ns8401 846 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Looks like those Post Newsweek graphics seen at WPLG are going to the other stations. WDIV Detroit has the new graphics and a new open. It's a refresh more than being new, same live and station bugs with the same animations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcnewsjunky 14 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I was just on WPLG's website and I do really like the new package and the resembalance to the old package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I still hate the font treatment on the L3's, but I think this look will age much better than the outgoing model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 I still hate the font treatment on the L3's, but I think this look will age much better than the outgoing model. When I saw US as Us all I could do was shake my head. All caps is much better for L3's. The coming up bumpers are not attractive and the open and weather open were a little jerky, otherwise not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I wish Post-NewsWeek would change the opening credits on their stations. TheClickOn[whatever city.com] is just over the top in my book. I know Detroit, Orlando, Houston, not sure if the other markets have the web channel listed on the opening credits. Also with the sale of WPLG to BH Media; according to WPLG Wikipedia page it said "On March 12, 2014, Graham Holdings announced that it would sell WPLG to the BH Media subsidiary of Berkshire Hathawayin a cash and stock deal. Berkshire Hathaway and its chairman, Warren Buffett, had been longtime stockholders in Graham Holdings; the Graham family will re-acquire a large majority of its shares from Berkshire Hathaway in exchange for selling WPLG. As part of the deal, Post-Newsweek Stations will continue to provide services to the station for up to two years after the sale's consummation through a transitional services agreement. So PLG will still be under Post/Graham portfolio for 2 yrs after the sale? Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I wish Post-NewsWeek would change the opening credits on their stations. TheClickOn[whatever city.com] is just over the top in my book. I know Detroit, Orlando, Houston, not sure if the other markets have the web channel listed on the opening credits. Also with the sale of WPLG to BH Media; according to WPLG Wikipedia page it said "On March 12, 2014, Graham Holdings announced that it would sell WPLG to the BH Media subsidiary of Berkshire Hathawayin a cash and stock deal. Berkshire Hathaway and its chairman, Warren Buffett, had been longtime stockholders in Graham Holdings; the Graham family will re-acquire a large majority of its shares from Berkshire Hathaway in exchange for selling WPLG. As part of the deal, Post-Newsweek Stations will continue to provide services to the station for up to two years after the sale's consummation through a transitional services agreement. So PLG will still be under Post/Graham portfolio for 2 yrs after the sale? Any thoughts? I wonder if BH will decide to sell WPLG back to PN once the two years is up. Maybe they're waiting to see if there are changes in the political landscape in Washington that will benefit them tax-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammy9 26 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 WJXT has been using these graphics for a little while now. When I first saw them, I thought it was small market... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 WJXT has been using these graphics for a little while now. When I first saw them, I thought it was small market... I was gonna say mid market, it definitely gives me the impression of watching an inferior product. It would be nice if the went in a truly different direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Every PN package looks just like an updated variation of the one before it in my opinion. Not really a fan of the full screen graphic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundershock MN 169 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I wish Post-NewsWeek would change the opening credits on their stations. TheClickOn[whatever city.com] is just over the top in my book. I know Detroit, Orlando, Houston, not sure if the other markets have the web channel listed on the opening credits. Also with the sale of WPLG to BH Media; according to WPLG Wikipedia page it said "On March 12, 2014, Graham Holdings announced that it would sell WPLG to the BH Media subsidiary of Berkshire Hathawayin a cash and stock deal. Berkshire Hathaway and its chairman, Warren Buffett, had been longtime stockholders in Graham Holdings; the Graham family will re-acquire a large majority of its shares from Berkshire Hathaway in exchange for selling WPLG. As part of the deal, Post-Newsweek Stations will continue to provide services to the station for up to two years after the sale's consummation through a transitional services agreement. So PLG will still be under Post/Graham portfolio for 2 yrs after the sale? Any thoughts? No. WPLG will be an independent entity separate from P-N/Graham. However, they (WPLG & P-N/Graham) will remain loosely tied together via their "Transition Services Agreement" for up to two years. The newly independent WPLG will essentially outsource some services (Graphics, Traffic & Digital) to P-N/Graham. These are all services that P-N centralized/hubbed within their group, Graphics/WPLG, Traffic/WJXT & Digital/WDIV. So, to provide some level of continuity to WPLG in the short-term P-N/Graham will provide services from their Graphics, Traffic & Digital hubs for up to two years. WPLG/BH Media can terminate any or, all services without penalty by providing 60 days notice. The P-N/Graham graphics hub will remain at WPLG for now. All of the current employees of the P-N/Graham graphics hub will remain employees of P-N/Graham. P-N/Graham will lease 1,000sf of space within WPLG's building from the newly independent WPLG/BH Media for up to two years. P-N/Graham can terminate the lease without penalty by providing three months notice. Bolded for emphasis. The Transition Agreement could last up to two years. However, both parties can exit their portions early by providing the appropriate notice to the other party. Hopefully, that clears things up. As to the new graphics...Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammy9 26 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Video of WDIV's new look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkUsMlAZJM Video of WPLG's new look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJinw7woE_E Man, WDIV got the better end of things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Video of WDIV's new look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkUsMlAZJM Video of WPLG's new look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJinw7woE_E Man, WDIV got the better end of things... To be fair, WKMG and WJXT do use the PLG open, but with the 'Chrome Curves' graphics still intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Nothing new on KSAT, yet. But they seem to do their own thing considering they're one of P-N's stronger stations... I promised I would get their 4 and 10 PM opens (different from the rest of the P-N stuff). I'll try Monday, just as long as they didn't dump the graphics. I have to record them over the air because the quality is better and you don't have to see "www.bandicom.com" on the top of the video (sorry that's a pet peeve of mine, bothers me people don't spend the money like I did to get that removed...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 How many generations behind was WPLG that that is their "new" look? The lower 3rds are what KPRC had been using up until this week. Now they are using WDIVs look. Which, comparatively, I'm not impressed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammy9 26 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Well, I guess whenever the debut WDIV's pack (which I assume is going to be the P-N mandated graphics), WJXT's going to debut their new logo in newscasts (that they've been teasing in commercials and promos for a while, it's like WDIV's logo, but the colors from the old 'JXT logo are still there. It's ugly), as well as a new name for newscasts (they've also been calling their newscasts News 4 Jax in some 11pm promos). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Actually, it's more or less just the current logo, italicized to look like WDIV's 4. Not that drastic of a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 423 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Wplg is using the current gfx of wdiv. Only logo change was actually a font reduction of local in local10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Video of WDIV's new look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkUsMlAZJM Video of WPLG's new look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJinw7woE_E Man, WDIV got the better end of things... I actually prefer PLG's. But WHY does DIV's open say "Live, from home of Click On Detroit..."? Why does any station need to say "from the home of (station's website)"? That is one of the stupidest things ever... Also, was anyone else getting a Scripps feel from that open? There had some pretty similar elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 KPRC does the same thing. Between that and that vvoice over artist, I cringe everyone their news comes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 423 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Brian Williams as anchor: The best Brian williams as voiceover artist: As Bob uecker says just a bit outside. But I also said the same about mark peeples doing voiceovers for kprc back in the day. I still think wjxt and ksat12 show the most creativity out of the PNG group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Brian Williams as anchor: The best Brian williams as voiceover artist: As Bob uecker says just a bit outside. But I also said the same about mark peeples doing voiceovers for kprc back in the day. I still think wjxt and ksat12 show the most creativity out of the PNG group WJXT blows KSAT's creativity out of the water. KSAT's had the same CSD since 1997, and aside from going HD and changing the logo three times since taking over, not much has changed. The overall feel of the station seems the same as it was in the late 90's. Their graphics are amazing though. And yes, KSAT intros the newscasts, "You're watching KSAT 12, home of KSAT.com"... Only the 10pm open deviates from that ("KSAT 12 News Nightbeat, starts, RIGHT now") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 WJXT blows KSAT's creativity out of the water. KSAT's had the same CSD since 1997, and aside from going HD and changing the logo three times since taking over, not much has changed. The overall feel of the station seems the same as it was in the late 90's. Their graphics are amazing though. And yes, KSAT intros the newscasts, "You're watching KSAT 12, home of KSAT.com"... Only the 10pm open deviates from that ("KSAT 12 News Nightbeat, starts, RIGHT now") WDIV's 11pm newscast was known as the Nightbeat before they switched to the current clickondetroit stuff and started calling it Local 4 News At 11 about 10 years ago, maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Well, shows you how successful I am in avoiding the station's newscasts - I thought they were still using Beau Weaver! But yea... Brian Williams is not an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Here's the link to that: Brian William's voice just isn't strong enough, much less deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 http://instagram.com/p/pYk5z6pCnN/ I say we had to have gotten these yesterday, because I sure didn't see them Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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