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):
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?
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(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.. www.youtube.com
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.
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).
(This post was last modified: 28-03-2023, 06:41 PM by Mike.)
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