WXNE-TV

Background

WXNE-TV first aired itself on October 10, 1977 as an independent station, and was founded by Christian Broadcasting Network. The station's early programming format was targeted at a family audience, consisting of older syndicated reruns and a decent amount of religious programming. In 1983, the station rebranded itself as "Boston 25", as it converted into a true independent, with it was holding a solid third place among the area's independent stations and sixth in the ratings among the market's commercial television stations. Then in 1986, WXNE and the other two CBN-owned stations (KXTX-TV in Dallas and WYAH-TV in Portsmouth) were put up for sale, and in that August, News Corporation announced its soon purchase of the station and make it an owned-and-operated station of its Fox Broadcasting Company. And 1 year later, it became an affiliated of the new broadcasting network, FOX, and renamed itself to WFXT.

1st ID (1983-1984)

Visuals: Against a sunset background with bubble-like objects at the bottom, multiple copies of the silver number "25" with a thin yellow outline on it, which is the station's logo at the time, appear at random places and fly out of the screen as they zoom in. A copy of the logo then fades in, with the other ones that are zooming in get faded out. It slowly zooms in, while the camera also zooms in to the purple part of the sunset, and the gray text "WXNE-TV BOSTON" with an orange outline on it, fades in below. Both the logo and the text then shine afterwards.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: A proud and cheerful tune, followed by an announcer saying: "WXNE, Boston 25".

2nd ID (1984-1985)

Visuals: On a purple background with a white grid on it, a flat purple rectangle which has the station's logo "25" and the text "WXNE-TV" in gold on it, flies in from the right, then does a flip and stay still, with it leaning to the right.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: * A dramatic tune, with an announcer saying: "Boston 25".

3rd ID (1985-1986)

Visuals: On a navy background, with a line of gray lines at the bottom sliding to the bottom right on an invisible surface, a steel blue rectangle which has the word "WXNE" and the station's logo on it, is seen flying a bit to the left, then stops and flips as it gets closer to the screen. And after that, three flashes then occur on the letters "X", "N" and "E".

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: The sound of the wind blowing, and a high-pitched 2 note synth tune. And there's also an announcer saying: "WXNE 25 Boston".

4th ID (1986-1987)

Visual: Agaisnt a black background, a brown round rectangle and number "25" fly down from the top of the screen. Then, they rotate, with them shining during it, and then face the screen, with the number "25" being in the rectangle, and them leaning to the left. The word "WXNE-TV" also flies to the rectangle's beneath when it start to face the screen, and it also leans to the left.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A proud and cheerful fanfare.