Oldest graphics still in use?

[newsn8te 203]

Are they still using News Station?

I think we might have a winner...

 

http://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/local-news/dot-operations-center-in-full-swing-on-thanksgiving

 

Behold WIVT...still using the Ackerley package...

 

 

As seen in 2003.

 

Not sure how long these date back. 98/99??

[AJClementeFan69 477]

Are they still using News Station?

 

Not sure. Can't imagine they're not...why change the music if you're gonna keep those as your graphics?

[Rusty Muck 4432]

What year did 'JZ adopt their current package?

It's a mixed answer. The package of which the current look was based off of dates back to 2003, but even then used the 1998-era package for inspiration. It's been heavily modified over and over again (especially with the HD switch) to the point where KC Robertson is treating it almost as a palimpsest.

 

As for JZ's ever-distorting usage of Helvetica, I'll cite this classic post:

 

 

I wanted to see how much Helvetica can be stretched in Photoshop...

[LOWERCASE GUY 287]

It's a mixed answer. The package of which the current look was based off of dates back to 2003, but even then used the 1998-era package for inspiration. It's been heavily modified over and over again (especially with the HD switch) to the point where KC Robertson is treating it almost as a palimpsest.

 

As for JZ's ever-distorting usage of Helvetica, I'll cite this classic post:

Well, the Weather graphics aren't too far off!

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 985]

I just got over seeing that poor excuse of graphics garbage. Now it's time to barf again. Hey I'll lose the 10 lbs I want for Christmas :-)

[NEOMatrix 1308]

Everything about WJZ is dated. If it wasn't for being in HD, I would've swore that I was watching a newscast from 1998.

[newsn8te 203]

WJZ needs a MAJOR overhaul. Even WVIT mentioned earlier in this thread looks and sounds more modern than WJZ.

[WestleyWolf 123]

I know that KTXL's Weather graphics date back to 2009. KTSF still uses their 2008 package even though their not in HD anyway. and KBRR/KVRR (even though they have a different theme they use) according to Southern NMSA they are STILL using the Fox 1998 Affiliate theme in their opens which has been in use since 2000.

[nathannah 2541]

WJZ needs a MAJOR overhaul. Even WVIT mentioned earlier in this thread looks and sounds more modern than WJZ.

 

I've followed WJZ's Twitter, and a couple of 'here's what we're working on' videos from their morning team seem to use a font more appropriate for a "BIFF!" caption in a comic strip and seem to be shot and edited on an iPad in the field using the front-facing camera and some kind of program bought on the App Store for cheap with gaudy fonts. It kind of makes it jarring when they were talking about three people who perished in a housefire and you have such a horrid font choice to describe it.

[plzstandby 31]

KBRR/KVRR (even though they have a different theme they use) according to Southern NMSA they are STILL using the Fox 1998 Affiliate theme in their opens which has been in use since 2000.

They stopped using the fox '98 theme in 2015 when they dropped the Fox News branding in favor of KVRR Local News branding. The NMSA never updated that the theme was no longer in use. Pretty sure KVRR was the last station using that old theme

[newsn8te 203]

They stopped using the fox '98 theme in 2015 when they dropped the Fox News branding in favor of KVRR Local News branding. The NMSA never updated that the theme was no longer in use. Pretty sure KVRR was the last station using that old theme

 

I thought I read somewhere a while back that the old Fox 1998 theme is available as production music. Is that true?

[Viper550 294]

They may have changed the fonts, but WLUC is still using this ancient-looking weather graphic somewhere (the rest of the package is, otherwise, a downgraded version of the old WSTM graphics). The Sinclair graphics might have been a much-needed improvement, although Gray might provide a decent upgrade in the future)

 

[tyrannical bastard 4084]

Looks like an ancient WSI template graphic that's somehow survived into this day. I remember seeing this on WEWS back in 1998 when they upgraded their weather system!

[news89 468]

They may have changed the fonts, but WLUC is still using this ancient-looking weather graphic somewhere (the rest of the package is, otherwise, a downgraded version of the old WSTM graphics). The Sinclair graphics might have been a much-needed improvement, although Gray might provide a decent upgrade in the future)

 

 

WYTV even used these in late 90s into early 2000s.

[abric 186]

WBAL used this weather graphic in the 90s with the Bank Gothic font and their Insta-Weather brand.

[Jess 1115]

They may have changed the fonts, but WLUC is still using this ancient-looking weather graphic somewhere (the rest of the package is, otherwise, a downgraded version of the old WSTM graphics). The Sinclair graphics might have been a much-needed improvement, although Gray might provide a decent upgrade in the future)

 

Oh god, I remember WTXF having those tube things way back in 1999/2000...

[TennTV1983 811]

They may have changed the fonts, but WLUC is still using this ancient-looking weather graphic somewhere (the rest of the package is, otherwise, a downgraded version of the old WSTM graphics). The Sinclair graphics might have been a much-needed improvement, although Gray might provide a decent upgrade in the future)

 

WPTY (now WATN) had something very similar to this back in the late 90s.

[MidnightJunkie 55]

WJBF also used this weather template from the mid 90's to around 2002 maybe?

 

2:45

 

[MidnightJunkie 55]

I think we might have a winner...

 

http://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/local-news/dot-operations-center-in-full-swing-on-thanksgiving

 

Behold WIVT...still using the Ackerley package...

 

 

As seen in 2003.

 

Not sure how long these date back. 98/99??

 

 

I'm going to guess from the lower-thirds that this is from the same company who designed WAGT's late 90s package. (Was it TVBD?)

 

[ChesapeakeTV 312]

Yes, those are both prime examples of TVbD's mid-late 90's work.

[LOWERCASE GUY 287]

WJBF also used this weather template from the mid 90's to around 2002 maybe?

 

2:45

 

WLKY in Louisville had that weather template as well. Looks like it could've been a standard WSI graphic.

[Samantha 2907]

I've never seen that WAGT open but 2002? Wow, that pack must have been used for a good four or five years. Their next package came from TVbD too.

[ColDayNews 438]

[ATTACH=full]3575[/ATTACH]WLKY in Louisville had that weather template as well. Looks like it could've been a standard WSI graphic.

 

WDTN used those during their "Your Weather Authority" era (2000-2002) as well.

 

[norcalTVfan 19]

I'm not sure! Must have been recently.

 

Regarding KIEM

 

Hell hath frozen over. New talent open, new lower thirds, but with the same tired OTS and horrible production music. And they are using Calibri as the font. The set also has not been modified since installed circa 1996.

[AJClementeFan69 477]

http://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/local-news/taj-tandoor-offers-variety-of-dishes-for-binghamton-restaurant-week/681459311

 

RIP Ackerley graphics on WIVT