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1990 Thames Local ident - Milkshake - 07-03-2023

On 4th September 1990 Thames, revised its onscreen logo which was used on the idents, this was part of a wide scale changes which included the local news and the introduction of a new local ident, ( AKA the one that was used non stop after dumping ITV 1989 ident) 

I've come across the ident being used in march 1991 for local programmes, however it the exactly the same


Admin edit: original private video replaced with Wayback Machine copy (though may be slow to load):

https://web.archive.org/web/202107190325...MyeVfpUlmI 


When it first appeared did it have a slightly key and then change rather quickly to the one we all know?   Or was the version we all know used form the very start in September 1990? the one in the private YT clip just a test case? 

   

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Michael Kenchington - 08-03-2023

(07-03-2023, 10:58 PM)Milkshake Wrote:  On 4th September 1990 Thames, revised its onscreen logo which was used on the idents, this was part of a wide scale changes which included the local news and the introduction of a new local ident, ( AKA the one that was used non stop after dumping ITV 1989 ident) 

I've come across the ident being used in march 1991 for local programmes, however it the exactly the same

This now private YT clip had the ident with slight different keys to the tune we all know.. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMyeVfpUlmI 

When it first appeared did it have a slightly key and then change rather quickly to the one we all know?   Or was the version we all know used form the very start in September 1990? the one in the private YT clip just a test case? 
Actually, Thames revised its onscreen logo on Monday 3rd September 1990 IIRC.

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Milkshake - 08-03-2023

Quote:Actually, Thames revised its onscreen logo on Monday 3rd September 1990 IIRC.

Nice to see someone is paying attention!

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Stooky Bill - 08-03-2023

The local ident wasn't used that often but from what I remember it was different to the one that appeared after the license loss.

Posting a private video isn't helpful

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Milkshake - 08-03-2023

The video in question is on Internet archive. Does this link work?

https://web.archive.org/web/20210719032530/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMyeVfpUlmI 

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Nini - 08-03-2023

Luckily for you, benriggers uploaded a video containing the local ident.

https://youtu.be/cbsWym0H5Zk?t=227 

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Stooky Bill - 08-03-2023

So the answer is yes.

And also interesting that the sad face on Big Ben wasn't something added when they lost their license

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Milkshake - 08-03-2023

It seems it rather nuance, I wonder why it was changed.

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Mike - 28-03-2023

There's 3 or 4 different audio tracks for those idents; The first has the hold at the end, the second has a short cut, the other is more orchestral and the final one is a christmas ident (I'd assume as it says '6/+bells' on the notes). They're not labelled up for any particular use by the composers.

It's worth noting as well they were all composed/arranged/performed and produced together alongside Thames News and Thames Weather, nothing seems to have 'come later' - so probably just a stylistic choice.

All 4 can be heard here (n.b. the hiss is added by me and the quality greatly reduced to prevent pres-snatching YouTubers uploading it).

RE: 1990 Thames Local ident - Milkshake - 28-03-2023

So that mens surly all 4 versions were made at same time and used for certain shows.