Info Junkie 1286 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Posting this in as I believe the graphics KHBS/KHOG used in 1994 were similar to the ones WNYT’s 1988-1991 “News 13” Package was (I’ve seen pics online of their GFX and they looked similar). 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-209735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriadMetrolinaNewswatch 17 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 A KSDK promo from 1997. Strange that what was then a Gannett station used a modified version of the Hearst "Camera" package, and a logo animation similar to what those stations used at that time in this promo. Dang, that is one heck of a Hearst-Argyle camera graphics package being ripped off there! So we got KSDK ripping it off, then followed by KEZI in 1999 and Granada Tonight in 2000. Wow! 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-210615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1032982153871679488[/MEDIA] Off-model but a very good clone 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-211591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 WEAR in 1991 — looks like someone watched WPLG at some point: 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-212400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 WEAR in 1991 — looks like someone watched WPLG at some point: My God. It is WAY to blatant there Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-212446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 My God. It is WAY to blatant there If I was John Christopher Burns, I'd be cringing too... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-213387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Scott Jones of FTV live poses the question of who copied who? WTAE or WATE? https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/9/26/whos-copying-who Other than the similar color schemes, call letter font and call letter differences, that's where the similarity ends IMHO.... I will have to fault Media General for copying Scripps for their on air look of WATE and several other of their stations... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-213852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColDayNews 438 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 WKEF ripped off WCMH’s first NewsChannel 4 graphics package in 1997: 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-213854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) I don't know if it's already been mentioned here, but there were traces of WOIO's 1995 package in adjacent market WFMJ's 1996 look... The most apparent was the Weather and Sports intros...using a weird hybrid of scrolling Helvetica on top and Bodoni on the bottom spelling out "WEATHER" and "SPORTS" Here's WOIO.... and WFMJ.... Got to love adjacent markets ripping each other off. Columbus stations were easily accessible in Dayton, likewise with WOIO being available in Youngstown (since it was their default FOX affiliate until 1994...and still available post switch until the late 90s after WKBN started their own affiliates...) Edited September 27, 2018 by tyrannical bastard 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-213908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 889 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Add KLAX to the list of stations that knocked off the Hearst camera graphics. The open from a newscast from March 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=YRMZAJeZC1g;t=92 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-215080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Add KLAX to the list of stations that knocked off the Hearst camera graphics. The open from a newscast from March 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=YRMZAJeZC1g;t=92 For them..that is surprisingly very good 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-215082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 World Taekwando Grand Slam Series using a recreation of the previous OBS/Olympics graphics (London/Sochi). Honestly these look better than the original only because they're at least using a font other than Arial Narrow. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-218529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared DiCarlo 53 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Here’s a rip off of the early 2000s CBS Evening News graphics package 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-219133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Jared DiCarlo said: Here’s a rip off of the early 2000s CBS Evening News graphics package That's not a rip-off, that's the actual package. At the time, CBS syndicated the look to affiliates like WGCL who needed a quick cheap look to hide reminents of the failed Clear News concept. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-219134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared DiCarlo 53 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, KentBrockman said: That's not a rip-off, that's the actual package. At the time, CBS syndicated the look to affiliates like WGCL who needed a quick cheap look to hide reminents of the failed Clear News concept. My mistake. Still, it’s pretty odd to see it being used by a local station. Here it is in action, by the way: https://youtu.be/ngDDajdApP4 Edited December 24, 2018 by Jared DiCarlo Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-219147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 SaskTel is streaming some all-star "showcase" games between Manitoba and Saskatchewan's junior A hockey teams. This scoreboard looks eerily reminiscent of Sportsnet's, kinda in between the one they had before the 2014 graphics/new NHL deal, and the current one. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-220312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) KSNV ripped off WKYC's logo Edited January 18, 2019 by Yankees4life Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-220537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 They couldn't make it even less blatant Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) So the current version of this PC football game series Axis Football has a scoreboard reminiscent of the current Fox graphics On the other hand, the 2017 version seems to take after CBS Either way, the older you get, the more they start to look like preseason. Edited February 5, 2019 by Viper550 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFTV Channel 9 80 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 KIDK has elements pretty similar to WBBM. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3303 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, WFTV Channel 9 said: KIDK has elements pretty similar to WBBM. ...and WBBM’s 2007 talent opens at the time were based off CBS’ 2005 branding. Edited February 11, 2019 by Georgie56 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 WSIL ripped off KSTP's old logo one time WPSD's logo also looks like WKMG's old logo Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 673 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 11:14 PM, Yankees4life said: WSIL ripped off KSTP's old logo one time WPSD's logo also looks like WKMG's old logo As for WSIL, they used a font/logotype that other stations used - KHTV/39 in Houston used a similar (of not the same) 3 in their 39 logo. Back in the day, your options were more limited, mostly, since you didn’t have millions of fonts to chose from - and everything was edited by hand, be it using something like ChartPak rub-on letters or film/pictures from a typesetter to create ads. As for WPSD and WKMG, they both use the “Local #” branding, possibly from the same creative design agency, but the fonts and obliqueness of the graphic are distinctly different. For a better example, compare WCBS, WBBM and KCBS’s logos, or any of the numerous ABC Circle-7 logos... 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 826 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 9/26/2018 at 2:37 PM, ColDayNews said: WKEF ripped off WCMH’s first NewsChannel 4 graphics package in 1997: WKEF was better as NBC vs. ABC... The same as WDTN. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 There were a lot of funky/fatface logos, so it's more of a trend than anything from the 70s that lingered well into the 80s with some stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13380-holy-graphics-knockoff-batman/page/13/#findComment-221873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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