tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 It looks like WCBD has changed their graphics package from the standard-issue Media General WFLA package to a modified version of the WCMH/WAGT package, only this version is in blue instead of red. I know WNCN has been doing their own thing in promos, but are any other Media General stations ditching their current look for something different?
Daybreak 289 Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 WSAV has re-modified their promos as of lately and they look good. Also WBTW has did some minor changes but still have the same style as the rest of MG's graphics.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 Meanwhile, over at WKRG, their promos have taken a turn for the worse. I came across this YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/awesomepromotion These look like one of their interns cranked them out in iMovie and shot them with an iPhone.
Daybreak 289 Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 Meanwhile, over at WKRG, their promos have taken a turn for the worse. I came across this YouTube channel http://www.youtube.c...wesomepromotion These look like one of their interns cranked them out in iMovie and shot them with an iPhone. I hope this is fake because just like you said, these are terrible promos and look like they use Power Point to make this.
ThatSowislander 52 Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 I hope this is fake because just like you said are terrible promos and look like they use Power Point to make this. How far the mighty has fallen.
Weeters 1969 Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 [yt]xBmitb0G_3U[/yt] >iMovie "News Music" oh dear god and how did win an award????
detroiter313 181 Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 [yt]xBmitb0G_3U[/yt] >iMovie "News Music" oh dear god and how did win an award???? That "promo" looks like some cheap, poorly-produced school production. If this isn't horrible, then I don't know what is.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Posted May 22, 2012 I hope this is fake because just like you said, these are terrible promos and look like they use Power Point to make this. Unfortunately, they're all too real...and WKRG airs them in beautiful, stunning high definition. The latest promo (airing now) morning anchor Devon Walsh teaching the viewer how to "gimme 5"....using Bill Riales and John Nodar as examples. What started as a catchy campaign about 2 years ago to promote their morning news has turned into a mockery of themselves pretending they are on vacation while being chroma-keyed over world landmarks and destroying alarm clocks a-la Office Space with the printer. I don't know what the hell they are thinking over there at WKRG...whatever happened to "Coverage You Can Count On?"
EyewitnessAction1 1 Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Meanwhile, over at WKRG, their promos have taken a turn for the worse. I came across this YouTube channel http://www.youtube.c...wesomepromotion These look like one of their interns cranked them out in iMovie and shot them with an iPhone. WKRG's promos are such an embarrassment. I've said the same thing you did - Looks like they were made in iMovie. And to the other poster who pointed out, "how far the mighty have fallen" - You can't even imagine how far...
bhratbrat 437 Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 Oh my lord, it looks like this promo was shot and edited out of Glendive, Montana not Mobile Alabama. Can someone with brains buy out this station NOW! This looks like an FTA'ers dream
Geoffrey 873 Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 I want someone to tell me those promos aren't real. Please please please. Pleas.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted August 4, 2012 Author Posted August 4, 2012 To steer this thread back on track....WCBD is now in HD using a blue variant of the WCMH/WAGT look. Since July, it looks like WSLS and WSAV have picked up the red version as well. I came across this from what looks like a Media General Youtube Channel It may be a spec version, since they have uploaded different versions in different colors, and other files look like animation demos from their central graphics department in Richmond. Can anyone confirm if WBTW is airing this?
Daybreak 289 Posted August 4, 2012 Posted August 4, 2012 To steer this thread back on track....WCBD is now in HD using a blue variant of the WCMH/WAGT look. Since July, it looks like WSLS and WSAV have picked up the red version as well. I came across this from what looks like a Media General Youtube Channel It may be a spec version, since they have uploaded different versions in different colors, and other files look like animation demos from their central graphics department in Richmond. Can anyone confirm if WBTW is airing this? Yes WBTW are slowly rolling out the graphic package, exspecially with their new promos. They should be up in full bloom within the next month or so.
TVNewsRI 4 Posted August 4, 2012 Posted August 4, 2012 WSAV has it too, according to their website videos.
Jess 1116 Posted August 4, 2012 Posted August 4, 2012 If that, on the whole, is what MG stations are creating graphically, that is exceptionally poor. Even when NBC's hub wasn't that good, the graphics didn't slip to that quality. And some of those spots tell me that some of these stations may not even have graphics persons in house and they're botching stuff together in Final Cut Pro. Which is exactly how they look. Not that the hub's work is that much better...
William 0 Posted August 4, 2012 Posted August 4, 2012 Since July, it looks like WSLS and WSAV have picked up the red version as well. WSAV has it too, according to their website videos. Indeed. WSAV's new graphics premiered right after the opening ceremony of the Olympics. They also updated a few of the backdrops on their set.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Posted August 5, 2012 http://www2.whlt.com/news/2012/aug/02/hattiesburg-hosts-night-out-ar-4263930/ As seen in this clip....and throughout their website, WHLT in Hattiesburg, MS is a hodgepodge of Media General's past, present and possible future. The lower thirds and fullscreen text and bars are holdovers from the original VDO "Blue and Gold" WFLA package that most MG stations picked up pre-MGFX. The background on the fullscreen looks looks like a part of the blue package WCBD is using. WHLT is a semi-satellite of WJTV in Jackson, MS, carrying their morning and midday newscasts, and produces parts of the 10pm newscast that WHLT airs. Also, their logo is modeled after WKRG, using the same oval behind the 22, albeit in a more 3D sense. (Newer versions of the WKRG logo use a similar effect).
TVNewsRI 4 Posted August 12, 2012 Posted August 12, 2012 WJAR is using the blue version of the new graphics in promos/IDs...nothing in the newscast itself yet. Looks like it wil be soon though.
TVNewsRI 4 Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Here's what WJAR's version of the graphics looks like: http://www2.turnto10.com/ (scroll down along the right side of the page)
mark 55 Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Here's what WJAR's version of the graphics looks like: http://www2.turnto10.com/ (scroll down along the right side of the page) Wow. That is really bad. Who thought a '10' inside a square, inside a circle would look right?
compubit 675 Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 I was in Providence for the Half Marathon this weekend and caught WJAR's newscast. I prefer the blue over the red (are we looking at the politics of that market??? ;-) ). Though the boxed in 10 from WCAU has to go - WCAU made a nice switch; WJAR should too. J
Ntropolis 599 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 WNCT in Greenville, NC is now using these graphics along with a new set.
Ntropolis 599 Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Add WBTW to the list of MG stations with this graphics package.
KnoxvilleTVFan 286 Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Add WJHL to the list of Media General stations that are using this graphics package. The new graphics package comes with a new logo. I felt that the previous "11 Connects" logo is a lot better than their new logo. Their new logo is not so good. http://weather.wjhl.com/?config=&user=JHL&forecast=pass&pass=general&w=extended
TennTV1983 807 Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Add WJHL to the list of Media General stations that are using this graphics package. The new graphics package comes with a new logo. I felt that the previous "11 Connects" logo is a lot better than their new logo. Their new logo is not so good. http://weather.wjhl....eral&w=extended Yuck! Their new logo looks like it was cheaply thrown together in PowerPoint in like 5 minutes.
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