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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#ffa500"><i>Logo descriptions by <font color="#000000">Reactor37654, thehugetvfan, codyfinke6, AlekaJ1003,</font></i></font><i><font color="#000000">and logoman94</font></i><br/><font><i><font color="#ffa500">Video by</font><font color="#333333"> retronewfoundland</font></i><br/><br/><u>Background</u><font color="#333333">: Mississippi Public Broadcasting </font></font><font>is the statewide PBS affiliate located in</font><font> Mississippi. The headquarters are located in Jackson, where the flagship station WMPN is located.<br/><br/></font><br/><font><b>Mississippi ETV/Mississippi Educational Television</b></font><br/><font><br/>1st Logo<br/>(1978-1994?)<br/><div align="center">[[File:M5zYR9rb6XnaIwt2 E8 dA9019.jpeg|270px|Mississippi ETV (1978?)]][[File:A3fce5a1ba0e4683215a9a1852357cfd.png|264px|Mississippi ETV (1986?)]]</div></font><font><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/c46a5cbc8b0383bd508568b5f9fe5371725040fa" width="275"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/9bd21b47aa37ab17cf5c0e72435c408ad7c7a909" width="275"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/46703f76fa84cb51e274d6ae175346ca0151591f" width="275"></iframe><br/><div align="left"><u><br/></u></div><div align="left"><u>Nickname</u>: "Epic Public Television"</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div></div></font></font><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: On a black background, we zoom out through the top of a lowercase, brown, 3-D "</font><b><font color="#9e7528">mississippi</font></b><font color="#333333">" (a la the 1986 Wa</font><font color="#333333">rner Home Video logo). There is a yellow glow around the "</font><font color="#9e7528"><b>mississippi</b></font><font color="#333333">" and the dots of the "</font><font color="#9e7528"><b>i</b></font><font><font color="#333333">"s are at various places. While it is zooming out, it turns counter clockwise to face the viewer. Once it is in place, it flashes yellow while we zoom out past two brown "walls". The "walls" are actually part of the "</font><font color="#9e7528"><b>E</b></font><font color="#333333">" of a stylized "</font><font><b>ETV</b></font><font color="#333333">" where the "</font><font><b>E</b></font><font color="#333333">" is at a 45-degree angle and the bottom-left is wedged into a combined, brown, "</font><font><b>TV</b></font><font color="#333333">". The "mississippi" zooms in while the "</font><font><b>ETV</b></font><font color="#333333">" is zooming out and stops alongside the "</font><font><b>E</b></font><font color="#333333">" and ends before the "</font><font><b>V</b></font><font color="#333333">". Once everything is in place, the whole logo flashes yellow and the letters of the "</font><font><b>ETV</b></font><font color="#333333">" are now outlined with </font><font color="#e0c007">yellow</font><font color="#333333">.   </font></font></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Variant</u><font color="#333333">: A later short version cuts out the zooming of "mississippi".</font><br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333">: The flashing, zooming, and turning of the letters, done by Digital Effects, Inc. It is appears to be early CGI, which does make it highly advanced for its time.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333">: A dramatic violin and drum fanfare (an excerpt from the De Wolfe Music library track "Diffusion" by Reg Tilsley). The short version has three chimes play against a Moog synth bass line.</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: Rare, intact on older prints of </font><i>The Write Channel</i><font color="#333333">, and later programs seen on MPB's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MSPublicBroadcasting" target="_self">YouTube channel</a>. Its longevity is amazing, lasting at least into the early 90's.</font></font><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: While this logo did not age very well (thanks to its color scheme and dated fonts), it is still a great example of the capabilities of early CGI.</font></div><div><div></div><div></div><div><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3">(1994?-2005)</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:C6c5145fe88052c7ae3b0382857f241f.jpeg|266px|Mississippi Educational Network (1997)]][[File:4dd8974fea14d02237bc67f523cf4605.png|274px|Mississippi Educational Television (1999)]][[File:D248d4965046a999c496258fcb31b7cc.jpeg|273px|Mississippi Educational Television (1997)]][[File:742757880b1fc2a99dbb75d36ee09239.png|268px|Mississippi Educational Television (1999)]]</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/e5ace37aacc630d1d62bb5f5b90e9c6243c9dd92" width="275"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/e67045e1cafc57482111f4182e3fd1b0d02bcf4f" width="275"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/33d977a9dc9da277214d8d116dfcf42b1b661f0b" width="275"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/1e35d7a2ebec3e93c5ccf932be58f386a7328afa" width="275"></iframe></font></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Nickname</u><font color="#333333">: "</font><font color="#0000ff">E</font><font color="#333333">", "Diamond E"</font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: On a marble background we see two transparent blue cubes that look like E's revolve, come, and and shifted the opposite directions. They form a solid blue</font>tilted"E" (like the E in "ETV" from the previous logo). "<i>Mississippi Educational Network</i>", and <i>"</i><i>Presents</i>" fade in. A spotlight can be seen shining. Another version had "MISSISSIPPI EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION", in a regular font, and the marble is different.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variants</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">One version had a sky as its background. The text zooms out, and there is only one E, which comes from the top.</font></li><li><font size="3">Another version was superimposed into the intro, without text.</font></li></ul></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Very good CGI animation that holds up today.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: An orchestral fanfare not unlike the previous logo (The Diffusion music variant).</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Rare.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><font color="#333333">________________________________________________________</font><br/><br/><b>Mississippi Public Broadcasting</b><u><b><br/></b></u><font color="#000000"><br/>1st Logo<br/>(2005-2010)<br/><br/><u>Nickname</u>: "M of Stairs"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see </font>white lines that look like stairs zooming out into a<font color="#000000">3-D "</font><font color="#0000ff">M<font color="#000000">". Under the "<font color="#0000ff">M<font color="#000000">" is "Mississippi Public Broadcasting".</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/><u>Earlier Variant</u>: The white text "in association with" was seen above the "M".<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zooming or none.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A 6-note synth tune or none. In other cases the end theme.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on <i>Between the Lions</i> from the mid-late 2000s.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(2010-present?)</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On the same background as the 2009 PBS logo, we see "MPB" zoom out, on letter at a time. Below zooms out "Original Production".</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: All CGI.</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: TBA</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: TBA</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3">3rd Logo</font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" size="3">(2010-)<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a white background, we see a 2-D "<font color="#0000ff">M<font color="#000000">"</font>. </font><font color="#000000">(</font><font color="#000000">The "</font><font color="#0000ff">M</font><font color="#000000">"</font><font color="#000000"> is sometimes 3-D) </font>To the right side of the "<font color="#0000ff">M<font color="#000000">"</font> </font><font color="#000000">is "Mississippi Public Broadcasting".</font><br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The "<font color="#0000ff">MPB</font><font color="#000000">" zooming quickly into the call number scene</font><font color="#0000ff">.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: The most current logo, but not seen on any MPB programming, but used as a station ID. <br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></font></font></font></div></div></div></div><br/></div>