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WFAA News 8 Update (8/28/1988)

....aaaand Scripps is now gone from Dish. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/251626/scripps-stations-go-dark-to-dish-subs/ Scripps claims that this is their first EVER dispute with a provider, and that they are willing to make a deal. To put it simply, Dish sucks. Always has, always will.

It's good, but they could be improved upon...namely the logo itself, and re-do the supers so they don't look like they're built off the old Limerick package. I guess the last thing Cleveland TV needs is another canned graphics package (except for WKYC...the Tegna-itis would be an improvement at this point)

A 1994 promo for WLS's longtime meteorologist Jerry Taft, who died yesterday: Here's another one, from 1995:

“News People” is one of my favorite news themes. Here’s an instrumental cut from the package as used by WIS-TV in their morning sign-on from 1980:

A couple of 1987 commercial reels from my home market, The Piedmont Triad. WXII (using the WXII News Package) WFMY (using the WFMY 1986 News Theme)

Armin hardly EVER acknowledges local TV...

UnderConsideration Brand New - a site that review logos from a true "identity/graphic design" standpoint -reviewed the WTSP logo. https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_identity_for_10_tampa_bay_by_matchstic.php Apparently, the design crowd loves it...

Please tell me I'm not the only one who is getting completely agitated by how all of the anchors, especially Juliet Huddy & Kerry Pinkcheeks, are being told to somehow express their opinions for each story. I don't mind the idea of it in theory, but just the fact that I know they're only doing it because they're TOLD to do it makes me absolutely hate it because it feels so forced. And it DEFINITELY doesn't help that their "opinions" never go far beyond saying simple crap that we don't need to be told, like "oh that's terrible" or "hopefully they catch this guy." I know damn well how little my view counts in the grand scheme of things but I might stop watching the Fox 5 news simply out of petty spite.

Meteorologist Jerry Taft has died. https://abc7chicago.com/weather/retired-abc7-meteorologist-jerry-taft-dies-at-77/6332373/