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WTVJ News 4 Nightcast 1989

Has anyone actually see a current WTSP open with the new logo? You'd think they would have changed it over by now.

In WBRC's case, the "6" at the time drew from their longtime neon sign on top of Red Mountain...(hence the "on top of it all" slogan) It even translates to their current logo. At least this has history to draw on. As for WTSP, this what they REALLY looked like in 1979.

1997 WHTM Newscenter Evening Edition

It's almost American: John Lindsay VO, "coverage you can count on" slogan...but this ain't America:

Is it just me, or has WTHR executed the graphics a lot better than the original TEGNA stations? I can't point my finger on what looks/feels different about WTHR's L3's, etc. but I like it.

I guess if my quarantine hair can look like something out of 1979, WTSP can use a 1979-inspired logo on its website

From forty years ago today, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster:

That's good. I'm not too impressed with Gray's packages. I hope more stations pick up the WAVE look.

Well let's see which stations have yet to switch. I posted this back on Christmas Eve. I've scratched the ones that gotten "Gray'd" since then.

The whole TV-Sports thing has been bubbling over for some time now. People are dropping their subscriptions because it's so expensive, and because millions of people don't have jobs anymore. Do we even need regional sports networks anymore? Sinclair may have shot themselves in the foot since they own the former FOX RSN's, which will eventually have to drop the FOX branding, or pony up licensing fees.... It's the absolute perfect time to rebrand a network with a name that few would gravitate to, and that companies have dumped or restricted their carriage as well... Either way, it's going to cost a lot of $$$$$$$ that people are tired of paying for.

WBTV 1986 clips WCIX Newsbreak 1989 WTVJ 4 News Now promo 1992

I wouldn't say NEW as since they implemented the gfx almost 9 months ago...

From btm0815ma: the Mon. Nov. 2, 1981 broadcast of WNT on ABC, wherein the announcer at the top bills Frank Reynolds as being in the then-new Washington newsroom for ABC, and at the bottom, Frank shows off some more of that then-new studio (he wouldn't have long to enjoy it, though, passing on in 1983 at 59)...

For anyone that cares, KGW got the new website design today.

KPIX 1977 Insta cam promo KPIX 1977 Red Eye theater close, Editorial and sign off. As we approach 40 years since the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. I provide you with 1980 Seattle TV coverage. WKRC 1979 News snippet with Nick Clooney WLUK Newscenter 11 promo, Weather and close 1985 WJRT 1984 Newscast

Fighting the frizzies...at 11.

I'm getting Star Wars vibes with this, especially the Tampa Bay text.

WBTV called, it wants its slogan back

Tegna needs to make the logo section bigger on the website. And I still wish the 10 typeface would be made solid (or have fewer lines) instead of the ridiculous number of lines (which doesn't show up good at all on the website).

For anybody who grew up watching Baltimore television news in the 70's, 80's, and 90's, you'll know the one name familiar to Baltimore and WJZ is Al Sanders. Hard to believe, it is now been 25 years ago today that the city of Baltimore and WJZ would never be the same of that emotional and difficult day. Al Sanders was diagnosed with lung cancer in March of '95, but after just six or seven weeks of chemotherapy and intensive care, he lost the battle at the age 54. Al worked at WJZ 13 from 1972 as a weekend anchor/weekday reporter before joining up with his friend, the late great Jerry Turner in 1977. From 1977 to '87, Jerry and Al became on the most successful anchor teams in Baltimore TV history. Turner and Sanders were Baltimore's top news team until 1987, when Turner succumbed to esophageal cancer on New Year's Eve (12/31/87). Longtime WJZ anchor/reporter and Al's colleague, Denise Koch joined Sanders on the anchor desk as a fill-in, gaining the role permanently in early 1988. Sanders won Emmy Awards in 1993 and 1994 for his regularly featured specialty report, "Picture This." For anybody who watches Al Sanders, he was the real reason why we as local news fans and viewers turn to get the facts and get it right. Al was a tough reporter, but incredibility sensitive. Tradition minded, but he loved the free expression of Jazz music. Al Sanders did not have the kind of ego that most people associated with anchorman, he worked hard. If that meant covering a big story on his day off, that was fine with him. And above all, he wanted to report things that matted to people. Today, we local news fans honored and remembered and pay tribute to Al Sanders on this day, the man who put WJZ on the map in his 23 years at the station, the man who maintained his calm, and led the newsroom and the WJZ Eyewitness News team when the worst breaking news is happening. He taught us to focus on what need to be done to make sure you got the news coverage you can count on and deserve. RIP Al Sanders... And Godspeed.

Great point! That is why I said "or Tegna to make them that way" in parentheses: because I wasn't sure who was behind this (whether it was the station, or the owner). All that said, I appreciate the clarification; nonetheless, that is sad that one of the last remaining holdouts of the EWN title on NBC stations is no longer (we are now down to 3: WBRE Channel 28 in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA; WRCB Channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN; and KOB Channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM).

Yeah C Clarity is a really serious downgrade from The Tower. And while the Eyewitness News brand isn't unique to the station like it is for a station such as WABC, they did use it for many years, and I think it just came as a surprise to see it go.

The imagery is pretty good on the graphics, notwithstanding that I don't particularly like the gfx pkg in general. But "C Clarity" is a sorry replacement for "The Tower". And of course they just had to drop a perfectly solid brand name for something uninspiring.

Oh yes. Here are the weather graphics, weather open, and BIG BONUS! They aren't using NXT! Yay.

Being from Indiana and watching WTHR growing up, I can officially say this: If they drop the "Eyewitness News" Brand, BIG MISTAKE TEGNA