Mrknowitall526 116 Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Just an observation, Shirleen was in for Sarah Sunday night. In the past, Walter has usually flyed solo when Sarah has been off. I noticed that too. Very strange...
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Sarah Bloomquist was listed in the Sunday 11 pm opening tonight...
Jess 1116 Posted December 10, 2014 Author Posted December 10, 2014 Whoever's doing the directing on the 11pm news is doing a great job. They're utilizing the video board behind Jim, they have nice camera swoops, and they even just zoomed in on a gas prices graphic on the Big Board without anyone actually at the Big Board. Sarah Bloomquist was listed in the Sunday 11 pm opening tonight... Has been the case since they switched to the fall opens. I believe this is the first time the 6 and 11 Action News broadcasts have had a two-person team.
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 They've been really into the "digital updates" on the 6ABC app lately. Even for mundane things like "Christmas week forecast." They must get a lot of traffic. Not that I put much faith in this, but someone posted a comment on a picture Matt O'Donnell posted today saying David Murphy is retiring on January 2nd??? I find that hard to believe??
rear_flank 43 Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I saw that comment too and sent it over to David on Twitter. I'll see if he responds back. They've been really into the "digital updates" on the 6ABC app lately. Even for mundane things like "Christmas week forecast." They must get a lot of traffic. Not that I put much faith in this, but someone posted a comment on a picture Matt O'Donnell posted today saying David Murphy is retiring on January 2nd??? I find that hard to believe??
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I saw that comment too and sent it over to David on Twitter. I'll see if he responds back. I tweeted at him, too!
rear_flank 43 Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 David got back to me and said "fast forward this about 8-9 years and you may have something there ". Guess it was just a rumor (like I expected) I tweeted at him, too!
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 David got back to me and said "fast forward this about 8-9 years and you may have something there ". Guess it was just a rumor (like I expected) Yeah, he responded to me too! He thought it was funny!
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 I'm really growing tired of the graphics package. I kind of expected them to make some tweaks by now. It's been more than 3 (or 4?) years with the same package.
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Adam Joseph returned today ... I've missed his forecasts!
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Has anyone noticed an increase in "mosquito noise" digital distortion around the L3s? I have noticed it the past month or so. It's also pretty bad around the 6ABC logo/clock in the corner. I have Directv, and posted in a forum about that, and someone said it has to do with the way the network encodes/compresses its broadcasts. Interestingly, I put on Action News at 10 on PHL17 last night, and the effect seems to be much less there than on 6. Which doesn't really make much sense since it's the same newscast and I would assume the same equipment being used!
WCAUTVNBC10 413 Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Has anyone noticed an increase in "mosquito noise" digital distortion around the L3s? I have noticed it the past month or so. It's also pretty bad around the 6ABC logo/clock in the corner. I have Directv, and posted in a forum about that, and someone said it has to do with the way the network encodes/compresses its broadcasts. Interestingly, I put on Action News at 10 on PHL17 last night, and the effect seems to be much less there than on 6. Which doesn't really make much sense since it's the same newscast and I would assume the same equipment being used! It's going through PHL's master control though so it very well be different equipment being used. What happens is instead of running that feed to their own master control, what 6 is doing is sending that feed either via fiber or microwave to 17's MC who then broadcasts the newscast.
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 It's going through PHL's master control though so it very well be different equipment being used. What happens is instead of running that feed to their own master control, what 6 is doing is sending that feed either via fiber or microwave to 17's MC who then broadcasts the newscast. PHL must have a different/better encoder, though, because I don't notice the distortion as much on 17. Is this actually happening, or is it just me being picky/crazy??
ToriElectra 292 Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Well, I remember how, until the mid 2000s, WPIX always had a funny picture quality on Comcast in NJ; even when we moved to Warren County, the picture looked funny until around the time they became The CW11. I'm guessing it was something in their link to Comcast. Maybe that's what's happening, only on DTV.
Mrknowitall526 116 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Channel 6 just started showing "#6abcAction" scrollling in the bottom, red/yellow part of the L3's, on the same line as the clock, during live reports. I've been waiting for them to update the graphics, but this is just so gimmicky!
24994J 5619 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 At this point, they really need to blow up the whole package and start fresh.
BehindNYNews 147 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 At this point, they really need to blow up the whole package and start fresh. They needed to do that when they debuted them...
24994J 5619 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 To be fair, the graphics were very nice fresh out of the box, but the new elements and additions over the years have made most of it very clunky and overbearing.
BehindNYNews 147 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 To be fair, the graphics were very nice fresh out of the box, but the new elements and additions over the years have made most of it very clunky and overbearing. Fair enough. I'd like to see WPVI go for a mix of WABC and WLS graphics. I think that would look good.
24994J 5619 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 One thing, especially among the ABC stations, since they maintain a mostly individual look, I do appreciate is WPVI's color scheme. They've been using the blue, red, and yellow/gold motif for several packages, and I hope they'd keep that. Same thing with WABC and their use of red. Heck, I was initially hesitant when WLS dumped all purple and most gold accents upon their rebrand a year and a half ago.
susquvalleywgal 520 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Caught this on the 6ABC online feed this evening. Anyone know what this PHL logo is?? I Know it's for Philadelphia. Could this be a new logo for PHL17?? I thought that it might be the tourism logo for Philadelphia, but it's not. -- Matt
ToriElectra 292 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I have no clue. I'm guessing it must be a new PHL17 logo; maybe HulkieMatt (that's what I'm calling him now, to distinguish him from you, WGALMatt) would know.
susquvalleywgal 520 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Haha ... yeah. Maybe it is a new logo. So, I checked Wiki and the old bland logo is there. Maybe I have an exclusive on something. Haha. -- Matt
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