24994J 5577 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 I remember that “BIO HAZARD 2016” OTS well. I would love to know who comes up with the OTSs seen during sportscasts. It's between the 3 anchors and the producers, primarily Giangreco's longtime right hand man, Mike Johnson. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Turns out Mark's "Alternate Olympics" is turning into a real odeal. He wants viewers (and ESPN 1000 listeners) to submit pictures and/or video of their own winter Olympic-style events on Twitter and Facebook. The wackiest, goofiest, and most outrageous will make the 10 o'clock sportscast. He's still figuring out rewards for the top 3. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex979 119 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 It might be funny as a Giangreco bit, but when this happens... not a good look. [MEDIA=twitter]963184172247416832[/MEDIA] 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 703 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 It might be funny as a Giangreco bit, but when this happens... not a good look. [MEDIA=twitter]963184172247416832[/MEDIA] Whoops! 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 If that mistake was to be made, 6am on a weekend is the way to do it. I'd like to think they've since renamed all relevant photo files. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 I had the 6 o'clock news on mute while making dinner, but couldn't turn up the volume fast enough when I saw a talent rejoin start to run. Nothing new, just a misfire of the old one with Jerry. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherandTraffic 54 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Do you guys think they will hire Mark McGinnis as a full time Meteorologist or hire someone else from outside Chicago? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 If he wasn't living so far away and occasionally filling a similar role at WTMJ, I'd say it's a possibility. The job listing on their website is asking for minimum 5 years experience, versus the usual 3-5, and they're looking for large market experience, so they seemingly want more of a veteran. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-196946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Welp, he wasn't kidding. If you're in the Naples, Florida area, who knows who your Uber driver might be... [MEDIA=twitter]965767069584318464[/MEDIA] 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Looks like somebody was watching Anthony Ponce. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 I thought I'd put this here from the Classic Video thread... The following 1983 WLS newscast is really interesting; it's from the On Your Side era and features extensive coverage of the mayoral election that took place the following day. And because it's an in-studio recording, it includes conversations during commercial breaks: I've always liked the On Your Side era, but since it was short-lived and was followed by another anchor reshuffle, I presume WLS experienced declining ratings at the time. Does anyone know more about this time in the station's history? And the timing has always confused me -- the KABC-like set was introduced before Joe Ahern joined the station, right? Call me crazy, but I liked this set more than anything they'd have for the rest of the century. Ratings had been declining for a few years, and with Frink and Coleman already gone (and Terry Murphy and John Drury also on to other jobs), there were targets on Flynn and Daly's backs. Prior to this era, they experimented with breaking up the two men, each getting a different co-anchor at 4:30 (expanded from 5), and 6. They then rejoined at 4:30 (and the 10 they never left) with new co-anchors at 6. That lasted little more than a year, before rising star Mary Ann Childers was shifted to weeknights with newcomer Paul Udell for the infamous '4:30' newsmagazine in 1981. The timing is a little murky, as I don't think Udell ever fronted the 10, and he lasted less than a year at the station. By 1982, it was Childers and a reassigned Tim Weigel at 4:30 and 10, with Joel and Fahey on the hour-long 6pm newscast (I'm unsure how long it had been 60 minutes, but would be cut down to 30 when Wheel of Fortune and Floyd Kalber came along for his solo run). Even worse were the replacements on weather and sports. Steve Deshler had left for the network job at CBS, and all bridges had been burned with John Coleman, so they installed (foot) Dr. Dave Eiser, kind of a folksy goofball that couldn't compete with Coleman and later Jerry Taft's delivery. Al Lerner was promoted to lead sportscaster, but wasn't the right fit, though he had a long run in sports radio in Chicago. Fahey spent much of 1983 on medical leave, eventually dying that August. With the original anchor team fractured, and falls to last place on the other newscasts, things were dismantled late that year and rebuilt throughout 1984, with the additions of Drury, Kalber, Yu, Deshler, Taft... , the installations of a new set, graphics, the theme signature that still exists today, and reassignments for Daly and Weigel. Dennis Swanson is largely responsible for the rebuild, though it was Joe Ahern's run in the 1990's that made their run at #1 legendary. They were #1 again by '86, and haven't let go. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1292 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thank you so much, 24994J! This certainly answers a lot of questions. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Welp, he wasn't kidding. If you're in the Naples, Florida area, who knows who your Uber driver might be... [MEDIA=twitter]965767069584318464[/MEDIA] Fancy car no less... Uber X level service... neat... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Whoops... [MEDIA=instagram]BfatQRrnP_j[/MEDIA] 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 It seems like a solid bet that new graphics are coming, sooner rather than later, too. Helvetica remains the primary font, and the newscast logo receives the updated Circle 7, but I think it's a safe bet that they'll fall in line with the sister stations in debuting a flatter look. This slick new promo started running Wednesday, and based on some social media posts, a version with Cheryl and Larry should be coming soon. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1166142700088874 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 That would be very unfortunate... It seems like a solid bet that new graphics are coming, sooner rather than later, too. Helvetica remains the primary font, and the newscast logo receives the updated Circle 7, but I think it's a safe bet that they'll fall in line with the sister stations in debuting a flatter look. This slick new promo started running Wednesday, and based on some social media posts, a version with Cheryl and Larry should be coming soon. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1166142700088874 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2worksforyou 44 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 The L3s look like the blue and white boxes with reversed type WBBM used when they launched their 2008 streetside studio. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Which part time meterologist was it that was a teacher was it pete of nbc or mark? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Looks like it’s going to be a version of the KABC/KGO graphics. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Which part time meterologist was it that was a teacher was it pete of nbc or mark? Someone else can answer for Pete (I think he taught, at least at some point), but Mark BISHOP was a professor down at Olivet Nazarene University, leaving for a position elsewhere. I do believe, though, that he's since returned. Mark MCGINNIS has a private consulting business, in addition to his frequent duties at WLS and (less frequently at) WTMJ. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 The 'Sports Briefs' are officially going commando... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 The 'Sports Briefs' are officially going commando... [ATTACH=full]5541[/ATTACH] It's not Sports Briefs without the briefs. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Okay, I first saw this video months ago, but I don't know how I didn't notice how rare it was til now. It's the 'On Your Side'-era graphics and the new O&O set. That's nothing super crazy, but note that the beginning of the clip includes a few bars of 'The Tar Sequence', which means they went back to the classic theme for a few months, before adopting 'News Series 2000'. I don't know if the new theme wasn't ready or they hadn't yet decided a long-term option (returning to the old to try and recapture some old glory). By the way, this would be from January of '84. [MEDIA=vimeo]231104065[/MEDIA] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 When you're part owner of the paper... #TheReturn https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1926111181037042 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Okay, I first saw this video months ago, but I don't know how I didn't notice how rare it was til now. It's the 'On Your Side'-era graphics and the new O&O set. That's nothing super crazy, but note that the beginning of the clip includes a few bars of 'The Tar Sequence', which means they went back to the classic theme for a few months, before adopting 'News Series 2000'. I don't know if the new theme wasn't ready or they hadn't yet decided a long-term option (returning to the old to try and recapture some old glory). That cue in the beginning is News Series 2000. Gari reorchestrated that cue and you can tell by the quality sounded way better than the old Tar Sequence score. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12602-the-definitive-abc-7-thread/page/95/#findComment-197906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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