Independent Radio and Television

Background
Independent Radio and Television (IRT) is the public broadcasting corporation in United States and Canada. The history of radio service was launched as Independent Radio Company (formerly Canada Independent Network), and television service was launched as Independent Broadcasting Television in 1950. They later get owned by the new company as Independent Broadcasting Brands in 1974, it probably didn't fully merge until the new name changes in 1992. The company has a logo on television production.

1st Logo (1992-1997)
Nicknames: IRT Blocks, Revealing Blocks

Logo: On a white background, the green rectangles appeared by rectangles while the orange rectangle wipes left, after the blocks (IBT blocks but now carried to IRT) are completed, the green block pops up then "IRT", and the stacked words "Independent Radio" and "and Television, Inc." in the ITC Kabel Std font fades in.

FX/SFX: Simple animation.

Music/Sounds: A short jingle.

Variants:


 * A version without fading exists

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * A fast version exists.

Availability: Common. This logo appeared on the news, series, and films.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1997-2003)
Nicknames: IRT Blocks II, CGI IRT, CGI IRT Blocks

Logo: A white object quickly zooms away from the screen, revealing a misty blue background with searchlights. The white object then splits into the blocks and the letters "IRT", all in the ITC Kabel Std font. They all spin in different directions while splitting even further apart. After they rest into a comfortable position, several bars zoom out to surround the logo while the text "Independent Radio and Television, Inc." quickly fly around the screen. The letters and blocks are colored in the same colors and they all collide together to form the 1992 IRT logo, glowing brightly before it dies down.

FX/SFX: The parts zooming in.

Music/Sounds: A light orchestral sounder, played by low strings, low horns and a piano with a bang of a timpani and a clash of cymbals, followed by a metallic clang sound timed to the logo changing color. These short versions later reused for CBS Productions in 2009

Variants:


 * A version without fading exists

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * A short version exists, instead of following by a metallic clang sound timed to the logo changing color, the background continues to animate without the white logo.
 * A shorter version exists, where we begin a split-second before the cymbals end.

Availability: Common. This logo appeared on the news, series, and films.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2003-2007)
Nicknames: IRT Blocks III, IRT in the Studio, IRT Blocks in the Studio, IRT Blocks of Doom

Logo: The entire logo is dark until we later see a flash of light, which dies down to reveal the colorful IRT blocks (with the light coming from the center of it) with "IRT" next to it and "Independent Radio and Television" below them, floating above a pink floor in a yellow studio with colorful searchlights on the walls. The logo then slowly zooms away.

FX/SFX: The flash of light, and the zooming out.

Music/Sounds: A Cymbal roll, then a powerful orchestral sounder, played by a string ensemble, a slow twinkle, and a piano with a bang of a timpani and a clash of cymbals

Variants:


 * A short version exists, it cuts the first part in a split-second.

Availability: Common. This logo appeared on the news, series, and films.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2007-2013)
Nicknames: IRT Blocks IV, IRT Explosive Blocks, IRT Exploding Pieces

Logo: We start out with a black screen. After a few seconds, a piece of the screen breaks out, revealing a beam of light. More pieces break out, and more light emits through the holes. The light begins to change color as more pieces are breaking out. As all the pieces fly off-screen, the IRT blocks is shown. The words "IRT" and "Independent Radio and Television" fades in and it glows blue for a few seconds.

FX/SFX: The pieces of the screen being broken out, the light.

Music/Sounds: The 1997 Activision fanfare but more orchestrated and edited without an electric power-off, On the later variant, it has another Activision fanfare but it's got the same thing, On a short variant, the low strings, slow twinkle and a piano was playing.

Variants:


 * There is a later and more common variant where the animation is enhanced, and the light just glows blue, and the pieces are blown out faster than usual, and the words fade at once. This was used for 2010 replacing the original animation
 * The shorts version appears, it doesn't do anything expect for the words fading at once.

Availability: Common. This logo appeared on the news, series, and films.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (2013-)
Nicknames: IRT Blocks V, IRT Crispy Blocks, Crispy IRT

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: A bombastic animation with glowing.

Music/Sounds: A fantastic orchestral fanfare.

Variants:


 * A short version with different fanfare
 * A shorter version with the same alternative fanfare but short

Availability: Common. This logo appeared on the news, series, and films.

Editor's Note: None.