When did older Stimulus cuts become WLS News Package?

[Guest NewsHound]

Looking through the NMSA and I discovered that "Stimulus" from Gari Media Group, long known as News Series 2000 Plus, has split three ways. The new "Stimulus" cuts that WLS is currently using are known now as Stimulus, while the older cuts WLS used from 1993 up until their recent refresh are now known as the WLS News Package.

 

Then, theres News Series 2000 Plus which have some much older and somewhat softer cuts, all of the exact same note signature, and honestly sounds exactly like WLS News Package, but also mixes in some reused Gari themes with the "Stimulus" signature, like those same recurring "The One and Only" cuts that almost all of Gari's 1990s packages have, just swapping out the signature with the one from Stimulus.

 

Confused? Yes I thought News Series 2000 Plus and WLS News Package were the same, but apparently not. I guess this means older Stimulus/NS2000+ cuts are retired if they aren't apart of the "new" Stimulus?

 

When did the NMSA do this?

[24994J 5577]

A couple weeks ago. It was mentioned in the NMSA thread.

[Guest NewsHound]

Thanks, didn't catch it.

[Ntropolis 596]

Another observation... WECT was previously noted using Stimulus, but had their listing changed to News Series 2000 instead of Plus like the others.

[sanewsguy 511]

I refuse to call it the "WLS News Package". It's still News Series 2000 Plus in my book. NMSA doesn't have the best judgment sometimes with these spilttings/retitilings, etc. The NMSA is like Wikipedia. Most of the info's right but some of it is wrong.

[Leavellebrett 85]

The name NS2K+ is obsolete, according to Gari. NS2K+ was changed to Stimulus. There is no "WLS Package." It's simply Stimulus/NS2K+… they just had a few custom cuts commissioned.

[24994J 5577]

I do like the idea of separating the original News Series 2000 Plus and Stimulus on the NMSA, but breaking off the WLS Package is essentially pointless. I think the primary item that factored into the split was the First News fusion cut that WLS commissioned in '01 for the morning show.

[Ntropolis 596]

 

I refuse to call it the "WLS News Package". It's still News Series 2000 Plus in my book. NMSA doesn't have the best judgment sometimes with these spilttings/retitilings, etc. The NMSA is like Wikipedia. Most of the info's right but some of it is wrong.

 

I can somewhat agree... In-Sink v.4 is listed separate from the rest of In-Sink for some reason (I guess because the WISH signature is different?), so WRAL has a separate listing for it, as does WILM-they're still using v.3 for weather updates/IDs/promos

[ABC 7 Denver 1715]

We can safely lay blame on NMSA management for these faux pas (I know exactly who this person is and I could shout it across the net and makes ears bleed, but I shall refrain from that).