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13 minutes ago, noggi said:

 

This was Cinemagic back in the day, right? Decent stuff for the time and I think they were the only company to put out pricing on their website... and they were dirt cheap. 

Yep! We still have all 100 deliverables CD's for the 2002 WFSB graphics package as well. Ah, those were the days...

On 5/31/2021 at 7:34 PM, JosephH1998 said:

Do you know which agency did the WDIV-TV news graphics & opens around the same point

 

1998 WDIV was done by TVBD. There is one brief version of their 1998 site that was never archived (also featured the original HD launch graphics done for KRON).

On 5/18/2021 at 7:54 PM, Ntropolis said:

Another to add... LoConte Goldman. Work includes the original Hearst package in 1995 and WTKR's 1994 "TV-3 News" look.

LoConte Goldman's website used to be great but I can't remember the address anymore so I can't find it on archive.org

Also I see on Linda Kane's site that she has some early pitches for the WBZ 2000-era graphics. Given that those were done by Viewpoint Studios (which is still around) I have to assume she was a contract employee for them at the time.

41 minutes ago, TSSZNews said:

WLBT was definitely GO--although it looks very similar to the original MG group package work.

How to tell we've been news gfx geeks for wayyyyyy too long

WLBT looks more like Giant Octopus' work at the time (WBNS, etc) than Cinemagic. Cinemagic had a very unique high-gloss style.

https://web.archive.org/web/19980110120633/http://tvbd.com/tvbd_news.htm

"Balls and Walls" was TVBD and a second version was developed in the early 2000's for then-WOKR in Rochester. 

TVBD's site used to have a GREAT timeline of station work and packages. 

1 hour ago, GoldenShine9 said:

The WTVY graphics look identical to the current Meredith package. Collusion perhaps?

Identical? Can I interest you in a new pair of glasses?

I was making reference to the misspelling in their graphic (best seen at 0:08)

20 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Meanwhile on sister station WSWG, who is also owned by Marquee, is this piece of newscast from INN.

 

Where exactly is "South Geogria"?

Looks like WAVE is about to lose their custom look...

1 hour ago, bixpchiphead said:

Add WFSB (It appears the only Post-Newsweek station not to use this set was WPLG)...

 

 

The plexi skyline backdrop from this set still exists and it's actually installed in current anchor Dennis House's attic.

Quarantine and business downturn be damned, the TV nerdz want new graphics now! 

Going allllll the way back to page one of this thread, WOIO's look has been claimed by Matt Quinn, who also does work with Hothaus (explaining why it's so similar to other Hothaus packages but not an official one).

https://mattquinncreative.com/woio-cleveland

John is getting up there and his style of "over the top" voicing is going out of fashion. Unfortunately it's not a huge surprise. I worked with John years ago and he was a great, flexibile VO guy but really not the kind of imaging voice people are looking for now.

35 minutes ago, ttvn2000 said:

 

We'll have to grab some popcorn for the "Talkback 16" that happens as a result of this.... 

The big question: will they finally drop MCTYW?

38 minutes ago, Breaking News said:

Must See- WCVB 5-1994

 

That Mass Lottery music at 19:30... oh my God I'd forgotten all about that!!!!!!!

That's going to be interesting to see what they do considering WHCT doesn't even have must-carry status anymore.

Airchecks probably don't get much older than this!

45 minutes ago, DirtyHarry said:

 

Have they reported the name yet? When they don't report the name, that usually means it is someone from the group we suspected. (Allahu Akbar!) 

How's that tinfoil hat working out for you?

Not to turn it into one of those threads but KNXV has uploaded a billboard with the new look. It seems like the only animation on the entire thing is the logo outline fading in in the background. It's just... weird.

Not to digress even further on the movie end of things, but the sex/violence issue is precisely why Disney started Touchstone Pictures in the 80's. They're just using Fox (a bigger, more well-known name) for that now.

3 hours ago, Spintech33 said:

Noticed something last night during the 6PM Newscast.  Andrew Brill from ESPN Radio New York- Host of ESPN New York Tonight covered for Sam Ryan. His story is very interesting. I'm probably 24 1/2 months late with this.  However, good to see a face from ESPN Radio on WABCTV.  

Andrew's been with WFSB for the last year or so.

Does Gray mandate that stations must spell at least one word wrong per newscast per station? "Autospy" on WLBT and "alamanc" on WBTV. Embarrassing...

Looks like a modified version of Eurostile Extended to me

To me it looks like CBS News lost the lead graphics guy or firm that they used for the last few years. Both this and the current "This Morning" graphics are a huge step back both stylistically and in complexity. They remind me a lot of the chunky, small market looks the network had in the pre-Scott Pelley era.