TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 KTVU still uses "The 10:00 O'Clock News" for the 10:00 p.m. newscast, thank god. Watching the "KTVU Channel 2 Morning News" right now and it seems like they took down the time bug and the ticker at the bottom. This is a really sad occasion. Even really sad when you see the KTVU FOX 2 logo with the rest of other O&O's, but be glad that the Circle 2 laser still exists. Circle 2 and "The 10:00 O'Clock News" are now the only good things that keeps KTVU Channel 2 surviving from the FOX O&O deadbeat. (I'm gonna call it "KTVU Channel 2" because "KTVU FOX 2" just sounds ugly to me.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Sometimes Fox O&Os can really get conservative. KSAZ's "Had Enough" segment, which airs nightly on the 9pm news and features Rick D'Amico, is an example of that. I actually wrote a letter to KSAZ over the inappropriately snarky tone of one of the segments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 486 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Love the look and music. Makes the SF market now have all the O&O looks on every channel. I wonder if they are going to get a new studio, or a new desk since they now have segments in the mornings. They already had to get rid of the 7pm desk for TV36 (KICU) to make it into the couch interview/multi purpose area and relocate the 7pm news next to the StormTracker 2 podium. Music choice, looks like they went the WTVT Good Day route with the soft theme for its opens and bumpers. Closing theme is the main Good Day theme with the drums. Other than that its the same theme on its noon and evening newscasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 486 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 KTVU Opens http://vimeo.com/116990753 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhcity 3 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 In defense of the correlation between FOX O&O's and FOX News and other Newscorp Publications, one example would be FOX11 LA's critical analysis of California's Hi-Speed Rail plan, a program oft-derided by conservatives. The station has aired numerous editorials and even half-hour specials attacking it. http://www.myfoxla.com/story/19768269/high-speed-rail-revisited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1494 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 I wonder if they are going to get a new studio, or a new desk since they now have segments in the mornings. They already had to get rid of the 7pm desk for TV36 (KICU) to make it into the couch interview/multi purpose area and relocate the 7pm news next to the StormTracker 2 podium. That was always a multipurpose area. The couch piece was always wheeled in on Wednesdays for the taping of Bay Area People, KTVU's Sunday morning community affairs show, then the anchor desk was moved back afterward. At some point, they decided it was better to have the couch area there all the time to be used on the morning show (which is seemingly now all called Mornings on 2 for the entire time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I really hope they don't mess around too much with KTVU journalstically. I can adjust to the new brand, graphics, snd music but it would be hard for me to adjust if they turn into a clone of the other Fox O&Os journalstically as well. Cox is pretty much a station group that does things by the book and Fox is pretty much the opposite of that. I'm curious to see the culture clashes going on in Oakland right now. And based on recent history *cough* WJZY *cough*, I would stick with what works for KTVU rather than trying to find ways to "improve" it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 159 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The only thing that would make me tolerate the new look for KTVU is to use the music that WTVT is using now for the evening. Powerful and strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The only thing that would make me tolerate the new look for KTVU is to use the music that WTVT is using now for the evening. Powerful and strong. I agree, that cut sounds very similar to their old music package. Not sure who's idea it was to use the cut the other Fox stations use but it doesn't fit for KTVU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2newengland 71 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 My thing was why did KTVU use Scott Chaplin who was well known for tabloid news. Sure he did WNBC and other non tabbie stations, but I thought they had such a zero tolerance, that they would choose someone who does it for other stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 My thing was why did KTVU use Scott Chaplin who was well known for tabloid news. Sure he did WNBC and other non tabbie stations, but I thought they had such a zero tolerance, that they would choose someone who does it for other stations. Cox uses him for some of their other stations. They've used him for WSB for the longest time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Iirc, Chapin was the Fox o&o voice for years until he cut back on the number of stations he was servicing. I know at one point in early 2000s, he switched from KPRC to KRIV, which I think was part of a contract deal with FTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1367 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I miss Scott's voice on KDFW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4256 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Iirc, Chapin was the Fox o&o voice for years until he cut back on the number of stations he was servicing. I know at one point in early 2000s, he switched from KPRC to KRIV, which I think was part of a contract deal with FTS. Scott's semi-retirement a few years ago actually took him off of WSVN and WHDH (who replaced him with Paul Turner). And WSVN is the epitome of tabloid TV. Oddly, Chapin never did imaging for WJW when it was a Fox O&O (and not since either; Jeff Laurence is now their primary imaging voice, with canned generic liners by Greg O'Neill for newscast opens) but he did imaging for WEWS in the mid 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2newengland 71 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Chaplin is back on WHDH, but you can still hear him on NECN on generic promos. I don't know if Cox uses Chaplin for a group like what FTS had done, but it seems like lot of their stations use him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 KTVU now has the ticker and the time. Watching "Mornings on 2" this morning. The Weather Authority and The Traffic Authority are so FOX O&O, not so KTVU Channel 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 454 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The in-show graphics are an improvement. But the open and that O&O music package just don't fit the market. It's too New York in your face. And I like it in New York. Word was they had actually commissioned a new version of the classic Michael Randall "There's only one 2" music before the takeover happened. 415 Media / Lieberman is actually complimentary of it http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2015/02/new-channel-2-graphics-more-fox-less.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 KTVU now has the ticker and the time. Watching "Mornings on 2" this morning. The Weather Authority and The Traffic Authority are so FOX O&O, not so KTVU Channel 2. I agree that "The Weather Authority" and "The Traffic Authority" are stupid, it's not even a corporate mandate because I know other O&O's don't use that branding. There are much softer cuts of the music package they could've used too. I do like the logo and the graphics and branding are fine, still it seems like Fox could do more to maintain a balance between the stuff that corporate mandates O&O's use and the KTVU of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Traffic Authority? Weather was a bit much. But The Traffic Authority? Who the **** do they think they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Traffic Authority? Weather was a bit much. But The Traffic Authority? Who the **** do they think they are? I'm sure Sal Castaneda (KTVU's traffic reporter) was thinking the same thing when they pitched this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Health Authority, The News Authority, The Entertainment Authority, the Sports Authority, Oh crap, are those next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1829 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Health Authority, The News Authority, The Entertainment Authority, the Sports Authority, Oh crap, are those next? The FOX2 Sports Authority... Sponsored by Sports Authority???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Of course those brands aren't mandated by Fox, but you need to consider that the news director came from a station with that branding. And honestly, is there anyone else in this market that could be considered the Traffic Authority aside from Sal Castaneda? No. There isn't. It's different, you just need to get used to it. KTVU didn't really brand franchises in the past. Weather was weather, sports was sports. Traffic Authority is a huge step forward from Live Drive Time Traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Air Authority... Oh, and Traffic Authority. I guess you can blame the Traffic Authorities for making it congested. And by Authoritires, I mean Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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