T.L. Hughes 907 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 WGRZ, Gannett's NBC affiliate in Buffalo, New York, is getting ready to change its logo; but it is letting viewers choose what it will look like. Monday, the station launched a poll on its website allowing people to vote on one of five proposed logo designs (which are all updated versions of the current logo used since 1998, except with blue and red rounded square backgrounds instead of the blue background with a larger lighter blue NBC peacock behind the traditional multicolor version of the peacock and Helvetica Extended "2" as in the current design, and the callsign and "On Your Side" slogan rendered in Eurostyle font). IMO, though, I'm not from Buffalo, but I kind of think the current logo is OK; if there is any Gannett station that needs a logo update, it would probably either be KUSA or WBIR. I stumbled upon this on a page about WGRZ on Wikia's Logopedia (which me, along with a couple of other TVNewsTalk posters are members of) that was updated Tuesday morning with the information. What do any of you think of the proposed designs?
TennTV1983 811 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I liked WGRZ's current logo as well, but since it's not an option on their website, I would go with either choice 4 or 5.
hinto 0 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 From one bland logo to another... why even bother.
Guest Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Glad they were able to find an artist to spend all of ten minutes designing some choices for them.
swillh2k2 206 Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 The current one is OK...but needs a little facelift IMHO. Neither one of these work for me though. (BTW, I used to live in Buffalo) EDIT: According to the heading on this page it's due to their eventual switch to HD... http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/137155/37/Help-2-On-Your-Side-Choose-a-New-Logo
Jess 1115 Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Honestly, can't they just use the one at the top of the page without any boxes? That looks the best.
swillh2k2 206 Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 Side note: WGRZ will go HD on 10/29 at 11pm according to Alan Pergament: http://stilltalkintv.com/2011/10/some-intriguing-items-i-hope/
geoffbruno 0 Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 None of them look all that much better than their current logo, but I like number one and number four of the lot. However, I am sort of fond of their current logo, and if any Gannett station needs a logo refresh, it's WMAZ, not WGRZ... Side Note! Do they still use that Brian Williams v/o?
RGSJenkins 435 Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 None of them look all that much better than their current logo, but I like number one and number four of the lot. However, I am sort of fond of their current logo, and if any Gannett station needs a logo refresh, it's WMAZ, not WGRZ... Side Note! Do they still use that Brian Williams v/o? Nope, they went back to Roberta Solomon after a few months and used this open for a while. But now, they went with a cold open.
Hometown News 62 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 None of those are an improvement in the slightest.
kjohnson 17 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I'm sorry, but Roberta Solomon should only be used on soft rock radio stations. Her voice just isn't strong enough for newscasts; it's one of the reasons I don't watch KSDK on a regular basis in St. Louis. The logo used on the top of the page works best, but out of the suggestions I'd take number 3; The box makes the logo 'heavy.'
KRAP-TV 146 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 None of the above. But I'm not actually casting a vote anyways - you have to sign up and junk...
ABC5EyewitnessNewsCenter 0 Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Either 4 or 5 would make a great choice.
Guest Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Can't get over how awesome that new logo looks...
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