The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread

[groupwfan 96]

2 hours ago, TheSpeedKing said:

 

That logo doesn't look like it's from 2019. That logo looks like it came out in 2008. 

WCSC’s current logo takes nod of their late 90s-early 2000 “LIVE5” logo that used Bell Gothic as the Font (as that was the font for CBS’ “Welcome Home III” campaign from 1998-99) 

 

THIS is what they had in 2008:

 

Edited January 24, 2022 by groupwfan

[TheSpeedKing 265]

Uh, quick question? LIM4.1 isn't designed to run on VizRT, but the Gray ticker, which only runs on VizRT, is present. What system is WFIE/KGMB using?

[EricTheEnthusiast 39]

WVUE just posted a breaking news story and used an updated Gray Graphics as the image on their website. It's an AP story, so perhaps it was added by another Gray location (such as WAFB), but is that indicative of a graphics package change for 4pm?

 

 

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/01/25/man-accused-stabbing-k-9-sought-after-fathers-body-found/

[mightynine 290]

1 hour ago, EricTheEnthusiast said:

WVUE just posted a breaking news story and used an updated Gray Graphics as the image on their website. It's an AP story, so perhaps it was added by another Gray location (such as WAFB), but is that indicative of a graphics package change for 4pm?

 

 

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/01/25/man-accused-stabbing-k-9-sought-after-fathers-body-found/

Probably posted by Grey’s digital hub and likely not a sign of anything. 
 

ETA: They’re in breaking coverage right now for Sean Payton leaving and using the Raycom graphics. 

Edited January 25, 2022 by mightynine

[Axiom81 67]

On 1/24/2022 at 1:56 PM, groupwfan said:

WCSC’s current logo takes nod of their late 90s-early 2000 “LIVE5” logo that used Bell Gothic as the Font (as that was the font for CBS’ “Welcome Home III” campaign from 1998-99) 

 

THIS is what they had in 2008:

 

Yeah that logo was from the Raycom years...questionable graphics at times for sure..but a flat version of the 80's logo would really be a nice touch for 70 yrs. Great station, got a ton of experience as an intern there

[Justin Hill 38]

Seeing that new WAVE logo reminds me of other local TV stations that got on the retro logo bandwagon:

 

* KSTP-TV 5 of Minneapolis, Minnesota switched to a logo resembling their red and white 1982 logo.

    

 

* WMAR-TV 2 of Baltimore, Maryland is currently using a logo that resembles their original 1975 logo.

   

[TheSpeedKing 265]

11 hours ago, Justin Hill said:

Seeing that new WAVE logo reminds me of other local TV stations that got on the retro logo bandwagon:

 

* KSTP-TV 5 of Minneapolis, Minnesota switched to a logo resembling their red and white 1982 logo.

    

 

* WMAR-TV 2 of Baltimore, Maryland is currently using a logo that resembles their original 1975 logo.

   

I like how neither of the “new” logos have the current ABC logo. I know that KSTP switched to the current ABC logo already. But dang, the Gray graphics thread is turning into a logo discussion thread. @24994JWe should have a logo discussion thread.

Edited January 28, 2022 by TheSpeedKing

[GodfreyGR 650]

1 hour ago, TheSpeedKing said:

I like how neither of the “new” logos have the current ABC logo. I know that KSTP switched already. But dang, the Gray graphics thread is turning into a logo discussion thread. We should have a logo discussion thread.

Fact Check time! KSTP's does use the new ABC logo- A quick scroll through the homepage of their website shows that... I counted 8 new ABC logos, 3 old logos. Since I watch their newscasts, click on any recent video and you will see the new logo used on all on-air graphics (except mic flags). And if we're bring honest, as small of a scale the ABC logo is the average/casual viewer probably doesn't notice or care about the change.

 

Also- I'll go on the argument (again...) that it's not necessarily retro. The logo goes back to the red box/parallelogram a few times from the original inception. The most recent case in 2021, Fox9 switched to the new O&O look making every station's primary color a shade of blue (4, 5, 9, and 11). KSTP simply differentiated themselves by changing their color scheme to red/white/black.

 

 

[tyrannical bastard 3933]

One "vintage logo" we'll never see on TV again for sure is likely the 1980's WVUE logo.

During Hurricane Katrina, the station was badly flooded by the levee failures in the area, resulting in the station having to be re-built from the inside out, literally.

 

Since then, the station has risen to become the #1 station in New Orleans, with it's own doing, and helped by the declining fortunes of WWL, mostly at the behest of their owners and CBS.

Edited January 30, 2022 by tyrannical bastard

[TheSpeedKing 265]

6 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

 

Since then, the station has risen to become the #1 station in New Orleans, with it's own doing, and helped by the declining fortunes of WWL, mostly at the behest of their owners and CBS.

Basically just CBS and whoever is running WWL right now, some of whom were there under Belo ownership. By the way, we should definitely have a logo discussion thread.

[Justin Hill 38]

On 1/28/2022 at 8:17 AM, GodfreyGR said:

Fact Check time! KSTP's does use the new ABC logo- A quick scroll through the homepage of their website shows that... I counted 8 new ABC logos, 3 old logos. Since I watch their newscasts, click on any recent video and you will see the new logo used on all on-air graphics (except mic flags). And if we're bring honest, as small of a scale the ABC logo is the average/casual viewer probably doesn't notice or care about the change.

 

Also- I'll go on the argument (again...) that it's not necessarily retro. The logo goes back to the red box/parallelogram a few times from the original inception. The most recent case in 2021, Fox9 switched to the new O&O look making every station's primary color a shade of blue (4, 5, 9, and 11). KSTP simply differentiated themselves by changing their color scheme to red/white/black.

 

 

It is not uncommon for the graphic designer of a TV station's later logo to borrow from that station's past, like with KSTP or WMAR's case...these derivative works could be just an amazing coincidence, such as in KSTP's case...

[evv_mlis 22]

Well, WFIE has finally ditched the old Raycom graphics and moved over to Gray graphics. They're still using old versions of their logo on the weather bug and time/temp bug; it would look better flat and possibly all white in a gray/black translucent background. Many of the new graphics focus solely on the 14 and ditch the NBC peacock. Apologies for the poor screengrabs.

[Yankees4life 558]

That leaves WVUE, KCBD, KAUZ/KSWO, KGMB/KHNL as the remaining stations with the old Raycom graphics

[Guest]

16 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

That leaves WVUE, KCBD, KAUZ/KSWO, KGMB/KHNL as the remaining stations with the old Raycom graphics

And WFXG, now owned by Lockwood

[TheOneManHerd 553]

On 1/30/2022 at 12:07 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

One "vintage logo" we'll never see on TV again for sure is likely the 1980's WVUE logo.

During Hurricane Katrina, the station was badly flooded by the levee failures in the area, resulting in the station having to be re-built from the inside out, literally.

 

Since then, the station has risen to become the #1 station in New Orleans, with it's own doing, and helped by the declining fortunes of WWL, mostly at the behest of their owners and CBS.

That's some unfortunate foreshadowing coming from that logo.

[Guest]

18 hours ago, TheOneManHerd said:

That's some unfortunate foreshadowing coming from that logo.

Emmis basically gave up on the station after Katrina, and its largely why the other stations owners also gave up (hell isn't WDSU STILL in Widescreen SD?). The late Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and a large contributor to trying to revitalize NOLA after Katrina, bought the station in 2008 and ran the station for a couple years until he sold it to Raycom. It was Benson though that turned the station around giving it the hometown focus that led to its rise in the ratings.

 

Now, NOLA is beginning to thrive again despite still dealing with issues from Katrina and Gray is in a good position with WVUE, especially given the fact Belo gave up and made massive cuts at WWL before being sold to Gannett/TEGNA, WDSU just floating along as the redheaded stepchild of Hearst, and despite Nexstar attempting to turn WGNO around, it's still not where it needs to be because Tribune ran it into the ground for decades. 

Edited February 28, 2022 by KentBrockman

[EricTheEnthusiast 39]

15 minutes ago, KentBrockman said:

Emmis basically gave up on the station after Katrina, and its largely why the other stations owners also gave up (hell isn't WDSU STILL in Widescreen SD?). The late Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and a large contributor to trying to revitalize NOLA after Katrina, bought the station in 2008 and ran the station for a couple years until he sold it to Raycom. It was Benson though that turned the station around giving it the hometown focus that led to its rise in the ratings.

 

Now, NOLA is beginning to thrive again despite still dealing with issues from Katrina and Gray is in a good position with WVUE, especially given the fact Belo gave up and made massive cuts at WWL before being sold to Gannett/TEGNA, WDSU just floating along as the redheaded stepchild of Hearst, and despite Nexstar attempting to turn WGNO around, it's still not where it needs to be because Tribune ran it into the ground for decades. 

WDSU switched their news to HD around the same time as WGNO debuted its HD news and new graphics and set. I can't remember which station was first, but they were both around the same time.

 

Back to WVUE, does anyone know what's going on with their studio cameras, specifically the ones facing the anchors? The colors seem washed and the brightness is off. It's stark when they cut from the anchor shot to a reporter, skin tones, logos, and other elements are drastically different.

[tyrannical bastard 3933]

9 hours ago, EricTheEnthusiast said:

Back to WVUE, does anyone know what's going on with their studio cameras, specifically the ones facing the anchors? The colors seem washed and the brightness is off. It's stark when they cut from the anchor shot to a reporter, skin tones, logos, and other elements are drastically different.

It feels like the lighting in the studio washes everything out. 

You can tell on the monitor bank when they try to show a dark image and pick up the reflection of the lights.

10 hours ago, KentBrockman said:

Emmis basically gave up on the station after Katrina, and its largely why the other stations owners also gave up (hell isn't WDSU STILL in Widescreen SD?). The late Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and a large contributor to trying to revitalize NOLA after Katrina, bought the station in 2008 and ran the station for a couple years until he sold it to Raycom. It was Benson though that turned the station around giving it the hometown focus that led to its rise in the ratings.

 

Now, NOLA is beginning to thrive again despite still dealing with issues from Katrina and Gray is in a good position with WVUE, especially given the fact Belo gave up and made massive cuts at WWL before being sold to Gannett/TEGNA, WDSU just floating along as the redheaded stepchild of Hearst, and despite Nexstar attempting to turn WGNO around, it's still not where it needs to be because Tribune ran it into the ground for decades. 

CBS was trying to unload WUPL to Belo with WWL, after being rebuffed by them to acquire WWL as well.  Katrina pushed that sale aside for about a year or two.  Emmis was in the midst of selling all of their stations and Katrina pushed off the sale long after the other Emmis stations had been sold.

Edited March 1, 2022 by tyrannical bastard

[TheSpeedKing 265]

On 2/28/2022 at 2:24 PM, EricTheEnthusiast said:

WDSU switched their news to HD around the same time as WGNO debuted its HD news and new graphics and set. I can't remember which station was first, but they were both around the same time.

Their Wikipedia pages haven't been updated, but it says both are in widescreen SD. WDSU switched to HD in August of 2020. I don't think WGNO is in HD yet, but feel free to correct me.

 

[Georgie56 3293]

Hawaii News Now has the WVLT package.

[sanewsguy 510]

1 minute ago, Georgie56 said:

Hawaii News Now has the WVLT package.

thank you for tipping Dado and Larry off so they can get them (w/ Bandicam logo) for their channels

[TheSpeedKing 265]

On 2/27/2022 at 2:21 AM, Yankees4life said:

That leaves WVUE, KCBD, KAUZ/KSWO as the remaining stations with the old Raycom graphics

Updated. I’m thinking KSWO is next.

[Georgie56 3293]

This will have to do until somebody can get a higher-quality, native version of this.

 

 

 

Edited March 25, 2022 by Georgie56

[ScottSchell 352]

On 3/23/2022 at 12:57 PM, TheSpeedKing said:

Updated. I’m thinking KSWO is next.

Honestly KSWO should of switched when they switched the weather’s instead of doing what they did.

[LexTVandRadio 418]

Hoping WYMT gets added soon.