Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: NBC peacock Message-ID: <1808@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 18:49:11 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1808 Posted: Fri Aug 16 18:49:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 19:43:22 EDT References: <6396@ucla-cs.ARPA> <762@abnji.UUCP> <248@frog.UUCP> <326@zaphod.UUCP> Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 15 > In article <248@frog.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) writes: > >> I agree that the ORIGINAL NBC peacock was a rather flashy > >> character, but NBC will probably not bring it back due to all the > >> expense they had trying to change it. > >> Remember, they replaced the peacock with a red/blue > >> 'N' but were sued by other stations already using that logo. > > > The real joke here is that NBC spent about half a megabuck to > develop the red/blue 'N', only to find out that some nonprofit > public or university station had already done the same thing for > peanuts > > Paul The station was a PBS station at the Univ of Nebraska. Hence the N.