aleckrohto 21 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I was browsing WMUR's website and their Facebook page, and I noticed a new logo. Also on their YouTube page they have a new intro for videos with new music also. For some reason the video has the old graphics. But I believe they will unveil new graphics tonight at 5pm. I will record the 5pm show. New Video Intro: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammy9 26 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Seems like it has the old Hearst sig in the theme... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
News 9 Viewer 100 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 As a regular viewer of channel 9 (as if my username and profile pic weren't a dead giveaway), I really like what I see and hear. This is a big upgrade. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5549 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The bug looks like they took the Hearst package template and rounded it off to differentiate. It could be interesting to see it the rest of the package would be heavily modified. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leavellebrett 85 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 inthegroovemusic made an updated version of the classic Hearst signature sometime last year for WMUR. I've heard some of it. The signature is a little altered just a bit, and this is definitely that ITG alteration. I can't wait to see it in action. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5549 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The bug looks like they took the Hearst package template and rounded it off to differentiate. It could be interesting to see it the rest of the package would be heavily modified. Called it... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckrohto 21 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Oh my god... That "LIVE" bug looks so god damn ugly Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1228 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Oh my god... That "LIVE" bug looks so god damn ugly It never looked good. The primary bug looks stupid too, here and on a lot of the Hearst stations. It's big, and, if the station has a round/circle logo, it looks downright weird having their circle logo be confined to or overflowing out of a rhombus. Oh, and does anyone else think that the L3's are unnecessarily large and distracting? The yellow swipes almost overwhelm the text. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1709 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Weak guys! They've been using these graphics for more than 2 months and nobody has noticed? SMH. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Oh my god... That "LIVE" bug looks so god damn ugly Keep in mind the LIVE bug would normally be behind their on air station bug which is placed on during master control. It looks the same way on all of the Hearst stations that stream it live. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckrohto 21 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Here is a montage of the 5pm broadcast: (Working on uploading a 6pm one) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
News 9 Viewer 100 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Weak guys! They've been using these graphics for more than 2 months and nobody has noticed? SMH. Only for traffic reports. That and the new logo had previously only been seen on jackets and shirts worn by talent. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2newengland 72 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Weak guys! They've been using these graphics for more than 2 months and nobody has noticed? SMH. I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by that sentence. I watched WMUR a week or two ago, and they still had their 2011 (?) HD graphic package and the trainwreck Gilmer theme. I thought I was watching WCVB until I saw the L3s that didn't have a 45° angle, and had the curveature on the ends. I like the mic flag, much needed improvement from the flags that were used for 20 years and litteraly bandaided the flags to reflect "WMUR.com" because the original design was the "News 9" from the Imes days. It looks like the WFXT's flags pre-2006 mandates. I was hoping the news gods would answer my prayer for a radical change. I am for standardization, but the problem for Hearst is they own 4 stations in Central/Northern NE. WMUR became quickly the red-headed step child after being acquired in 2001, because Hearst bought the WNNE station that became a Platsburg NY satellite (Forget the calls) and then WMTW. All those stations used the original mandated packaging and WMUR had to be the opposition of crappy packaging. If you live in the northeast part (Mt Washington Valley, Osspiee, etc.) you were stuck between WMTW and WMUR. Franconia Notch, Dartmouth, you're stuck with WNNE/Platsburg station and any points south of the Lakes region, you were stuck with WCVB and WMUR. I wished Hearst gave WMUR a stipend and use a one time expense/exception to outsource the graphics something like GO, Hothaus, etc. (and don't let WMUR do the NH way "keep the money in state to support the local economy" BS. No graphics artists in this state have any clue what a broadcast graphics package supposed to look like in the 7th largest market. I'd love 615 Music to compose a custom theme and get Chris Corley to do the voice overs (not that KISS 108/Rock 101 hack Clear Channel vo.) They need an image campaign to let people know that they are known outside the 4 year presidential primaries. They can do it if they got some CSDs, but the last time I walked by 100 S Commercial, there weren't that many cars from back at the height of that operation. Also does anyone know if WMUR does have a second studio? I remember on their website in the late 90s showed a VR of a second studio. The newsroom is old, its dated, it was never meant to be on TV (the narrow and long setup was so lame to begin with. worse I remember they had a jib on set, and it shouldn't' ever been there to begin with. WMUR staffers, please take my suggestions into consideration. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 WPTZ is the Hearst-owned Burlington/Plattsburgh station you were mentioning, by the way. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1914 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Overall it's good. Those lower thirds are way too busy, and apparently don't match the lower thirds in the double box template. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckrohto 21 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 On their morning news, WMUR uses the same ticker as all of the Hearst stations (no graphic modification) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5549 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I have a feeling that some people are only watching the video from the first post. That's not the new package, that's the old. Look at the montage posted...THAT'S the new stuff. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1228 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I have a feeling that some people are only watching the video from the first post. That's not the new package, that's the old. Look at the montage posted...THAT'S the new stuff. Well why can't they use the same on both? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Sounds as if the theme was composed by inthegroove. EDIT: It was in the video description. Didn't see it at first. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckrohto 21 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Decent size close from their morning show with the new theme: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 That is a decent close here most stations use up all their time limits and consequently it's very short. The standard WBAL close starts with a four shot of the desk then cuts to either their far left or far right camera that focuses on the news desk while the cameras are backing up to their "parked position" several feet back - if they have time they'd then cut to either the inner harbor camera or their newer tower camera which they point almost straight down 1000 feet. On more than one occasion the camera was shook violently and it seemed apparent that either it ran over cable or their floor is very uneven. Anyway back to the graphics I would imagine that these are much easier for integration into the Hearst hub compared to theirs previous package. But it appears the only changes are the removal of the diagrid layer and add the rounded corner. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Nice graphics and music. Just wish they had more variety in the cuts of music that Strive has. Anyway back to the graphics I would imagine that these are much easier for integration into the Hearst hub compared to theirs previous package. But it appears the only changes are the removal of the diagrid layer and add the rounded corner. Still it's a nice variation of the main diagrid package. Actually I think this is better than the diagrid package. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Nice graphics and music. Just wish they had more variety in the cuts of music that Strive has. Still it's a nice variation of the main diagrid package. Actually I think this is better than the diagrid package. I agree with you that it's a good variation and I'd think it be greater than or equal to the diagrid package if they got rid of those rounded edges. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5549 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Well why can't they use the same on both? The new graphics hadn't yet debuted. That midday web brief used the old lower thirds with the new bug. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1228 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The new graphics hadn't yet debuted. That midday web brief used the old lower thirds with the new bug. oh well then pardon my ignorance. i had no idea that those were the old lower thirds. yikes. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13676-wmur-new-graphics/#findComment-107483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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