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You read that right. KWQC commissioned it (thanks to Cyle Dickens' help nonetheless) and will debut on June 10th.

The current music pkg isnt even music. Its weak boring.. nothing. A few lame sounds to put you to sleep. This is at least a music pkg with some style. God.. why have the Scripps stations become so boring and vanilla. They are unwatchable. No energy. WXYZ is the worst offender. Is that on purpose?

Today happens to be Meterologist Maria Quiban’s 25th year at FOX 11 and it just shows how fast the time flies.

This is the 7 day forecast graphic. It looks pretty decent me thinks.

I was told by the assistant news director at KJRH back in April that Scripps was working on a new graphics package and looks like Tampa Bay is the first to get it.

I saw this on X. If this is any indication, we could be on a verge of a HUGE major rebrand for RTVE Spain, the first major change to happen since 2008. Stay tuned...

It’s probably to counter the stupid, over the top, full of yourself presentation of WDIV. And besides. It’s the best thing they’ve put out product wise since all the old folks retired. That and they can put out a cleaner product than WDIV, which it is, and try to capitalize on that sinking ship over there. Do I wish they had some of the old O&O style energy? Sure. It’s it the most mistake free in the market? Probably. This new music package with the goofy string sound just sort of repeats variations of that and it sounds kinda weird after a while. WFTS played about two minutes if it today and it really never even gets off the ground. It might make a great BREAKING NEWS bed but it’s kinda lousy theme music.

Great retrospective of Lester’s NN tenure, it’s hard to believe 10 years has flown by since he was elevated from weekends. He’s always been one of my favorites.

Kmvt has been airing promos with grayone since they got their logo they have now in 2023 one promo they are airing has the logo animation that promo shows the history of the station for their 70th anniversary below is a example Screen_Recording_20250530_144931_Samsung Internet.mp4 The promo with the animation lv_0_20250530145802.mp4

Oh ok

I wanted to update this, as Kristine welcomed Lonnie back to the 11pm this week, so it appears the change was only to ease him back into work (and I think Vanessa was still doing the 6pm/8pm). So now with Scott added, they have Lonnie, John, Vanessa, Tony, and Scott. And not to mention Craig Allen and Rob Marciano.

According to the NMSA The music for the 2025 graphics was made by 11/one music

JUST FOR REMINDER: After taking the role as a anchor and managing director a decade ago in June 2015, tonight will be the last day of Lester Holt anchoring NBC Nightly News.

4pm- Samantha Cortese and John Fenoglio 5pm/6pm- Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman 6:30pm- Micah Ohlman 7pm- Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman....same team for 10pm/11pm.

Cool, what was the story / process / inspiration that got you to that arrangement? Pretty iconic, nailed the newsy urgency and authority with some ebbs and flows. I remember it being used for many years.

What’s the anchor line-ups for KTLA News at 4, 5, 6, 6:30 & 7?

I honestly don't think anything can save CBS at this point nor the parent company as well. Skydance or not, Shari Redstone has dug a grave deeper than the one Larry Tisch dug prior. There is no savior coming to rescue CBS. Westinghouse doesn't exist anymore and I don't think any people from the Westinghouse era work at CBS anymore. To think that CBS' resurgence was all because New World, Scripps and others got group affiliation deals with their respective networks. Funny that Scripps (the only one still out there that his history with the 1994 affiliation swap) is on the brink of extinction as well as CBS. Just goes to show that the short term is not going to be as beneficial in the long term.

WFLA Newschannel 8 1994 WPVI Action News 1990 WJZ Eyewitness News 1993 (clip starts at 14:11) WRC News 4 1993 KNBC Channel 4 News 1995 WHBF 4 News closing at the beginning of the clip. 1985 WTSP 10 News 1994

Anthony and Kaitlin are a ‘interesting’ choice to pair together. Nevertheless, I don’t think WGN (or anyone else) has to worry about ‘ChicagoNOW’. They should have brought back their ‘Good Day After the Show’ Facebook Live program. It was a lot more entertaining.

Yes & No. From what I’ve seen, all four anchors appear at the very top (at 9A) and then everyone (including Mike and Kaitlin) will do a segment solo or they’ll do a segment (or two) as a group. Kaitlin does the weather at 8A, 9A and Noon, but Mike often appears throughout GDC doing non-weather related stuff. Been that way for a while.. Over the past several weeks; they have also updated the openings for each newscast.

So, you're saying that it's still Brian and Natalie at 9? Side note, does Kaitlin come on earlier than 9am, these days?

For the first time in its entirety on YouTube:

Was in a cab recently and heard an updated remix of the 80s WNBC NJJ Music theme bed being used for the taxi news updates. Has that cut ever made it on the regular newscasts?

Does anyone know who was the voiceover for some local Univision Stations from the late 2000s to early 2010s I only know the voiceover for my Local Univision station from 2006 to 2011

What is the name of the theme that KIRO 7 in Seattle used from around 2013-2015?

http://www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/#1,1,KIRO

Heard this song past the 5:03 mark, the 13:44 mark, the open at the 14:29 mark, and the 28:42 mark Is it a piece of production music, or part of the Michael Randall's NewsCenter package that NBC12 was using at the time?

This sounds different from the John Williams original heard in 1974 movie. Sounds like the cover version of the Towering Inferno main title, which was used for WSFA Decision 82 coverage. I LOVE IT! Sounds Awesome! Wonder who did that cover version used for that 1982 mid-term election night coverage.

Early KMSG was a one man band with a pastiche of stories taken with marginal attribution from big city news stations, police blotter propaganda, and random long form interviews. If you look at December 2023 and January 2024 it looked like a reasonable newscast, although the reporters and talent needed to project more confidence in their delivery (the only exception was Emma Ott, who as a literal VSCO girl could pull that off more professionally). Now I think it has fallen well below the Alpenas and Zanesvilles of the world.

Key words: Well-Educated. Too many people click the first Google result and fail to fact-check themselves.

My only issue with the "stripping" of affiliate logos from these stations is that these affiliations lend a form of credibility to them. Bad actors have been lifting and creating fake logos for use on illegitimate "news" sites for the sole purpose of spreading disinformation. Even with FOX affiliates, despite any link to their affiliates and "news" channel. The link between them is minimal and any well-educated person should know that. Being a heritage station and Raycom's idea to use their highly visible longtime neon sign as their main brand is a brilliant branding move. Same with WAVE in Louisville resurrecting their "WAVE" logo from years past.

Hey there I would love for you to see my "failed" newscast today and reply back. Go to our YT channel @mytv53 If you think I'm a failed reporter, please respond to what I have done with this news department now.

WSFA Decision 82 "The Towering Inferno" (1974) movie main title theme

Not saying I agree with that comment to begin with, but in the interest of fairness: csreedabc is Chris Reed, owner of Newsmusic Central and also a copyright lawyer in his day job. So I can see why he said what he said.

Royalty-free production music CDs and digital downloads exist. Many of them are actually very good. There is no reason why this had to happen.

Not sure who first replied to NMN’s comment, but if we’re going to be honest, I don’t think they are “well positioned to be commenting…” They clearly don’t understand how big of a risk this could’ve been to the future of News Music Now and even NMSA. I wouldn’t say NMN has unauthorized use. I know the news music publishers know about News Music Now. Some publishers I’ve spoke with have mentioned the site, other publishers have been tagged in his posts and they’ve reacted to and even commented his posts. He has taken steps to prevent copyright violations and this exact situation from happening. Luckily, this was all a VERY BIG misunderstanding and he actually has a license for News One. But if cuts start getting ripped from the site by tv stations to use, they could view News Music Now and even the NMSA as a threat and ask for the sites to be shut down, then what would we all do? With all that being said, let this be a lesson to all of us, myself included… “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. Austin is taking a chance and following a dream and that’s more than a lot of people can say. I hope these people criticizing him and critiquing him are reaching out to him and offering to help in any way possible; and if not, sit back down. I know I hope to see it grow and this newscast be successful.

I feel like... 10% bad for him. News seems to be his passion and I wish the guy luck, but he's been in the biz for decades now. He started in his teens with public access "news" programs. Which for being a teen, was impressive. He even got his show posted on NMSA under "Rose City News". But...he's not a teen anymore and he's since had multiple stints at professional stations in various positions. So he's more than had enough time to bring his skills up to snuff. If this is what he's putting out, the criticism is deserved.

"Gary" is station owner Gary Cocola, who is the "king of Central Valley LPTVs." He leases most of those channels out to third parties.

Wouldn't be surprised it's "Source: Dude, Trust Me, Bro"

Hummingbird, and out of Nashville, no less! Nice find! Their only other known news theme is that WEAR 1994 custom package. Should have known that a local company would have done the WSMV stuff. Well, they also apparently did some WJLA promos from the mid 80s: And a 1992 KCRA promo: And the mid-90s "Here's 2 St. Louis" campaign KTVI used when they went Fox: On the subject of WSMV, they commissioned JAM's Yours Truly—they're the credited commissioner on the JAM site, the image songs were originally written with Nashville references, and Nashville native John Young (instead of Charlie Van Dyke) voices the demo.

I'm going to say something, and you might be a little surprised. I disagree with you on many of your points, but I do appreciate knowing your final assessment of all of this. Now, I'm not looking to debate anything, I think we can agree to disagree, and be gentlemen on the matter. That said, I still insist that it's not Idler's intent to destroy the station. It literally makes no sense. Including Idler, four managers have been in place during the nearly 3-decade run as number one, and no one wants to be the one to lose it. Sure, they've recently lost some ground, but I really don't think that's anyone's fault. ANYONE. It's just the nature of the business. There are high points, low points, and the transitional periods. The latter is where I believe WLS currently sits. Whether that's still dropping or back rising, I'm not sure. The other stations in town (save for one) have become more competitive, and are testing the strength of the Circle 7. It's a generational cycle, but I think channel 7 still has years before there's anything to truly be worried about. They're not going to win every slot everyday, that's just how it goes. Back to the boss. He's made several mistakes, for sure. There are many words I'd use for him...aloof, conforming, (somewhat) insensitive, even lazy, but most of all NAIVE...certainly not bastard (which I kinda think is a little immature, but to each his own). Again, why would anyone want to destroy a station? I don't think that he's trying to ruin everything as much as he doesn't properly understand the history. Yes, a lot of supposed "research" was done, and you'd think somewhere along the line Idler and Miles would've picked up some stuff, but they didn't. For that, I call them lazy and oblivious, but I maintain that none of this is malicious. He was good enough that Barr employed him, I'd like to think that would count for something. Again, lazy and oblivious, not "no-good dirty lowdown bastards". That's probably a little more than harsh, and even on an adult-driven forum like this, a tad unprofessional and inappropriate. As for Miles, he has his presentation style, it is what it is. I'm not too thrilled with his moves, either. As for the changes...for me, most of it is some little things. For you, it's one big thing. I wholeheartedly agree that the music usage is messy. The late shows are fairly consistent, but the update lacks the personality of the '92 package. I'm mostly satisfied with the opens. They look good, the wording is a little odd, but the cuts work. The PM talent opens are, to my taste, close enough to the original to warrant a half thumbs-up from me. The mornings are especially rough, though. The short open still sounds crappy with how it cuts off suddenly. The talent open, like the later shows, is pretty good. I don't like the use of NS2K13+ (that's what I'm calling it) for the morning bumpers, but I don't really like the bumper to start with. In turn, I don't really like the evening close. The EWN cut used for the morning close is pretty sweet. It's a little outdated, and it's not a theme we're used to on WLS, but it's got substance. Overall, I still think they could've done worse. I do appreciate that they didn't COMPLETELY switch to Eyewitness News. I'll miss the old packages, but I'll get used to it (I already have, and that disappoints me greatly). In terms of graphics, they are what they are. There's clearly a lot of common features seen on other ABC stations, but this is, without a doubt its own package. A little resemblance across the station group is one thing, and standardized graphics are another. I'm glad ABC appears to be sticking with the former. Some of the animations are pointless, or at minimum overdone, but that's just the nature of graphics these days. Most of it is quick, quite fluid and looks decent, unlike WABC's which is WAAAAAAAAAAAY overdone. Look at the 2005 package, it fit the style of that time just as much as the new look does. For my money, WLS is still putting out the best product in town, even if some aspects are lacking compared to the past. WFLD is shit. WGN is looking a little stale these days (and I'm not talking about ANOTHER L3 refresh). WBBM is decent, but the set is lacking and they have several flaws in their presentation. And last but not least, to the single most overrated media entity in town, channel 5. I like very little about anything they do anymore. Sometimes I actually wish they went back to the pre-2012 WMAQ. The set is good, the anchor teams are mediocre (I'll never understand the appeal of Stafford and Rosati as a team), and the station's use of graphics and music are weak. They took a good theme and put in no effort, resulting in a very cheap listening experience. And Look F on NBC5 makes me wish we had Look A again. Case in point, here is a comparison of WLS and WMAQ's breaking news graphics, taken this afternoon at nearly the same time... The WMAQ image really makes me want to throw up. It looks like crap. Look F is very clean, yet the WMAQ graphics department makes it look beyond clunky and cartoonish. I'd rather they'd switch to the serifed, LA Grooved New York/San Fran presentation. At least that's classy. The other thing that really irks me about channel 5 is the eternal chip they have on their shoulder. They've become competitive in the mornings, and have shown growth (albeit minimal) in the later hours, yet they act like they won a freakin' Nobel prize. Channel 7 does the same thing, but at least they've earned the right. Something about their overall image comes off as so pretentious, when the biggest difference between old and new NBC5 is a glorified paint job and an investigative unit. Anyway, back on-topic. I don't like a lot of the recent changes at WLS. I can't fully dictate how disappointed I am at some things, for I'd be going against my personal standards of decency to do so. To close, this may sound like an attack to some, but all I have to say is, that if the station's management, content, look and sound have changed to the point of instilling anger, I'm only left to ask... WHY ARE YOU STILL WATCHING?

I know I've stated this many times on this board. But let me reiterated what I said about the sentiment. One can argue, the change of music isn't the reason why folks are watching the news. But for a station that's been using the same theme song, and not using any specific updates from the theme (except for the 2001 morning theme update), it's in the viewer's consciousness who continues to watch the station's newscasts on a daily and consistent basis. What I think Idler & Miles are doing is trying to meddle with that element and try to sneak some element that's been used by the other O&Os. Yes, WLS have been using the ABC O&O Theme in several instances for the last decade, but it has never used on any openings, bumpers or closes in the newscasts. But I just can't see any those themes being used that fit their current content of WLS's newscasts. But recently, there have been several small tweaks to the content, especially those "pop-up" graphics used on a constant basis, i.e. "New at 4", "New at 5", "New at 6", "Breaking News" (even when it's not all that breaking", "Developing Story", "ABC 7 Exclusive", etc. etc. It's almost like they want to tinker with the content so it could possibly well fit with some new elements or possibly fit a possible newer graphics package. Some of y'all say the future is "bright". What kind of bright are you talking about when you strip the historical overtones and try to strip away the already iconic identity, individuality, locality and creativity & style of the station? Anyone can say, "Ah they need a refresh their look, it's getting stale". I'm not debating any graphic or set changes. It'll probably be a hard process of getting a new set, without doing a temp set, probably upstairs at the 3rd floor, where they did their news prior to going downstairs. Anywho, I'm not debating those. But I don't like those new graphics that are highly animated like the new KABC & WTVD graphics. I don't like those. But the only element i'd care mostly about through all of this is their current use of its music, that I think it's just as iconic and just as big as MCTYW on WPVI and Chroma Cues on WJZ. What would've happen if Idler come and possibly get rid of MCTYW for the same theme the other station on the other side of the Turnpike is using, you wouldn't think the "PVI-effect" would make a repeat, like 17 years ago? My point you look at WLS and WPVI & WJZ, WTOC. But then I've seen what happen to WCSH & KARE 11 & KTVU and the others that had a longtime theme song being dropped after over a longtime of usage. Not just the familiarity of a theme song, also the longevity of the theme song is powerful. Many stations are use to seeing theme song changes left and right for a short period of time. They change just for the sake of it. But I come to embrace the stations that used their theme songs for a decade and longer because it means a whole lot not only to the station, but the viewers that watches the station everyday. News Series 2000 Plus, and I said News Series 2000 Plus, not that "S"-word name that Gari is now calling it for the WLS rejected theme. He'll we don't know what plans Miles & Idler is going to do for the EWN rebrand. But like I said, while I should be jubilating about the return of EWN, I'm feeling more worried, and I had that feeling six years ago, when talk of an updated NS2000+ came about, that this would be a time that News Series 2000 Plus would end its run on WLS. If you ask me if I like the return of Eyewitness News, I wished the Eyewitness News name never left in November of 1996, but like I stated, it was the stations way to not divide the news brand with the overall brand. I still wished they kept the name because the format shows that Eyewitness News never left WLS. But in Dumbo Idler's sence, he probably have different reasons why he want to name to come. I have a feeling he's want to do so, so that he would finally end the stallmate of having that differentiation from all the other O&Os and try to finally be like the others. I just hope they don't follow an ultimatum and drop the longtime News Series 2000 Plus. Mrtraveler01 made this valid point earlier: To reiterate what he said is, while you want to get new viewers (predominently younger viewers), you're at a risk of alienating your longtime loyal viewers. Do they even care at this point? You can let it past Dumbo Idler or his sidekick Curtis Miles. Ever since Idler step foot 190 North State Street 16 months ago, it's been all hell from the jump. He get rid of weekly show 190 North, you get rid of longtime CSD Tom Hebel, He fired Sylvia, and he tries to slowly incorporate his own elements or bring some elements that would alter or eliminate the local feel and historical overtones of the station. This was probably his plan from the get-go. And because all of that I'm extremely pissed. And I said this earlier in this thread, since all he's done these last 16 months, anything that he executes would not be good in my eyes. So I don't hope for the best of him. Until I see anything that would benefit the station, and honoring the historical elements and the traditions and legacies of the stations, I call a spade a spade to Mr. John Idler. And I still call him the NEW Joe Ahern of this market. If he does the ultimatum and pull the plug on News Series 2000 Plus, this would be his worst move since being there. Talk about a catastrophic move, should that ever occurs, and I hope a "PVI-effect" happens as well. But my biggest point I want to make is that, while many are entitled to their own opinions, I'm highly offended by some who are making hypothesis in speculating the end of News Series 2000 Plus on Channel 7. While many of you think because new people are at the station and y'all think its a foregone conclusion, I continue to have hope. And hope is all I have at this point and that's how I feel. While many of y'all probably want to see something new on WLS and probably want to see WLS use things the O&Os use, I despise it. In fact about it, I cringe when I hear people say, why not are they're using that theme used by the other O&Os. Just because this station is not using that other ABC theme, doesn't mean you have too. Everyone loves a theme tune that they are familiar with. When people come to Chicago, they know they here that familiar tune. None of them are familiar with those themes that are or have been used in NY & LA or the countless other ABC affiliates. Like I said, just because WLS is not using them, doesn't mean they have to. So In closing, I'm thrilled that the Eyewitness News name will return. That's a historic overtone of its own. But if the inevitability happens, those dumbos who are running the station to the ground better hope their status of being the top station doesn't go with it.

Crap, I'm good. I also had made this up a few months ago for fun... [yt]_JaRObcLsds[/yt]

Eyewitness News is coming back! http://www.robertfeder.com/2013/10/16/abc-7-looks-forward-to-return-of-eyewitness-news/

Wait...what?

Hearing the 4pm tease just minutes ago, it appears they'd replaced that "slow" recording of the main NS2000+ open cue with that WABC EWN promo cue, the same music that's played on the 10pm tease during Wheel.

I wouldn't say that the '7' is thicker, it's just been softened some...

They updated the newsroom reporting station. It doesn't look bad, it's just too tight and dark. By the way, the new live video stream (where the image on the right came from) on the ABC-owned sites is really nice. You can make out the liver spots on Ron's forehead.

Is this rebrand launching today? Thursday? Later?