside a transparent black tube shape with a cyan outline. The center of the logo has a yellow gradient, the words "THIS HAS BEEN A" and "PRODUCTION" are over and underneath the logo and the website and copyright year are underneath it.
    • The 2019 Bloomington Heritage Days Parade uses a similar variant only for the box to be a smaller tube shape in tan with two dark red strokes.
  • On the 2019 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Review, the logo is in a pure yellow color with a thin black stroke. The "production" section is black and the channel's name and website link are underneath the logo. All of this is on a transparent white rhombus overlapping a reverse light blue rhombus.
  • The Kennedy's Got Talent specials from 2020 to 2022 has its notice structured as
Video Production By
BEC

Bloomington Educational Cable
www.bectv.org 952-681-5900
copyright (year)

The text is in black and a stylized drawn font with the "o"'s in the "production" section resembling hearts. There is also its own animation to appear where the text wipes in and the BEC logo simply fades in.

  • On the 2020 Jefferson Marching Band Awards Ceremony, the notice appears next to a black, fancy ribbon. Plus, the 1993 logo is textless, the "production" section in a cursive-like font is above it as always and underneath said logo is the copyright info, the phone number, and website link on the same row.
    • On the outdoor marching band concert from the same school, the 2020 logo is used.
  • On the 2022 Kennedy Evening of Excellence Ceremony, the 1993 logo appears to be 3D with a shadow. Plus, all of the text is in a handwriting-like font in black with "'Video Production By" on the very top and "©2022 - bectv.org" on the bottom.

Graduation Variants: Graduation specials uses a custom variant that has the BEC logo, as well as the copyright date and phone number, on either side of the screen and the school's logo within a varied shape on the opposite side. The color of the background shape depends on the school location with Kennedy in blue, Jefferson in light blue, and Edina in green

  • Starting 2006, the variants uses a custom colored box with a different colored bottom bar. Kennedy High School has a yellow bar, whereas Jefferson and Edina uses a white one. The box also gradually disappears from left to right.
  • From 2002 to 2005, Kennedy High School graduations has the top text large and centered whereas the BEC logo including its full name, the copyright date, and the phone number on the left and a fairly golden, large and stylized eagle with a shadow effect to the right on top of a transparent blurry blue circle.
    • The 2002 special has the top text in the same font as the 2002 Jefferson Choir Orchestra Holiday Concert variant, only to have misspellings ("has" as "as") and repeated words (two "a"'s).
      • Likewise, the Jefferson graduation fixed the former misspelling but kept the latter.
  • In 2006, Jefferson High School has a 3D version of its seal on the left and the BEC logo in black on the right with the text being structured:
This has been a production of
Bloomington Educational

BEC
Cable Television
952-681-5900----www.bectv.org

All of this is within a cyan box. The bar contains the special's copyright date, now reading "©2006 BEC-TV"

  • In 2021, the graduations specials' end graphics were altered to resemble the 2021 standard variant. The boxes are also bigger with the school logos becoming stretched.
    • Jefferson's graduation special has the "Production by" text bolder.
    • Edina's graduation special of said year has the white text in a different, normal font whereas the box is mostly opaque.
    • The next year, the BEC logo is set to a gold color.

Sports Variants: Sports programs similarly has custom variants of their own where the BEC logo alongside all the other information found in the standard variants are within a split-screen section against a rectangular background with the logo of the program on the top left of the box.

  • From 2005 to 2010, football broadcasts has the text positioned as
This has
been a...

BEC
BEC-TV
Production
952-681-5900
www.bectv.org

©2008

Some of the text, specifically "BEC-TV Production" and the copyright date are in a white gradient color.

  • Basketball programs from 2016 to 2018 has the notice on a tan basketball-textured background with a basketball on the top left of the box, consisting of the BEC logo with BASKEUnknownLL underneath, both in a different shade of yellow. As for the notice, the BEC logo is in a transparent black box, the copyright year in numbers is on top, an ellipsis is added to the "production" section, and underneath the BEC logo is the channel's full name, phone number with periods, and the website link.
    • This variant would return the next year after basketball broadcasts used the 7th logo. The 2019 variant is nearly identical to the aforementioned variant except the transparent box is removed and the copyright year is in italics and a different font.
  • On 2017 soccer matches, the 2017 variant is on a translucent blue rectangle with the "production" section stacked and the website link and copyright date underneath the BEC logo.
    • The next year, the 1993 BEC logo is in a relatively big black rounded square, the blue box is a different shade of blue, the "production" text has been re-capitalized, and the text copyright symbol is replaced with an actual one.
  • Later in 2018, the Friday Night Football variants switched to this logo after using the 2010 logo for a short time. Here, the 1993 logo with text is inside a black tube box, the football field is less transparent, and the text has been updated where the "production" section is all capitalized and together in two rows as well as the phone number, website, and copyright year underneath the logo.

Inside Football Variants:

  • Inside Kennedy Football:
    • In 2018, the 1993 logo is inside a slightly transparent black box and the text isn't centered along the logo.
    • Early 2019 episodes of the show has the BEC logo in a black tube box and the font for all of the text is in Arial.
      • Later episodes of this season removes the black box and the logo is now yellow.
      • 2021 episodes has the white text bolded and italicized as well as include a shadow. Plus, the 2020 logo is used.
  • Inside Jefferson Football:
    • The 2018 variant is the same as the August 28, 2018 variant with the only difference being the 1993 logo in place of the 2010 logo.
    • The 2019 and 2021 variants are the same as Kennedy's variants
      • On an August 27, 2019 episode, a few seconds before the end of the episode, the screen cuts to black, leaving just the graphic on screen.

Technique: None for most of the variants. Some such as the 2022 Kennedy's Got Talent special uses simple 2D animation for transitions to the logo.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability:

  • Seen on thousands of sports, fine arts, and special events programming from the Bloomington Public School district over the course of over 25 years. This logo can be seen during airtime on live television and reruns of said programming on the BEC-TV channel in Bloomington or on live streaming within either said network's website or Facebook page. As with the previous logos, they can be seen via BEC-TV's Request-A-Rama airings and are archived on BEC-TV's on-demand website. They are also obtainable through DVD copies of their many programs on their aforementioned on-demand website.
  • The logo's first appearance was on a March 6, 1993 boys' hockey semifinal game between Jefferson and Edina.
  • In its early years, particularly the 90's, it was mostly used during certain sports programs such as hockey (except for the 1994 Jefferson v. Burnsville: Boys Hockey Championship Game) and baseball events. Other sports broadcasts such as those featuring football used the BEC Sports logo while the rest like concerts and other special events, especially graduation specials, used a simple in-credit notice. However, some special and concert programming like the 1993 Kennedy Homecoming Coronation and the 1995 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show broadcasts used this logo.
  • It became more frequently used in the 2000s when most programs switched over to this logo. At this point, all of the Jefferson Connection Specials had this logo from 2000 to 2009 as well as many concert specials from both Kennedy and Jefferson such as the 2002 and 2003 Jefferson Choir Orchestra Holiday Concerts and the 2004 and 2008 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold Shows.
  • In the early 2010's, most programs have switched to the 7th logo, making this logo's appearances during this period to be rather infrequent. It was still seen on a few programs such as YRU-UP shows and the 2014 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet special albeit using the rare cyan-colored variant.
  • The logo would make a comeback in the late 2010's when for unknown reasons, several specials such as the Jefferson Choral Concerts in fall and winter, the Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Reviews, and more switched back to this logo after using the 7th logo for a while. One of its first appearances in a while was on a January 16, 2016 Kennedy High School boys' basketball match at Jefferson High School.
  • Throughout its lifespan, this logo was never present on elementary or middle school shows as they would simply end with a title card of their respective programming. In fact, programming ending with their title cards or simply dipping to black was common then and now. This is the case for Star Power shows as well as some concert shows like the 2009 Lion's Gate Academy A Light Shines in the Darkness Concert and Christian concerts such as the Nativity of Mary concerts. It was also not seen on episodes of High School Quiz Bowl.
  • The 1994 variant was seen on two programs so far: a January 8 hockey match and a June 1 baseball match between the Kennedy Hawks and Jefferson Jaguars, both of which are from 1994.
  • The 1995 variant was seen on choir concert shows such as the 1995 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show, both the 1996 and 1997 Kennedy Choir Pops Concerts, and the 1996 JB Singers Show, among others.
  • The 2004 variant was used on only a few programs: the 2004 and 2008 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold Shows and the JFK@40 Alumni Concert. This variant was exclusively used for Kennedy High School programs as evident by the school's logo within the notice and also for concert programs.
  • The variants with the channel's current name had one of its first appearances on the 2020 Jefferson Outdoor Marching Band Concert Music of the 80s. It was also seen on both Inside Football series as well as graduation ceremonies beginning 2021. As for the standard 2021 variant, it was seen on special events such as the 2021 Metro South ABE Graduation, the 2021 and 2022 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Reviews, and the 2021 Bloomington United for Youth Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. Currently, events labeled as "special events" such as graduations, homecomings, and red carpet productions are the only ones that still use this logo.
  • The split-screen sports variants were seen on football broadcasts from 2005 to 2010 and 2018 to 2019. The football variant was spotted on an October 29, 2005 semifinal match between Jefferson and Minnetonka and a September 26, 2008 match between Jefferson and Kennedy. Many football broadcasts would use this logo until 2010, when it switched over to the 7th logo. However, it reused this logo eight years later for its Friday Night Football programs, but this time would be short lived. Besides football, only basketball and soccer programs would use these variants (some sports like girls' soccer before 2018, swimming, and gymnastics, uses a non-themed variant) and they wouldn't use this logo until the late 2010's. Basketball broadcasts have the 1993 logo from 2016 to 2018 and then a short time in 2019 whereas soccer programs used it in 2017 to 2019. By that time, all of the sports programs have used the 9th logo. Park TV's airings of these broadcasts end with their own end credits and logo.
  • Graduation specials from Kennedy, Jefferson, and Edina High School also used this logo during 2002 to 2009 and 2021 and onwards.
  • Inside Kennedy Football began using this logo in 2018 and was featured on every show since except for the September 4, 2018 episode. Inside Jefferson Football would follow suit beginning its September 11, 2018 episode.
  • It was also seen on the 2019 and 2020 Jefferson Homecoming Coronations using a split-screen variant. The 2018 coronation, on the other hand, uses the WJAG-TV logo instead of the BEC-TV logo.

6th Logo (May 4, 2002)

Visuals: The previous logo inside a black box is flipped sideways against a transparent gold box with a blue box. The copyright date is aligned to the top of the box whereas "BEC-TV" is on the lower portion of the BEC logo and its phone number is positioned on the bottom of the box.

Technique: A computerized graphic.

Audio: The ending of the program.

Availability: Only seen on the 2002 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold show.

7th Logo (May 6, 2005, April 30, 2010-December 15, 2021)

Visuals: The in-credit logo now consists of two shades of yellow: the top is brighter and the other is slightly darker. The shape of the bottom fill is outlined by curvy lines. Everything else remains the same.

Variants:

  • April 30, 2010-December 10, 2014: The production section, with an ellipsis added, is colored yellow, the channel's full name is stacked, and the copyright year is above both the phone number and website link, the latter two of which are in one row and separated by a dash.
    • On the 2014 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold Annual concert, the logo is more stretched.
    • On the 2013 and 2014 Kennedy Choir Holiday Shows, both the "production" section and copyright date are colored yellow. The structure is also altered with the BEC name appearing below the 2010 logo rather than above it and the website link and phone number, now switched around, are above the copyright info.
      • The 2014 show is more stretched and cropped off.
  • On the 2005 Jefferson Connection Special, the "production" section isn't centered, the BEC logo is translucent, and the copyright date and website link are on the same row.
  • On the 2011 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Review, the notice is to the bottom left of a 2D picture of a column with cornices and wall with twigs of leaves sticking out. The text is also italicized and the bottom info has both the copyright notice, the phone number, and the website link in one row with a dash separating them.
  • On the 2013 Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Review, to the left is the logo for the special containing the BEC logo in a black circle with a yellow outline. To the right has the 2010 logo inside a black box with the "production" and full name sections on top and the copyright date, website link, and phone number underneath. All of the text excluding the "production" text are italicized.
  • On the March 1, 2014 basketball semifinal game between Jefferson and Kennedy, the channel's full name is in yellow and the copyright date reads "(c) 2014".
  • On the 2015 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold Show, the BEC logo is inside a blurry black box and is positioned on the top right of the screen with the copyright info (reading Copyright MMXV in a stacked format and to the left of the logo. They are both on top of a thin red line with the text underneath reading
This has been a production of:
Bloomington Educational
Cable Television

(952) 681-5900
www.bectv.org
  • On the 2015 Kennedy Choral Holiday Show, the copyright info with a period between the copyright symbol and year is on top of the notice, the channel's full name is smaller, and the phone number now has periods instead of parentheses or dashes.
    • The October 12, 2017 volleyball match between Jefferson and Kennedy uses the same variant but with the period in the copyright info deleted.
  • On the 2015 Olson Pizzazz, Dolce, and Gr. 8 Winter Choir Concert, all of the text is in gold, the BEC logo is textless, and underneath it is the website link and the copyright date using numbers.
  • On the 2017 Bloomington Heritage Days Parade, the 2010 logo is inside a dark red box with "This has been a" in a large text and on top of it and "Production" in a smaller text below it. Underneath it all are the website link and copyright year in the same row, which are off-center.
  • Early wrestling broadcasts of 2018 has the BEC logo underneath the "production" section and over the website link and copyright date while on a blue background of an outline of two wrestlers wrestling each other.
  • On the 2018 Bloomington Heritage Days Parade, the notice is on a transparent red box with it being structured
This has been a
BEC
Production
www.bectv.org--------Copyright 2018
  • During December 2019 and Winter 2020, the 2010 BEC logo is brighter than usual with
Production by
Bloomington Educational Cable

above it.

    • Sometimes, the website link, phone number, and copyright info can appear below it, all of which are on the same row.
      • The 2020 Jefferson Winter Orchestra Concert uses this variant but with the light on the BEC logo more on the "B"
  • On the 2021 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show, the 2010 logo is very bright and over it is "Production by Bloomington Educational Cable". There is also an error on this variant where "Production Crew" ended up on the notice.

Graduation Variants:

  • Beginning around 2010, the variants used a background box similar to what Jefferson used in its 2006 graduation. This time, the box is more transparent and the notice was restructured to resemble this:
This has been a production of

Bloomington Educational

BEC
Cable Television
www.bectv.org--(952) 681-5900

The copyright info reads "©MMXII-BEC-TV" and like the 2006 Jefferson graduation variant is placed on the bottom bar.

    • The Kennedy graduation variants would have the "production" text stacked.
  • In 2018, the graduation variants uses a less transparent box with the opacity consistent.
  • In 2019, with the exception of Edina High School's graduation, the BEC-TV name within the copyright info was removed.

Sports Variants:

  • When the football programs switched to this logo, the text was also altered, now reading
Copyright
(Year in Roman numerals)

Bloomington
Educational
Cable Television
BEC
952-681-5900
www.bectv.org
  • Baseball programs has the 2010 BEC logo inside a transparent white box with a white stroke and a lower opacity on its top portion. The website link is on the bottom right and is within a black and wide upside-down trapezoid with a gold stroke.
    • During the first few moments of the end credits, the BEC logo is underneath

Bloomington
Educational
Cable Television
www.bectv.org

aligned to the left, all against a transparent white box. On top is the same upside-down trapezoid but wider and reading "Production by:.

  • For lacrosse broadcasts, the BEC logo is inside a lacrosse ball. To the right is "Copyright (year in numbers) in a stacked format against a grass-textured box. Underneath it all is the BEC channel with its full name on top of it and the website and phone number in yellow underneath said logo.
  • From 2018 to 2019, the basketball variants from the 5th logo were updated to include the 2010 logo while removing the shaded box and changing the font, colors, and positions of the rest of the text. While the copyright date, now in white, remains where it is, the BEC name is now on top of the BEC logo and the website link (removing the "www.") and phone number (replaces the periods with dashes), also in white, swapped places.
  • In 2018, the football broadcasts were branded as BEC Friday Night Football, having its logo, consisting of the 1993 BEC logo inside a football within a black emblem, half of which is colored white and all of it with a golden stroke. The text "FRIDAY" in white with two stars next to it is on the black half whereas "NIGHT FOOUnknownLL}}" is on the white half. As usual with other split-screen sports variants, the emblem is on the top left of the box, now consisting of a transparent football field where only its top left and bottom right halves are visible. Inside of it has the notice structured as
This has
Been a

BEC
Production

bectv.org

while having a black shadow.

  • Split-screen credits of wrestling broadcasts uses the same style and layout as the 2018 basketball variant, only to replace the BEC Basketball logo with the normal 1993 BEC logo inside a rounded black square.
  • For hockey split-screen variants, they use a shiny, transparent gray box with a beveled purple line on the left. On top of it is the BEC Hockey logo in dark red with the copyright info with the year in Roman numerals sticking out in a shiny, grey tube shape. Underneath it reads
THIS HAS BEEN A
PRODUCTION OF

BEC
BLOOMINGTON
EDUCATIONAL
CABLE
TELEVISION
952.681.5900
WWW.BECTV.ORG

Plus, the BEC logo is inside a blob shape with the same luster as the shape containing the copyright info.

  • On 2019 softball broadcasts, the notice is similar to that of the 2018 basketball and wrestling variants, only for the BEC name to be in white and the bottom info in yellow. The notice is also on a transparent dark red box with a thin black stroke and a red-black gradient tube shape on top, containing the copyright year in yellow.

Inside Football Variants: Both Inside Kennedy Football' and Inside Jefferson Football have custom variants of this logo where to the right is the show's logo and the right has the BEC logo and all other information.

  • Inside Kennedy Football:
    • The first version of this variant has the BEC logo on a black box and the phone number, website link, and copyright date (seen as "COPYRIGHT (year in numbers)") underneath it. The font of the text is in a western-like font.
    • In 2016, the font for the text has been altered and the show's logo as well as the BEC logo are green-screened into the background, removing their black colors.
    • The next year, the notice is not superimposed into the closing shot of the program and the font for the text is different again.
  • Inside Jefferson Football:
    • In 2017, the logo, similar to the 2017 Kennedy variant, is on a background of a football ball. The phone number and website link are also on the same row.
    • The August 28, 2018 episode removes the baby blue shadow on the text. A few seconds before the end of the show, it cuts to black, leaving just the graphic on screen.

Technique: Same as before.

Audio: The ending of the program.

Availability:

  • The logo was used throughout the 2010's, but very later in the decade as more programs reverted back to the 5th logo, it appeared less frequently and was rarely seen in its last years, especially when the channel rebranded itself to "Bloomington Educational Community Television".
  • The Jefferson Connection Specials were the first to use this logo and was seen on all shows except for the 2013 show, which simply fades to a black screen. Other programs that have this logo includes the Kennedy Choral Holiday concerts from 2013 to 2021, Bloomington Prom Red Carpet Reviews from 2011 and 2013, and the 2017 and 2018 Bloomington Heritage Days Parade. On the other hand, some later choir productions from this period such as the Kennedy Choir 2018 Holiday Show uses an in-credit notice within a lime bar.
  • The final program to use the normal 2010 logo was a June 5, 2019 girls' lacrosse semifinal match between Edina and Jefferson and the last to use this logo altogether was the 2021 Kennedy Choir Holiday Show.
  • The 2010 variant was mostly seen on concerts such as the 2010 Jefferson Connection Special, the 2014 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold Annual concert, and both the 2013 and 2014 Kennedy Choir Holiday Shows.
  • This logo was often used in sports broadcasts with various sports from football and baseball to even lacrosse, wrestling, and softball using their respective themed split-screen variants. Football broadcasts would use one from around this logo's debut to 2018, when they were rebranded as "Friday Night Football". However, this sport would reverted back to the 5th logo later in 2018. Some baseball and lacrosse broadcasts used this logo from 2017 to 2019 and later games of wrestling, hockey, and football also include the 2010 logo. However, earlier wrestling matches from 2018 as well as volleyball games used the standard variants and as stated before, Park TV's broadcasts end with their own credits and logo. Others simply end with a final score card.
  • The graduation variants were likewise used for most of this logo's lifespan, being used throughout the decade from 2010 to 2019. The Edina High School variants are the rarest to find due to only a few broadcasts being available on BEC-TV's website that contain this logo: the 2017 and 2019 graduations. The 2018 graduation broadcast uses an in-credit notice instead of this logo.
  • It was also seen on both Inside Kennedy Football and Inside Jefferson Football from their debuts in 2014 to November 2, 2017 and August 28, 2018 respectively. However, there are a few episodes that don't include this logo such as the September 12, 2017 show, which ends with the BEC's social media websites. Other shows may end with a title card of the episode containing the 5th logo.
  • It also appeared on the Olson 8th Dolce Winter Choir Concert, which is considered surprising given that like with the previous logos, there isn't a BEC logo on elementary or middle school programs.
  • The brighter BEC variant was seen on winter concerts throughout holiday 2019 and winter 2020 such as the 2019 and 2021 Kennedy Choirs Holiday Show, Jefferson's choral holiday show in 2019 as well as the latter school's winter orchestra concert in 2020.

8th Logo (June 14, 2018-June 12, 2019)

Visuals: Fading in from the final shot of the program is multiple gold objects rapidly flipping and spinning on its z-axis and changing images every time on a sand gradient background. The objects disappear and then an outline of a gold city with a black stroke flips in with "BLOOMINGTON" fading and zooming in while also changing colors to white. The picture of the city then flips down and shows the next image. The pattern appears to happen with the rest of the channel's name, with "EDUCATIONAL" showing a repeated set of books in varying shades of yellow, "CABLE" showing a realistic image of a camera dyed gold, and "TELEVISION" revealing a 2D black television with its tube and buttons in gold. Once the TV falls, the text becomes gold and fades out, making room for the 2010 BEC logo in a black box with a gold stroke and "THIS HAS BEEN A" and "PRODUCTION" over and under it to fall to the ground, bouncing a little bit once making contact. Finally, as the background fades to black, the logo falls down.

Variant: On the 2019 Senior Achievement Awards, the logo begins with the BEC logo falling.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A modern and catchy electronic tune in the background. Whooshes are heard when the different objects appears and then a light hit sound when the logo lands on the ground. On the 2019 Senior Achievement Awards, it's the ending theme.

Availability: It was only seen on two programs: the Metro South ABE 2018 Graduation and the 2019 Senior Achievement Awards.

9th Logo (September 6, 2019-)

Visuals: In-line with the credit animation, a box in a shade of black with a white outline grows and displays the 1993 BEC logo on the top right and

Copyright (year)
BEC-TV

to the left of it. A thin white line divides this section of the box with the bottom details, reading

Bloomington
Educational
Cable Television

www.bectv.org
(952) 681 5900

Variant: Starting September 15, 2020, the box is in a different shade of black and most of the text is capitalized. "Cable Television" is changed to "COMMUNITY TELEVISION", the channel's name has a thin white line underneath, and the phone number removed the parentheses and added dashes in between the numbers.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: The ending of the program.

Availability: This logo is exclusively used for sports broadcasts. It made its debut on a September 6, 2019 football match between St. Anthony Village and Kennedy and was seen on further football matches as well as those of many other sports since. The 2020 variant debuted on a September 15, 2020 girls' soccer match between Chaska and Kennedy. Despite this, the 2019 variant was still seen on some baseball programs. This logo is not seen on some sports programs such as the October 30, 2020 football match between Kennedy and St. Croix Lutheran as they use an alternate credits graphic.

10th Logo (October 16, 2019-)

Visuals: On a gradient blue background with multiple shades of said color, four pieces are shown sliding from different directions: a box with a copy of the background containing "©(year) BEC-TV" and a dark grey box containing the 1993 BEC logo including its full name scrolling from the left and a dark grey rectangular box and the website link sliding from the right. Combined, the square box with the BEC logo is on top of the bottom rectangular box with the website link centered within it.

Variants:

  • Most of the time, the logo is still and simply appears.
  • Starting in 2021, the BEC logo now reads
BLOOMINGTON EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNITY TELEVISION
  • On its very first appearance on the 2019 Jefferson Fall Band Concert, the animation is very choppy.
  • On the 2022 Valley View Gr. 6 Winter Orchestra and Band Concert, the box is empty.

Technique: 2D animation. Otherwise, none.

Audio: The ending of the program.

Availability: The logo made its debut on the 2019 Jefferson Fall Band Concert and was seen on several concert programs since including the 2022 Jefferson Choir Spring Awards Concert and the 2022 Valley View Gr. 6 Winter Orchestra and Band Concert. The animated variant can be seen on some programs such as the "The Magic of Pops" Jefferson Band Concert and the 2022 Jefferson Choir Showcase. Currently, it is used in tandem with the next logo, as it is also used on fine arts programs.

11th Logo (February 26, 2020-)

Visuals: On a gray pattern consisting of light stripes and circles varying in thickness and color between gray and catawba, during the end credits of a program, a few boxes slide away to reveal the 2010 logo with "Bloomington Educational Community Television" on top and

Copyright (year)
www.bectv.org - 952-681-5900

[email protected]

below it, all in white with the whole notice inside a grey box with a dark gradient on the bottom. On top of it reads "Video Production by" also in white and this time in a catawba bar with a dark gradient on the bottom.

Variants:

  • In 2022, the text size for the bottom text was tweaked where the email link is closer to the rest of the bottom information rather than aligned to the bottom of the box and "Copyright" is now all lowercase.
  • The next year, the 1993 logo was used for the normal and muted blue box variants.
  • On spring 2021 productions, the boxes have a shade of lime, the font for the white text is set to Arial Black, the copyright date now starts with a copyright symbol, and like the previous variant, the email link is closer to the website and phone number. The BEC logo is also the 1993 logo with a lighter tint on the bottom right.
    • On the 2021 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold Show, the font for the text is different, resembling a fancy font.
  • There is a gold box variant where both boxes are colored gold with some light on the bottom and top right. The BEC logo is also the 1993 version and is 3D.
  • Another variant has the boxes in shades of muted blue. The text inside the lighter box is black whereas the "Video Production by" text is white.

Technique: A digital graphic.

Audio: The ending of the program.

Availability: It made its debut on the 2020 Kennedy Orchestra Masterworks Concert and is currently used in tandem with the previous logo on fine arts programs.

  • Some programs that have the standard variant are the 2020 Bloomington Orchestra Festival, the 2022 Valley View 6th-8th Grade Spring Choir Concert, and the 2022 6th Grade Olsen Middle School Spring Band Concert. Notice how at this point, more and more middle school programs have used this logo at the end.
  • The spring box variant was only seen during spring of 2021. Some of these programs include the Jefferson Spring Choir Concert and the Kennedy Rhythm in Gold show.
  • The golden box was seen on the 2022 Fine Arts Hall of Fame Inductions, the 2022 Kennedy Spring Choir Concert, and the 2022 Kennedy Rhythm in Gold show, among others.
  • The muted blue box is brand new and was first seen on the 2022 Celebration of Service to Education production.

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