I'm new to this forum, but I have a somewhat strange fascination with previous Hearst graphics, especially the "camera" graphics that were used 1995-2004 (updated in 1998). Now here's what I'm curious about:
- around which time did a particular station start using the camera graphics, including the 1998 update
- the thinner L3s in the updated camera were in Franklin Gothic in the blue area while in Bank Gothic in the red/black strip below, unlike the first version which was all in Bank Gothic. Did they debut in very late 1999 or early 2000? Which station first used it?
- WESH, when they switched to these graphics in 1999, used L3s that appeared to be in a shiny lavender on top while white on bottom. What other Hearst stations used that exact color scheme in '99 (WAPT)?
- I'm from New Mexico, and I remember when KOAT used the camera graphics. More recently I watched videos on the Internet of segments from KOAT newscasts from the fall of 1999. They already switched to a new set (looked almost exactly like the one WTAE used at the time) but were still using the last graphics package from when they were owned by Pulitzer. But is it possible that from December 1999 until January 2000, only the news and talent opens were from the HA camera graphics package while everything else being from the Pulitzer package? And when they completed the switch over in January 2000, did the L3s use the same color scheme WESH used in the fall of 1999?
I know that when KSBW began using the HA graphics in '99, only the news opens and talent opens were from that package. Everything else was from their 1997 package before Smith Broadcasting swapped the station to HA.
- About the package that succeeded the camera (call it "ring"), I read that it debuted in 2003 along with Jerome Gilmer's Hearst-Argyle news music package. But most stations still used the camera graphics, even though they dropped Image News or The B Package. Which station debuted the ring graphics?
