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Well, they have the look, but judging by that echo (echo echo echo echo echo) they can't afford acoustical treatments in this "state of the art" studio. Or maybe, they just don't know that there's more to building a TV station than fancy graphics and sets.

As for the fading in the background... they’ve all had that effect for this package... it’s definitely a YMMV situation... the 25 logo looks better than the lousy WFTS logo faded in the background. A circle 5 or 7 will look pretty good faded in the background. I would add that some logo redesigns or new versions are forthcoming for everybody given the new bugs at the very least. For example I already know WXYZ is ditching the fat silver circle 7 logo they’ve been using since they got the Renderon package during the newscasts if not entirely in favor of a more traditional thin logo. I wouldn’t necessarily think anybody will debut some other new logo that isn’t just a reimagining of what they have already. So what are they doing for promos and station imaging?

Any way a station can cut a $50K - $85K in contract fees, they will. This is what has happened a several stations. They are dropping our VOs. TEGNA has pushed it and so has Scripps, here, it seems. For example, KUSA no longer has an imaging voice.

This would be a big down grade for KSBY and WLEX.

I don't think the KNXV logo needs any change. Blue and gold go together. If a change has to happen, you could swap the black out for gray, then make the 15 font white.

They better get it right when the package is forced on KSBY and WLEX. They have stellar packages and themes right now. If Scripps gets it wrong on those stations, that would be very unfortunate. Scripps is hopefully wising up a little bit from the botched implementation on WTXL and WFTS. As @oknewsguy said, it appears that KXXV is making small, baby steps in the right direction.

WFTS and WTXL could learn a lesson or two from KXXV. Kind of ridiculous that a station in Tampa Bay didn't implement the graphics as well as a station in Waco. I'll give WTXL a pass because they are in a smaller market. But it's clear that WFTS could've and should've done better with implementation. That's not to say I like these graphics. I think Scripps should ultimately go back to the drawing board--or give control over graphics back to each station.

St. Louis from 1987! KPLR (no open): KSDK with a young Janice Huff: And a KMOV open I’ve never seen before!

My guess is she's Walter's new co-anchor on weekends.

Please ping me whenever a station I did news opens for gets the new GFX. And I might as well throw my opinion on the GFX myself: they’re getting there. KXXV is doing good so far.

They've got the GMA-style logo for their morning show, too.

No voice over. Station personnel only for the promos.

The 1996 WVUE open discovered (really slick look)!

New M&A. I should call this a small M&A because it doesn't involve a major TV station. But the price tag is "somewhat" big. RNN National (owners of WRNN-TV) is acquiring eight NRJ TV stations for $81.2M. The stations they're acquire are as follows: KSCI Long Beach - (NRJ will continue to own sister station KNLA-CD) KCNS San Francisco - (NRJ will continue to own sister station KTNC-TV) KIKU Honolulu WMFP Foxborough - (will duopoly with WWDP) WTVE Willow Grove, PA - (will duopoly with WMCN) WPHY-CD Trenton KUBE Baytown, TX KFWD Dallas I don't know what RNN is going to do with these stations other than keeping the "Revenue Frontiers" alive. Their parent station (WRNN) run infomercials most of the day. And if NRJ Is cashing out, they might as well give up KTNC & KNLA to RNN as well.

And the stations that drop VOs will get what they paid for. It's sad how station groups are trending away from having quality visual and sound design (including VOs).

Spotted this Inquirer article on my FB feed and my jaw dropped. Meteorologist Tammie Souza out at NBC10

I wonder if KNXV here in Phoenix will get an updated logo... Since WMAR let go of their version, I don't think the black and yellow would look as good here... I wouldn't mind a variation of this 1995-97 logo:

I think Bill Hemmer will be a good fit. He's good with keeping biases out of the equation in his reporting. I think it's a job well deserved for him.

The way KXXV implemented this Graphics package is a step in the right direction. However, it is baby steps but it is going in the right direction. The music package on the other hand still needs work but at least from what I could tell KXXV is using the better cuts in the package. Overall I think that if more Scripps stations take this package and improve upon the overall graphics package (i.e. making the fonts more bolder, adding more cuts to the package that should sound newscast appropriate) this won't be as bad as what we initially thought. It's up to the stations at Scripps to decide do they want to implement what KXXV has implemented and even improve on what KXXV did and make it even better or go the WTXL/WFTS route.

Who knows? But the difference is nearly night and day. The music still needs improvement to sound newscast appropriate. But I can at least halfway stomach the graphics on KXXV.

Also the announcers as well, WFTS could a learn a thing or two what KXXV did by keeping Max McGill as their announcer. Certainly WTXL as well, I wonder why they did away with having the VO?

Here's the KXXV Open with the new graphics. At least KXXV didn't change the VOs the way WTXL (going with no VO) and WFTS did

It appears KXXV is bolding some of the type. Makes a difference.

According to other reports, yes, he'll also assume those roles.

Another senior local news anchor is signing off at CTV. Ken Shaw, the long time anchor of CFTO/CTV Toronto's noon ant 6 PM newscasts, is leaving his post on the anchor desk in January 2020. He will still be part of the CTV News team doing special projects for at least the next year. A Frank magazine article in November had suggested that CTV may have pushed Shaw out as part of a round of layoffs in October. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ctv-news-toronto-s-veteran-anchor-ken-shaw-announces-retirement-1.4719052 Shaw is the latest long-serving local news anchors at the CTV network to leave. On November 14, Gord Leclerc, one of CKY/CTV Winnipeg's main anchors for 24 years, was unceremoniously let go after presenting the station's noon newscast. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/instagram/anchor-leclerc-laid-off-by-ctv-564943692.html In September, CFRN/CTV Edmonton's Daryl McIntyre ended his 33-year run as that station's top news presenter; he had stated publicly that he was forced to take a buyout. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/liane-faulder-its-a-wrap-as-daryl-mcintyre-leaves-the-nightly-news-desk-at-ctv In April 2018, CTV also let go Tamara Taggart and Mike Killeen, the two principal anchors at CIVT/CTV Vancouver. Tamara had been at CIVT since the launch of that station in 1999. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/ctv-vancouver-fires-news-anchors-tamara-taggart-mike-killeen Some of the legacy news anchors that remain across the CTV network are Steve Murphy and Bruce Frisko (ATV/CTV Atlantic), Mutsumi Takahashi (CFCF/CTV Montreal), Ian White (CFCN/CTV Calgary), and Jim Chricton (CHWI/CTV Windsor).

Not to mention there are still some of the Tribune/Nexstar rejects Scripps acquired that are still on the Tribune-related layouts. It takes longer than what people realized to get the stations assimilated into a new platform and then you have to get new graphics and everything else in order

Glad I wasn't the only one lol. KDKA uses WSI. They have The Weather Company logo on the backgroud of their weather computers...

Not going to lie. I sat here waiting for images to load before I saw your note.

WJZ transitioned..... j/k it will be ages before they transition.

The whole thing's kind of all over the place -- the open screams Linear Drift, the lower-thirds feel like RenderOn, and I see some hints of the last-gen Access Hollywood look later in the show. Their headline bed is a library track from NSM and if you were jamming to the opening to Telemundo like I was, I have good news.

Here's a look at KSPR when it was known as "ABC 33". I'm not certain exactly when this clip was recorded, but looking at Wikipedia KSPR rebranded from "ABC 33" to "Springfield 33" in 1998, so it's safe to assume this was perhaps 1997 or 1998. If anyone knows more exactly when this was, I'd greatly appreciate learning that. Also noteworthy is that you can see Sonya Kullmann when she was earlier in her TV career. She would go on to KOLR10 where she anchored their morning newscasts in the 2000s, then replacing Joy Robertson as co-anchor in the evenings before leaving that station around 2012. She is now with Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

For my 400th video upload, I present a fully updated and restored montage of TEGNA’s crown jewel WXIA-TV:

KSPR in 2005 when it was called "Springfield 33 News"--Here are a couple of sponsored idents and a short teaser.

WFLA from 1992:

KOMO 'Live at 4' open 1984. Looks like the KTRK Live at Five opening animation, plus a special set - looks great in the wide shot

November 1997, KSDK promotes its new look and set, graphics by Hothaus:

Here is a short KYW news tease from December 1983 using an unknown theme.

WITI! 1983!

NBC's Statue of Liberty... ...became the Sydney Harbour bridge on ATN7 in Sydney, Australia... ...and a local statue on ADS7 in Adelaide, Australia: Also, not the similarity of the ADS7 set to the NBC Nightly News set:

Woah. WSVN really has influenced the world with its Newsplex looks over the years.

WLS in Chicago and WSBT, a CBS affiliate in the neighboring South Bend market:

As for WSIL, they used a font/logotype that other stations used - KHTV/39 in Houston used a similar (of not the same) 3 in their 39 logo. Back in the day, your options were more limited, mostly, since you didn’t have millions of fonts to chose from - and everything was edited by hand, be it using something like ChartPak rub-on letters or film/pictures from a typesetter to create ads. As for WPSD and WKMG, they both use the “Local #” branding, possibly from the same creative design agency, but the fonts and obliqueness of the graphic are distinctly different. For a better example, compare WCBS, WBBM and KCBS’s logos, or any of the numerous ABC Circle-7 logos...

I think it's supposed to be a rip-off of the Ch-8 in Fort Bragg, CA that used to do some news way back in the dark ages. Psssst... Nobody in Northern California says "Norcal". Yes, it's acceptable to say "Socal" when referring to all counties south of Santa Barbara....not to be confused with "Soquel" located in Santa Cruz County. Just like no sane native Californian would ever say "Cali". Hollywood screws everything up.

The execs at Citadel should be slapped silly for giving us these graphics straight out of Dollar Tree.

WJW just mentioned it on air by anchor Bill Sheil. This photo hangs in the hallway in at WJW with Dick Goddard, Denise D' Ascenzo, Tim Taylor and Casey Coleman.

I don't know if I would call it as their crown jewel if their sister station nearby (almost 1hr, 20mins away) does better in the ratings than them.