Over the next five years, more and more stations begin airing the show in the same 'pattern' now matching affiliates in major cities. Also, the show now uses the same style of Griffin logo that the daytime series adopted in February 1984, with much smaller text in the Peignot font, and with the blinking animation removed from the griffin.
'N as in Nancy'), except when necessary if Pat does not hear them clearly. Around this point, at Merv's insistence, contestants generally stop using 'as in' when calling their letters (e.g.
