CGH

Background: CGH is a FOX affiliate located in Jackson, Kentucky and was first aired on June 1, 1987 (though they never had a logo until 1990). The network is owned by the CGH Children's Foundation.

1st Logo

(July 1, 1990-September 1995)

Nicknames: "Zooming CGH", "CGH of Doom", "The First CGH of Evil!!!"

Logo: We see about a second of blackness first. Then the text "A CGH Presentation" in a strange, space-like font zooms-in from the center of the screen at a very fast pace. Then, fancy-cut different angular shapes, forming an abstract "CGH," comes from the center and moves gradually closer and closer to the screen. When they get to the point where the "CGH" takes up nearly the entire screen, the screen suddenly cuts to black or fades to black(depending on the version of the logo), with the "CGH" still moving ever closer.

Variants: There is a version where the background is dark green.

FX/SFX: The shapes and the text zooming.

Chessy Factor: The appearance that a camera zoomed in on the "CGH" that was chroma-keyed onto a dark background, and the text zoom-in looks like it was cheaply animated and somewhat choppy, even though it doesn't look like a camera zoom-in. Also, the C looks much like a Pac-Man sprite!

Music/Sounds: Over the one-second blackness at the beginning, droning sound starts to play, which lasts throughout the whole logo. With one option, a long, full version of the choppy, futuristic synth, followed by a rising synth violin stinger. A buzzing during the droning sound is then heard at the end. Most likely produced on a Moog synthesizer. It adds to the creepiness!

Availability: This logo recently showed up when FOX had a marathon of season 1 episodes of The Footbeats on Christmas day, 2013. It was also seen on the pilot episode of The Simpsons World.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare. The high-contrast colors, extreme zoom-ins that reminds you of the "V of Doom", and that eerie music would have been sure to unnerve many people. Especially for those who aren't used to it.

2nd Logo

(November 1992-March 1997)

Nicknames: "The Super Large CGH"

Logo: We see a large letter "CGH" in a different situation. Next to the "CGH", is the name of the show coming up next.

Variants: There are many variants depending on the show:

The Big Forest: The "CGH" is made of leaves.

Wonder Bird: The white "CGH" is tilting on a black background.

The Way We Are: The "CGH" is wearing a baseball uniform with its logo on it.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: An announcer saying "(show's name) is coming up on CGH and FOX Kids!".

Availability: Can be found on some CGH programming from that time.

Scare Factor: None. But the logo below is more scarier than the previous logo!

3rd Logo

(September 1995- )

Nicknames: "Rainbow/Neon Lights of Doom", "The Star Outline" "The Stars and Lights From the Underworld!" "WHY DOES THIS LOGO STILL EXIST?!" "Yet Another CGH of Evil!!" "AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" "Rainbow Lights (Of Death)" "The Lights Of Final Judgement" "Lights Of the Devil" "A Nightmare On CGH Street"

Trivia: Their slogan up to 2000 was "CGH: Welcome to the Next Generation!"

Logo: On a black background, we see red and blue outlines of the star, and multicolored lights forms a neon outlined CGH logo, which then tilted upwards, and then the background zooms in, which we zoom into the neon CGH logo. Then stars form eight sets of double dots, eight times, forming a weird shape. Then the scene pans forward, leaving a trail of multiple lights or CGH outlines while rotating counterclockwise on its pivot. The outlines then start to change one-by-one to yellow and then to red. The outlines again one-by-one change to golden yellow (which quickly changes to green) as the glowing text "Jackson, KY", now in the abstract front, appears again, in red, zooms up to the screen and settle underneath. Last but not least, the CGH outlines of this logo one-by-one change to green. And then the whole logo freezes before it jarringly cuts to black.

Variants: On The Simpsons World special episode "New York Chaos", there is strange, white, serial imagery in the background with faces (which looks like the faces that is found in the Game Boy Camera when you select "Run") that appeared tilted on the top right corner. One of the faces and one image in the background suddenly walks away a la Ultimate Enterprise Entertainment "Weird Teeth and Faces" logo. When "New York Chaos" was first aired on the Fox Children's Channel on November 12, 1999, it jarringly cuts to the 1998 Klasky-Csupo "Robot" logo although it was fixed in the second airing.

FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.

Cheesy Factor: Just about off the charts! Early computer animation effects abound, and a terrible color scheme, too.

Music/Sounds: The music was 5-note synthesized tune with "air" in the background, which sounds somewhat like the music used in the 1985 WorldVision Home Video logo (without a whoosh, and that's why the music adds to the creepiness), right before the video freezes in public.

Music/Sounds Variants: On The Simpsons World special episode "New York Chaos", the half of the music jarringly transitions into an upbeat disco tune as the image and the face walks away.

Availability: Common. Can be seen in its various versions on many CGH shows like The Simpsons World. It also appears on new CGH shows like Kate's Kooker. The abridged version can be seen on videocassettes and DVDs of their 1996 miniseries The Red Cat, all of which also preserve the FOX Kids logo.

Scare Factor: Depending on the version:

High to nightmare. This logo has scared many with its dark background, eerie animation, and that dated synth music (though it may be less scary for those who are used to seeing it).

NIGHTMARE for the "New York Chaos" variant. All these extremely creepy imagery, faces, overall creepy subject matter, upbeat music, and jarring appearances will scare people a lot, especially for those who are expecting the normal logo and immediately wind up with this! This is also worse when the 1998 Klasky-Csupo "Robot" logo accidentally follows it.