WNET.ORG Thirteen

Background
WNET.ORG Thirteen is the name of the organization that holds the licenses of WNET and its sister station on Long Island, WLIW. WNET is the PBS affiliate located in Newark, New Jersey. They first signed on the air on May 15, 1948, being the oldest of all the stations (although it joined NET in 1962). It also serves New York City.

(May 13, 2009, February 22, 2010-March 27, 2022)
Logo:
 *  May 13, 2009-February 21, 2010:  We see the footage of Manhattan at night. A line draws itself next to the moon, and spins several times and stops by forming a lowercase "i". "TH" slides out of the left side of the "I" and "RTEEN" slides out of the right side of the "I": all in the Gotham typeface. After the animation is done, "WNET.ORG" fades in above "THIRTEEN".
 *  2009?, February 22, 2010-2012:  We see the footage of the Empire State Building in a dusk sky (with the lights of the Empire State Building in beige). "WNET.ORG" is seen at the upper right half of the screen, with the dot in white. A lens flare shines before a line draws itself next to the dot, and spins slowly and stops by forming a lowercase "i". "TH" slides out of the left side of the "I" and "RTEEN" slides out of the right side of the "I": all in the Gotham typeface. "THIRTEEN".
 *  Late 2011?-2012-2022:  Same as before, but, instead of "WNET.ORG", only "WNET" appears. As a result, the "i" animation is no longer used. The company name blurs in from a flare shining.

Variants:
 * On Worldfocus, Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, and PBS Newshour Weekend, "CREATIVE NEWS GROUP" appears in place of "THIRTEEN".
 * Sometimes, as seen on episodes of Live from Lincoln Center, "THIRTEEN" is absent. As a result, this variant makes up the corporate logo.
 * On WLIW-produced programs, such as Front and Center, "WLIW21" appears in place of "THIRTEEN". Due to a condition, the company name appears slightly quickly from a flare.
 * On Sprout airings of Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps since 2013, where Sprout (now Universal Kids and previously PBS Kids Sprout) is not working with WNET anymore, an extremely rare reported variant of the 2010 logo exists: "WNET.ORG" is absent while the dot can be barley seen above the "I" in "THIRTEEN". The logo was also edited where it starts after the flare shining. Another reported variant shows where the entire company name is removed with the footage of the Empire State Building active.
 * On a 2010 WNET airing of a Bob the Builder episode, there is a variant of the 2009 logo where "WNET.ORG" is absent. This variant shown in the above is a reference of the Sprout airing variant of the 2010 logo.

Technique: Live action, with motion-controlled animation for the text.

Music/Sounds:
 * May 13, 2009-February 21, 2010: A re-orchestration of the 2006 logo's theme was used a few times. Sometimes, the regular 2006 logo's theme was used instead.
 * 2009-2022: A gracious 4-note orchestra tune composed by Niccolo Athens. Sometimes extended with a piano note at the end.

Music/Sounds Trivia: You can watch a video of Athens conducting this logo's theme, as well as other themes used in WNET's local bumpers of the time.

Availability: Common. This logo still appears on most new programs, mainly in prime time.
 * Can be seen on American Masters, Tavis Smiley, PBS News Hour Weekend, Nature, Great Performances, Charlie Rose, Charlie Rose: The Week (though no logo appears at all on most editions beginning December 18, 2015), and Cyberchase.
 * The original variant made its last appearance on a rebroadcast of the Nature episode "Invasion of the Giant Pythons".
 * Also shown up on Los Angeles-animated Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build and Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, (animated in Taiwan) and PBS airings of Barney & Friends and Thomas and Friends (DVDs and Sprout airings remove this logo; also, on PBS airings of the former, the logo appears after the HiT logo instead of before it, since no other company, not even Nitrogen Studios, produced it). It strangely appeared at the end for Sprout airings of Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps.
 * Its last appearance was on the March 27, 2022 edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend, which was also its last to be produced before moving to WETA.