NWA_TV_guy 157 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Media General's WJTV in Jackson, Miss. launched new graphics, ditching the "curved" graphics that many of the MG stations put into commission since 2012-2013. NOTE: WJTV 12 has completely ditched the "News Channel" branding, which was in the works since the new set debuted several months ago. The station is still using Canvas by Stephen Arnold Music.
TennTV1983 811 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Looks like they adopted a tweaked version of the graphics currently used by WATE and WBAY. At least now we know this package will not just be confined to the legacy Young stations.
TheRolyPoly 2659 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 NOTE: WJTV 12 has completely ditched the "News Channel" branding, which was in the works since the new set debuted several months ago. The station is still using Canvas by Stephen Arnold Music. Then how come in the opens, they still say "WJTV NewsChannel 12" ?
CircleSeven 1963 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 So this is the 4th MG station with these similar graphics. Let's not forget WHTM also received them.
promoguy98 254 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Then how come in the opens, they still say "WJTV NewsChannel 12" ? They've been in a period of transition for many months. About the only time you'll hear the word NewsChannel is in that VO you referenced. Mostly their branding is spoken as WJTV and visually it's tagged as WJTV 12. I heard directly from a credible inside source that the calls have taken prominence due to a change in how credit is now given to a station for the ratings and that this should help them. Personally I liked their JTV 12 branding from years ago. Research showed that it was extremely popular, but Media General killed that off in the late 90's for the NewsChannel branding. All in all this new look is miles ahead of the cheap, blue MG graphics they were using.
NWA_TV_guy 157 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 They've been in a period of transition for many months. About the only time you'll hear the word NewsChannel is in that VO you referenced. Mostly their branding is spoken as WJTV and visually it's tagged as WJTV 12. I heard directly from a credible inside source that the calls have taken prominence due to a change in how credit is now given to a station for the ratings and that this should help them. Personally I liked their JTV 12 branding from years ago. Research showed that it was extremely popular, but Media General killed that off in the late 90's for the NewsChannel branding. All in all this new look is miles ahead of the cheap, blue MG graphics they were using. I don't understand why it's still NC12 in the opening V/O, but as promoguy98 mentioned, that's the only place you'll hear it. I figure they didn't update it with a new V/O for the graphics switch for whatever reason.
NWA_TV_guy 157 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 WHLT in Hattiesburg, a satellite of WJTV, is using these graphics. For those of you who do not know, WJTV produces WHLT's only newscast at 10:00 p.m. weeknights.
atlnews2 600 Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 I just realized that WLNS also has these graphics. How recent is this? http://wlns.com/2015/11/02/governor-snyder-talks-solutions-to-costly-higher-education/
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 986 Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 I just realized that WLNS also has these graphics. How recent is this? http://wlns.com/2015/11/02/governor-snyder-talks-solutions-to-costly-higher-education/ I had just noticed that myself.. Had to have been recently.. Their overall logo got a refresh too.. Looks much better than it did...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 986 Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 And this would be a very decent graphics package to roll out to all the MG stations...
atlnews2 600 Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 And this would be a very decent graphics package to roll out to all the MG stations... Agreed, I also think the WNCN package would be good to roll out onto more stations.
mike91 67 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 -what in the hell is that music? Sounds like cheap production music
CircleSeven 1963 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 -what in the hell is that music? Sounds like cheap production music That's Millennium by Non-Stop. KTVX used it in the early 2000s.
NWA_TV_guy 157 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Posted November 4, 2015 The only bad thing about these graphics are they are not 4:3 friendly. WJTV has the time/temp bug in a box on the right and the box on the left with the various images that zoom forward. Both are pretty much cut in half.
mike91 67 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 That's Millennium by Non-Stop. KTVX used it in the early 2000s. I had a feeling that it was Non-Stop. An odd choice.
ChesapeakeTV 312 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Ugh. The WLNS open is terrible IMO...looks very cheap and awkward. Otherwise this is...decent. Not great, but decent. I'd rather not see WAVY ditch what they have for this though.
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 The open is bad...Millennium News is a totally out-there and unexpected choice. Would not have been the first package I'd have guessed would be resurrected from the Package Graveyard. Then again...who saw the WGEM Custom Package ever coming back in any form? (on KOLR of all stations)
Marvin Dillweed 74 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 And WJTV's facebook page is branding as "WJTV News 12". https://www.facebook.com/WJTV.News.Channel.12/?fref=ts
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 986 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 I just hope sister-station WOOD-TV doesn't follow in their footsteps... What they have now is decent.. I'm assuming that they do their graphics in-house, since none of the other MG stations has anything remotely similar...
NewsMaster 226 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 WHLT in Hattiesburg, a satellite of WJTV, is using these graphics. For those of you who do not know, WJTV produces WHLT's only newscast at 10:00 p.m. weeknights. Does WHLT use Canvas now? I remember seeing a clip from that station, and they were using the old JDK package with the last graphics package, even after WJTV switched its music.
NWA_TV_guy 157 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Posted November 4, 2015 Does WHLT use Canvas now? I remember seeing a clip from that station, and they were using the old JDK package with the last graphics package, even after WJTV switched its music. I believe so.
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 I"m not too sure about the wider rollout of this Scripps-esque package. It's good on a station or two, but seeing it make it's way onto a legacy station could spell the future..... In the past, it's been the smaller companies that have been emulating the larger ones. Now that Media General has eclipsed Scripps (and others....), these ripoffs are going to be much more noticeable. I have to wonder who at Media General has an unhealthy obsession with Scripps.... Remember the "Now" ripoff from WTHI I dug up a few months back?
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