Caracol Television (Colombia)

Background: Caracol (Spanish for snail) Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by the Santo Domingo Group. It had formerly started as a production company.1st Logo(1969-1974)Nicknames: "Caracol Square", "C in Space", "No Snail"Logo: On a space background, 4 arrows arranged in the cardinal directions of a compass zoom in as the text "CARACOL" zoom in and rotate as a ring. As it gets closer to the arrows, it tilts to a forward position and stretches out into a box. A box-shaped "C" zooms out in white over the box as "CARACOL" fades inside of the "C". "RADIO-TELEVISION" is seen below as well.FX/SFX: The word zooming in and forming a box.Music/Sounds: A whirring UFO sound (not like Colombiana de Television's sound) is heard at the beginning, followed by a loud trumpet fanfare and an announcer.Availability: Extinct. Seen on programs at the time, which never air again in Colombia.2nd Logo(1975-1981)Nicknames: "Caracol Square II", "Glass Square", "The Other Glass of Doom", "Still No Snail"Logo: On a black background, a purple ring that grows and shrinks points zooms in as the glowing green text "CARACOL" scroll across the screen at a fixed angle. When it passes through, a green ring emerges and a glass model of the logo from before appears, zooming and rotating towards the screen. It stops for a moment before zooming back.FX/SFX: Live action for the most part.Music/Sounds: A beeping sound is heard with the announcer, followed by the same theme from before.Availability: See 1st logo.3rd Logo(1981-1983)Nicknames: "The Snail", "Caracol Square III", "C In Space II (later version)", "There's The Snail!"Logo: This actually have 2 versions:1981-1982: On a ocean-like background, a shell rolls into view. A pair of eyes appear and blink, before coming out to reveal a cartoonsnail with the logo on its chest. It then points at the logo while winking at us before he disappears and logo animation follows.1982-1983: On a space background, the same snail, but orange, flies out of a UFO with the same logo on it. It spins a few times before he winks and points at us as it goes off screen. The UFO remains before it disappears and follows into the logo animation.After this, the Caracol logo, but orange/pink in a black square with a white outline, zooms in and spins to the right side of the screen. The text "CARACOL" in a much thinner font, comes down in a reverse roller coaster effect, coming off with a trail. 2 white lines draw above and below the text.FX/SFX: The snail's animations, the logo forming.Music/Sounds: Same as the first logo.Availability: Maybe a bit more common, but still very rare.4th Logo(1983-1987)Nicknames: "The Snail II", "The Prototype Shell"Logo: On a dark blue background, the snail, holding a microphone and having Caracol's logo for the time on his chest, which is a abstract orange shell, crawls into view with a spotlight over it. It takes 2 bows before winking at us as the whole animation zooms out. The logo, but more realistic and in a yellow color, zooms in and shines.Variant: A version exists where the snail is seen reading a book before it winks at us and the animation continues as normal.FX/SFX: The snail's animations, the logo zooming in.Music/Sounds: Same as before.Availability: Again, very rare.5th Logo(1987-1998)Nicknames: "The Shell", "CGI Shell"Logo: On a dark blue gradient, various orange lines scroll across the screen as silver bars fly across the bottom of the screen. A rectangle then swings in front of the camera and the silver and orange bars slide all across the screen, along with the text "CARACOL" in a tall font and other colored lines. One "CARACOL" then stops in front of the screen and twirls around, clearing everything out. It then rests on the right side of the screen as a square made of lines flies in and rests next to it. A orange shell, this time abstract, then spins onto the square and lines slide in over the logo.Variants:A short version exists.A later version has a purple background, the CGI being more notable, and "TELEVISION" appearing below.FX/SFX: The things swirling around.Music/Sounds: Bubbling sounds, followed by a remastered and rearranged version of the trumpet fanfare. An announcer is usually heard.Availability: Rare.7th Logo(1998-2010)Nicknames:"The Rings","No More Shell"Logo: On a black background, a shining light appears. As it dies down, it reveals a dark blue swirling background, in which a few lines form "CARACOL". A green ball and orange crescents form in. A blue bar wipes in a square and a line. The swirls continue to move.FX/SFX: The rings forming.Music/Sounds: An even more majestic remake of the fanfare.Availability: Extinct, as they had became a channel by this point.Final Note: While they still exist, not much footage could be found of the later logos, so for now, this page is done.