Leavellebrett 85 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYWVj_B7njU The Unexpected from 615 Music is the music. I don't think this has been posted yet.
CircleSeven 1960 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Because this is really fresh. Just a few hours ago. I'm thrilled that another station picked up this underrated and underappreciated theme song.
ChesapeakeTV 312 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Looks really good! And, like CircleSeven said, it's always great to hear stations breaking the mold in terms of music (as long as they do a good job of it). On another note, maybe this will silence the "revert to the 2008 package" crowd.
TheRob 938 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Although, I wish they would have continued the music, or at least used another piece of music, during the headline teases.
T.L. Hughes 903 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 KOIN's new "6" logo looks like a variant of WATE's current "Circle 6" logo, at least in the use of a similar typeface.
NEOMatrix 1307 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 I wonder if any other of the ex-New Vision stations (WKBN/WYTV, WIAT, etc) will get a similar version of the new KOIN gfx. Hell, I would like to see a few of LIN stations get these graphics. However, I do have a question. With KOIN getting a major overhaul, is LIN/MG planning on spinning off KOIN along with the conflict markets?
Breaking News 839 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 WKRN music...Nice sleek look and like the logo too..
who?cares 255 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 I wonder if any other of the ex-New Vision stations (WKBN/WYTV, WIAT, etc) will get a similar version of the new KOIN gfx. Hell, I would like to see a few of LIN stations get these graphics. However, I do have a question. With KOIN getting a major overhaul, is LIN/MG planning on spinning off KOIN along with the conflict markets? LIN has been planning these upgrades for a while now. KOIN along with many of the New Vision stations have been "hubbed." KOIN's master control is based out of Indianapolis' pod 3. Along with WTHI 10.1/ 10.2, WLUK, and WDTN.
detroiter313 181 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Those graphics kind of looks like Blue Helio-esque, but above all else, it looks great.
Big Country News 435 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 An out-of-the-blue change for them. I half expected them to get the new CBS O&O graphics and royally mess them up. Good Job, KOIN, you're now looking like a LIN Station!
WCAUTVNBC10 413 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 The lowers are terrible but everything else looks nice.
caliwxdude 254 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Akzidenz Grotesk is a great typeface, but they really shouldn't be using the extended variant in the lower-thirds if they insist on cramming all that text in there. Extended typefaces look like crap when you try to compress them, as evidenced in the video from KOIN. I'd also rethink using the light weight...KTLA uses the regular weight with relatively small lower-third sizes and it does a lot for readability.
Working4You 40 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 With KOIN, KSNW, WJCL and KIMT, getting new graphics, and I know the first three listed received new sets, not sure if KIMT did or not, I can't wait to see what WIAT in Birmingham looks like when they are done with their changes. The video I linked was dated April 1st and it tells about the impending changes at the station. Hopefully it will be all finished up by May Sweeps! Here’s to LIN investing in their stations.... at least before they sell off some of them. :awesome: http://cbs42.com/2014/04/01/cbs42-news-desk-looks-different/ Edit: I forgot to mention KHON also got a new set and graphics! Seems like LIN did invest a lot into the New Vision Stations.
David Heller 1 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 With KOIN, KSNW, WJCL and KIMT, getting new graphics, and I know the first three listed received new sets, not sure if KIMT did or not, I can't wait to see what WIAT in Birmingham looks like when they are done with their changes. The video I linked was dated April 1st and it tells about the impending changes at the station. Hopefully it will be all finished up by May Sweeps! Here’s to LIN investing in their stations.... at least before they sell off some of them. :awesome: http://cbs42.com/2014/04/01/cbs42-news-desk-looks-different/ With KOIN, KSNW, WJCL and KIMT, getting new graphics, and I know the first three listed received new sets, not sure if KIMT did or not, I can't wait to see what WIAT in Birmingham looks like when they are done with their changes. The video I linked was dated April 1st and it tells about the impending changes at the station. Hopefully it will be all finished up by May Sweeps! Here’s to LIN investing in their stations.... at least before they sell off some of them. :awesome: http://cbs42.com/2014/04/01/cbs42-news-desk-looks-different/ it'll be interested, and fin out when WIAT/Birmingham, is done with all of the changes.
Casey Buck 35 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 A clip of the 4 PM opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5uAoFhiuqw
Leavellebrett 85 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Posted April 22, 2014 I'm very intrigued by The Unexpected V.2.
chrelevator 28 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 That is a really nice look for them. I'm glad they dropped the old CBS O&O stuff. They had tweaked the living daylights out of it to the point that it looked cheap and awful.
Breaking News 839 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Clips of KOIN 6 NEWS new 2014 opening Noon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYXXkvFotY 5:00pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxmW0z1T9hk 5:30pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5heoWP8BowA 6:00pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrrNCR6f9dI
NEOMatrix 1307 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Does this mean that WKBN/WYTV will be next in line for graphics upgrades? I could see WKBN using an orange variant of this graphics package with the NG4 version of Enforcer and WYTV using the KOIN package, Unexpected v.2 and all.
NewsMaster 226 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Does this mean that WKBN/WYTV will be next in line for graphics upgrades? I could see WKBN using an orange variant of this graphics package with the NG4 version of Enforcer and WYTV using the KOIN package, Unexpected v.2 and all. After I recorded this, I bet so...they're not using the same font they had been using
sanewsguy 514 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 After I recorded this, I bet so...they're not using the same font they had been using Boo, Helvetica. That just looks so ugly. And they changed the background of the super from that blue-ish purple gradient to a solid white.
tyrannical bastard 4036 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Boo, Helvetica. That just looks so ugly. And they changed the background of the super from that blue-ish purple gradient to a solid white. Worse....that's Arial. It's a shame they didn't copy the font to the new CG. At least the lower thirds finally fill the screen. When they went HD, it looked like they kept their existing lower thirds, which were only designed for 4x3 use...as you can see in this clip. I'm hoping WKBN doesn't ditch this package for something more generic. It's probably got another year or two left in it....seeing how the previous look lasted 12 years during the Grapevine/Gocom/Piedmont era.....
Samantha 2902 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Worse....that's Arial. It's a shame they didn't copy the font to the new CG. At least the lower thirds finally fill the screen. When they went HD, it looked like they kept their existing lower thirds, which were only designed for 4x3 use...as you can see in this clip. I'm hoping WKBN doesn't ditch this package for something more generic. It's probably got another year or two left in it....seeing how the previous look lasted 12 years during the Grapevine/Gocom/Piedmont era..... It's actually one of the few more recent John Christopher Burns designs that has staying power. It demonstrates such excellent use of typography, too. (Including the WKBN letterforms which were taken from the Art Deco lettering on the station entrance.)
NEOMatrix 1307 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Worse....that's Arial. It's a shame they didn't copy the font to the new CG. At least the lower thirds finally fill the screen. When they went HD, it looked like they kept their existing lower thirds, which were only designed for 4x3 use...as you can see in this clip. I'm hoping WKBN doesn't ditch this package for something more generic. It's probably got another year or two left in it....seeing how the previous look lasted 12 years during the Grapevine/Gocom/Piedmont era..... I also noticed around November of last year that all the logo bugs moved out of the 4:3 safe zone. It didn't really look right until they revised the L3s. To be honest, that last look did last 12 years and was refreshed MANY times. But, at least WKBN refreshed it compared to WFMJ who prior to using NBC Look G in 2012 used its last package for EIGHT YEARS with hardly any updates. I'm probably going to sound crazy but I will admit that WFMJ's Look G graphics blows WKBN's JCbD graphics out of the water. To me, Look G feels big city and expensive whereas WKBN's graphics now have a kinda long in the tooth look. Hopefully LIN (or MG) dosen't screw up the next package for WKBN/WYTV.
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.