Guest NewsHound Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 This may be old news but I came across the WJCL/WTGS website while looking through LIN stations, and they both revert to "WJCL.com", also WJCL/WTGS are using new graphics and new branding. WTGS has a poorly designed FOX O&O style logo and WJCL has a new rounded rectangle logo I quite like that says "WJCL News". The new slogan is "Working for You", but noting how many times these people have reinvented themselves over the years, I hope this finally "works for them". http://www.wjcl.com You may remember this station was once on a season of "Making News" from the TV Guide Channel a few years back. It was shortly thereafter purchased by New Vision which in turn was purchased by LIN.
sanewsguy 517 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 the "WJCL News" logo looks like a blatant ripoff of the KVUE logo. Having said that, WJCL has definitely come a long way since the "Making News" show. More staff, new studios, new management, and new ownership (both New Vision and LIN) have made the station much more viable than it was under Piedmont ownership (they were an awful penny-pinching ownership group, as the show exposed). These changes seem to be of Les Vann's making.
Nelson R. 569 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Went to college with Jennifer Beale, who starred in that Making News show. And I caught one of her newscasts when I was visiting Hilton Head. She has since quit WJCL to spend more time with her young daughter.
cg41386 135 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Oy... that Fox 28 logo looks wrong on the website on a number of levels.
Guest NewsHound Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Look what I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sFSJPPIY4
sanewsguy 517 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Look what I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sFSJPPIY4 Well done promo. LIN has definitely poured some money into this station. Watching it now you wouldn't believe that it was the same station portrayed in Making News.
sanewsguy 517 Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 sorry for double post I found this article from the Savannah Morning News (who they share a building with) and WJCL had a launch party for their new look on September 23. http://savannahnow.com/accent/2013-09-29/wjclwtgs-holds-party-launch-new-look I also notice their graphics are very similar in design to the Tribune Fox graphics and in motion, feel and layout to the KHON package. With the demise of GO which is where LIN got the majority of their graphics, I think they have brought that in-house now. LIN has a corporate "Manager of On-Air Image and Design" now, Kathy Mosher-Boule' who used to work for FX Group. Explains that their sets still come from FX.
ChesapeakeTV 312 Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Looks pretty nice. I wouldn't mind seeing something like that on WAVY, as long as they kept Newswire (it's practically their MCTYW/Chroma Cues now).
Ntropolis 600 Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Looks pretty nice. I wouldn't mind seeing something like that on WAVY, as long as they kept Newswire (it's practically their MCTYW/Chroma Cues now). A change may come sooner than you think. From the Facebook page...
sanewsguy 517 Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 A change may come sooner than you think. From the Facebook page... Definitely has Kathy's fingerprints on that. I wonder which Arnold package they're getting... (I'm prepared for people to misinterpret the second sentence)
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