Over the next five years, more and more stations begin airing the show in the same 'pattern' now matching affiliates in major cities. At this point, and concurrent with the debut of Jeopardy!, episodes of Wheel are now transmitted by satellite to subscribed affiliates in markets with the hardware to receive and record the shows.
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.
