devswartz 2 Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Nope, that's not a resynch request. I heard it with my own ears during the 5:00 and 6:00 newscasts today. WSOC has used its custom music Bold Branding News since 1996--and, for the last few years, WSB's News 2000 as a utility player--so Image News definitely caught me off-guard. As I don't have a capture device, I'll describe what I saw. There were no graphic changes whatsoever. The open used the same Bold Branding News cue with the trademark drone. The bumper cue was the high-intensity promo cut from the original Image News series. (Example below.) [yt]cPc7zeR3DS0[/yt] The close was the softer WCVB close circa 2002. (Sorry--couldn't find an example online.) I hope this is just a tryout and not the beginning of a major change. I love WSOC's current music. It makes them very easy to identify, and that's the whole point of a jingle. If you've never heard the close, you definitely should. It's below..though it was recorded VERY loud. [yt]ggCCDQ1Ck5I[/yt] Also, I'm kinda confused over why they'd even consider a change. They're a comfortable number one in viewers in every newscast except 11 p.m., when WBTV wins in viewers--and even then it's not a runaway. So either WSOC really wants to win the 11, or the demo numbers tell a very different story from the overall.
AaronQ 282 Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 It caught me by surprised as well and the first time I heard it was during the 2nd half of their midday newscast today.
AaronQ 282 Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoFJ0Y38I0&feature=plcp I got the closing part but I do not have the teases and sorry for the quality
Samantha 2902 Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Why is Gari even still selling Image News? Outdated package, no updates.
Guest Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 Why is Gari even still selling Image News? Outdated package, no updates. Incorrect.
qunewsguy 378 Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 Image News has appearently be in rotation for about a month now.
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