Big Country News 435 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 and I'd like those to get to the Belo stations, but we'll see. :ack: I'm sure any new package will be created by the WFAA guys. I mean, the Belo package was, and Gannett didn't have a good graphics design team until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1641 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 :ack: I'm sure any new package will be created by the WFAA guys. I mean, the Belo package was, and Gannett didn't have a good graphics design team until now. G3 is still not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 G3 is still not great. I was referring to WFAA Creative as the good operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1641 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 :ack: I'm sure any new package will be created by the WFAA guys. I mean, the Belo package was, and Gannett didn't have a good graphics design team until now. And I'm saying that G3.0 still isn't wonderful. They've created 1, and have modified 2 mediocre graphics packages. I wanted BELO Graphics Group to take over, but NO. G3 just hired more graphics staff and are doing a large office renovation at KUSA, for what I presume is expanded offices for G3. Too bad, too. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcnewsjunky 14 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 THV 11 has on their website that they will be debuting the new site on 2-25... KSHB in KC also debuted a new site today a much needed improvement for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I totally disagree on G3.0 still not being great. I think the look is excellent, and well-constructed. If you go to the Gannett Graphics Group facebook page, you'll see what can be done with this look - which is almost anything. (Even though they haven't updated since July.) G3.0 is just a really solid design that takes UX and web design grid principles into account. I can see it certainly being upgraded, since Belo was rolling out Miranda gfx hardware to their stations, and I think some of the Gannetts are running on Dekos still. But they have a solid base to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I totally disagree on G3.0 still not being great. I think the look is excellent, and well-constructed. If you go to the Gannett Graphics Group facebook page, you'll see what can be done with this look - which is almost anything. (Even though they haven't updated since July.) G3.0 is just a really solid design that takes UX and web design grid principles into account. I can see it certainly being upgraded, since Belo was rolling out Miranda gfx hardware to their stations, and I think some of the Gannetts are running on Dekos still. But they have a solid base to work on. The exact reason I dislike this package. They are not designing a website, they are designing a look for broadcast. I think they forgot that when they were designing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 New update: WLTX (Columbia), WZZM (Grand Rapids) and KTHV (Little Rock) have the new look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I guess WXIA and KUSA will be dead last in the changeover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2881 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I guess WXIA and KUSA will be dead last in the changeover... The azcentral.com website hasn't been done either, and that's KPNX and the Arizona Republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I guess WXIA and KUSA will be dead last in the changeover... KUSA's website will get the new look next Monday today. No word on WXIA's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Of course, they still have to give the ex-Belo stations the makeover as well, I would think that would come after the last of their legacy stations are done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1641 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 KUSA's website will get the new look next Monday. No word on WXIA's... Damn. No thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1641 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 KUSA's website will get the new look next Monday. No word on WXIA's... Next Monday my ass. http://www.9news.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Next Monday my ass. http://www.9news.com/ Damn, that was quick. The article was posted yesterday morning. I heard "Monday" in the video and I was like,"OK, maybe next Monday." Maybe yesterday WAS the day. Oops! Now we wait on WXIA and KPNX/AZCentral... EDIT (3/6): I forgot about WTSP! No word on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNFan 0 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Of course, they still have to give the ex-Belo stations the makeover as well, I would think that would come after the last of their legacy stations are done? My station, formerly Belo, launches the Gannett site around August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 So, WCNC actually gets something before the rest of the ex-Belo stations? That I did not see coming. Perhaps, given how it's closely related to NBC News (literally, in this case), Gannett's paying attention to them due to their large number of NBC affils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1641 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 My station, formerly Belo, launches the Gannett site around August. Is that WCNC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Is that WCNC? From red-headed step-child to beloved son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1401 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 From red-headed step-child to beloved son. Only if they're at the top of the list of Belo stations to get the new Gannett sites. If they're not getting a new site till August, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2881 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 It appears azcentral.com will go live on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 My station, formerly Belo, launches the Gannett site around August. How do you know that they're going to launch in August? Why wouldn't it launch before then? You know August is a good while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1680 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Is that WCNC? So, WCNC actually gets something before the rest of the ex-Belo stations? That I did not see coming. Perhaps, given how it's closely related to NBC News (literally, in this case), Gannett's paying attention to them due to their large number of NBC affils? As a side question why is it that NBC decided to locate NBC Newschannel at WCNC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2881 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 As a side question why is it that NBC decided to locate NBC Newschannel at WCNC? I'm not quite sure. For a time in the 90s the Charlotte site housed more than News Channel: it was the base for the NBC Nightside overnight news program as well as for the Canal de Noticias NBC Spanish-language news channel. Here are some possibilities: "...Old hands at NBC News have ridiculed NBC News Channel, saying it is a low-rent operation that lets the network claim it's expanding news while it's really cutting costs to offset drops in advertising revenue. They point out that North Carolina is a right-to-work state. ..." in an article on the launch of Nightside in 1991 "'We were better off getting out of New York and creating our own identity,' said Bob Horner, a former CBS News bureau chief who's in charge of what he describes as 'a video wire service.' Real estate costs, climate and access to a major airport also played a role. 'Charlotte is a thriving city with a good business climate,' he said. 'It's also blessed with strong local media.'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1680 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm not quite sure. For a time in the 90s the Charlotte site housed more than News Channel: it was the base for the NBC Nightside overnight news program as well as for the Canal de Noticias NBC Spanish-language news channel. According to an LA Times Night Side was in Charlotte because of access to an airport that allowed correspondents and tape to come in person via US Airways and earlier satellite access to European news (Really?) and that it was cheaper than producing it in New York. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-11-04/entertainment/ca-780_1_overnight-news Thinking about it I wonder if it was chosen to be located there because it is a service for the affiliates where either they voted for Charlotte or one of the affiliate board at the time chose to base it at his station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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