24994J 5586 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 They just announced the change on their newscast and are saying that they are asking for public input on incorporating The CW in their name 'WCCB Charlotte'. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1115 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 "WCCB Charlotte, Home of The CW Television Network". Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
effseesee 101 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Cy Bahakel, if he was still around, probably wouldn't approve, but they could change the call sign to WCWB. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 "WCCB Charlotte, Home of The CW Television Network". Or rather, do the call letters in the same typeface as the CW network itself. Â WNAB did that for a short time while they were affiliated with The WB. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 980 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 "WCCB 18, Charlotte's CW" Â (Their exclusion of their channel number annoys me) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 282 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 CW Charlotte Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1956 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Why can't they just keep it as "WCCB" and just have a small CW logo. I would also like to see a more unique WCCB logo with some old font, maybe similar to WTVT's "13" font. The one they're using now is generic and it reminds of their old logo. I wouldn't want it to call themselves as CW 18 or CW Charlotte. The network doesn't deserve all that praise. I think once of the oldest stations in the Charlotte market with a strong history deserves to have a stronger branding by being more local. "The CW" doesn't have enough to classify as a strong brand for Channel 18. It is sad that Fox is yanking its affiliation to a strong station like WCCB. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1723 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 "WCCB 18, Charlotte's CW"Â (Their exclusion of their channel number annoys me) Â My idea for the new logo! Thoughts? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Why not put a crown in there somewhere. Charlotte is the Queen city. Maybe in the previous logo that was just shown, put that crown to replace the ' Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 My question is, what does WCCB do about sports since The CW doesn't have a sports division? I'm guessing that they might try to get some college sports packages from ESPN Regional Television to replace the NFL, MLB, UFC, college football and NASCAR events that Fox has rights to. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 My question is, what does WCCB do about sports since The CW doesn't have a sports division? I'm guessing that they might try to get some college sports packages from ESPN Regional Television to replace the NFL, MLB, UFC, college football and NASCAR events that Fox has rights to. That would be my guess. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 980 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Â My idea for the new logo! Thoughts? Something less busy would suffice. I whipped up three concepts: Â The main logo, the news logo (the alignment of the name may or may not be too inflexible though), and the main logo, at least temporarily (I imagined the name "Charlotte's CW" only being in place for about a year after the switch). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 181 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 channel2 those logos look very good. And the use of Gotham is perfect. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4379 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Something less busy would suffice. I whipped up three concepts: The main logo, the news logo (the alignment of the name may or may not be too inflexible though), and the main logo, at least temporarily (I imagined the name "Charlotte's CW" only being in place for about a year after the switch). Good concepts. As for the news logo, I was thinking of something similar to CHCH's old station logo (including the Dinot typeface). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewitness_news 5 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 With WJZY becoming a Fox O&O, assuming the Fox affiliation would go to 46, then could a newscast be in the works, say Fox 46 News/the NEW Fox Charlotte News? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 282 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 With WJZY becoming a Fox O&O, assuming the Fox affiliation would go to 46, then could a newscast be in the works, say Fox 46 News/the NEW Fox Charlotte News? Yes, and most likely they are going to move to the Speed Network's (soon to be FOX Sports 1) studio over in the University area in Charlotte. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Fox Television Stations has filled two executive positions at WJZY-WMYT, both from within FTS' ranks: Jay Abbattista, who comes from sister stations WTTG-WDCA/Washington, has been named vice president-director of sales and Lynda Grahl, who comes from WJBK Detroit, was named vice president of finance. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Â Public notice from WJZY's Youtube page Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Bahakel registered charlottescw.com toward the end of February: http://who.is/whois/charlottescw.com Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1956 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 This was last week's Charlotte Observer article about the WCCB's CW announcement. The article includes the explanation of WCCB having to adjust their business model with lower revenue, for obvious reasons. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 282 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I was recently watching The Big Bang Theory on WCCB and they rolled out a promo about the announcement on becoming the CW affliate. http://youtu.be/9m_3f3Nfp9U Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1115 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 That'a pretty genius. They're the first CW station I can think of that explicitly makes the CBS/WB connection. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 980 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 So if that's not just an interim thing, all they did was stick a panel with the CW logo onto the end of their current one. Â A bit clunky, and why are they allergic to using the number "18" in their branding now? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leavellebrett 85 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 So if that's not just an interim thing, all they did was stick a panel with the CW logo onto the end of their current one. A bit clunky, and why are they allergic to using the number "18" in their branding now? They have been for a while... maybe it's a cable thing. Maybe they're not carried on channel 18 on most cable providers so they don't want to cause confusion. They haven't really used 18 since they called themselves Fox Charlotte. Also, I like what they did with the CW logo there. It's kinda classy and chic. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 282 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/25/4004081/war-between-the-states-over-tv.html Looks like Fox Television Stations is going to make a announcement in June on who will be the FOX O&O, which it is going to be WJZY. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/6/#findComment-81537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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