The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread

[Dakota Laughlin 28]

On 3/26/2024 at 6:20 PM, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

They went the ABC O&O route with their 10-day

I like this design for the 10-day!

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 905]

1 hour ago, Dakota Laughlin said:

I like this design for the 10-day!

I don't only because the animated weather part is waaaayyy too busy... plus they have only a 30% chance of rain/storms and show the entire day as rain.. Can be very misleading if you can't see the teeny tiny weather icon above...

[TennTV1983 801]

WVLT is going GrayONE later today. Or rather, they already have done so online. 

 

 

Side note: This is NOT an April Fools joke!!

Edited April 1, 2024 by TennTV1983

[ScottSchell 352]

8 hours ago, TennTV1983 said:

WVLT is going GrayONE later today. Or rather, they already have done so online. 

 

 

Side note: This is NOT an April Fools joke!!

They switched at noon today.

[ABC 7 Denver 1711]

20 minutes ago, ScottSchell said:

They switched at noon today.

 

This is such a "Look what we made in PowerPoint" kind of package.

[cxd7346 232]

7 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

This is such a "Look what we made in PowerPoint" kind of package.

Explain….

[ABC 7 Denver 1711]

27 minutes ago, cxd7346 said:

Explain….

 

The design is over simplified big boxes with little detail, 1 font and 3 colors.

[bgiesing 46]

On 1/23/2024 at 9:56 AM, T.L. Hughes said:

I couldn't find the cut used in the topicals in the montages in the Series 4 cuts available on News Music Now, so I'm not entirely sure that it's from that track list or a previously unreleased cut.

Not sure if you heard by now but it's actually brand-new music they commissioned! A new package made by Chris Majka of Fuzik Productions (aka @ctmajka) called Everywhere. 

KWQC is using a custom variant with the Hello News signature to "fill in the gaps" when they need something Hello doesn't have and there's even an unused version of the Everywhere image song for KWQC.

 

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 905]

KKTV made the switch back on 4/4.. Interestingly enough, the CBS eye has not been removed... for now....

 

Edited April 16, 2024 by MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie

[kfc513 235]

On 4/16/2024 at 11:41 AM, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

KKTV made the switch back on 4/4.. Interestingly enough, the CBS eye has not been removed... for now....

 

It makes me wonder if Gray is now starting reconsider its "no-network-in-station-logo" mandate, considering that...

1. Regarding stations with no network logo since the "mandate" started: 99.5% of NBC affiliates, half of the CBS affiliates, 1.5% of ABC affiliates, and no Fox affiliates (and this is without counting duopolies).... and it's been stuck this way since February.
2. And since then, the rollout of GrayONE seems to have slowed down to a crawl, where station launches were much more frequent before then.
3. And going back to bullet #1, now KKTV is keeping the CBS eye in their logo despite being the latest to switch to GrayONE only two weeks ago (as of this writing).

 

Going slightly off-topic: WXIX has been starting to use the new GrayONE weather background behind its 7-day forecasts since at least last week. Screengrab is from last night's 11PM news.

 

[LOWERCASE GUY 261]

On 4/17/2024 at 7:36 PM, kfc513 said:

And since then, the rollout of GrayONE seems to have slowed down to a crawl, where station launches were much more frequent before then.

Expect a rollout somewhere on Friday, then two on May 1st, one on May 3rd, one on May 13th, then two on May 15th, then one May 24th, then one May 29th, then one July 1st, then one on August 1st just to name a few. Not mentioning call letters, but I will say WXIX is NOT on that list.

Edited April 22, 2024 by LOWERCASE GUY

[mer764KCTV5 148]

8 minutes ago, LOWERCASE GUY said:

Expect a rollout somewhere on Friday, then Three on May 1st, then two on May 15th, then one May 24th, then one May 29th, then one July 1st, then one on August 1st just to name a few. Not mentioning call letters, but I will say WXIX is NOT on that list.

KCTV5 and/or KYTV "KY3" is not getting GrayONE for at least until this summer. 

[tyrannical bastard 3926]

2 hours ago, kfc513 said:

 

It makes me wonder if Gray is now starting reconsider its "no-network-in-station-logo" mandate, considering that...

1. Regarding stations with no network logo since the "mandate" started: 99.5% of NBC affiliates, half of the CBS affiliates, 1.5% of ABC affiliates, and no Fox affiliates (and this is without counting duopolies).... and it's been stuck this way since February.
2. And since then, the rollout of GrayONE seems to have slowed down to a crawl, where station launches were much more frequent before then.
3. And going back to bullet #1, now KKTV is keeping the CBS eye in their logo despite being the latest to switch to GrayONE only two weeks ago (as of this writing).

 

Going slightly off-topic: WXIX has been starting to use the new GrayONE weather background behind its 7-day forecasts since at least last week. Screengrab is from last night's 11PM news.

 

I've noticed with some of their NBC affiliates (including WMC and WJHG) that there are instances where the peacock is still intact.  Namely on graphical transitions, on-set monitors, mic flags and promos.  It's probably simple oversight of making such a minor change, or just letting the stuff play out until GrayOne makes it's debut (some day).

 

Speaking of WJHG, WECP is still using their CBS 21 logo with the eye everywhere, so it's mostly an NBC thing.

[LOWERCASE GUY 261]

On 4/17/2024 at 7:56 PM, mer764KCTV5 said:

KCTV5 and/or KYTV "KY3" is not getting GrayONE for at least until this summer. 

KCTV will be either late this year or early next year. 

WALB was the one that I mentioned that debuted on Friday. 

 

[LexTVandRadio 418]

No eye here.

[KnoxvilleTVFanDerrick 3]

I find this thread to be so interesting, because I enjoy reading the conversation about GrayONE.

When WVLT unveiled the new GrayONE graphics about a month ago on April 1st, April Fools Day of all days, it became a wonderful improvement from the previous Gray graphics from over the years. And when I saw the opening of the noon news on that day, it made me so happy.

I feel that WVLT and KWQC are two stations that are my favorite uses of GrayONE. And, it will be interesting to see how WYMT, WKYT, WSMV and other Gray-owned stations will do with GrayONE.

[LexTVandRadio 418]

On 4/25/2024 at 7:20 PM, KnoxvilleTVFanDerrick said:

I find this thread to be so interesting, because I enjoy reading the conversation about GrayONE.

When WVLT unveiled the new GrayONE graphics about a month ago on April 1st, April Fools Day of all days, it became a wonderful improvement from the previous Gray graphics from over the years. And when I saw the opening of the noon news on that day, it made me so happy.

I feel that WVLT and KWQC are two stations that are my favorite uses of GrayONE. And, it will be interesting to see how WYMT, WKYT, WSMV and other Gray-owned stations will do with GrayONE.

Agree, both WVLT and KWQC look fantastic.  Little disappointed at how WAVE turned out. 

 

I think WKYT/WYMT will end up looking good. I could see WYMT having some green-ish/teal colors would work with that color scheme to be slightly different from WKYT.

[LOWERCASE GUY 261]

6 hours ago, LexTVandRadio said:

could see WYMT having some green-ish/teal colors would work with that color scheme to be slightly different from WKYT.

I highly doubt that happens as the stations only have 4 options to choose from; Blue/Red (KQWC), Blue/Yellow (WVLT), Blue/White (WAVE), Red/White/Black (WWBT).
 

That said, I can see WYMT going Blue/Yellow or Blue/White

[TennTV1983 801]

9 minutes ago, LOWERCASE GUY said:

I highly doubt that happens as the stations only have 4 options to choose from; Blue/Red (KQWC), Blue/Yellow (WVLT), Blue/White (WAVE), Red/White/Black (WWBT).
 

That said, I can see WYMT going Blue/Yellow or Blue/White

 

Whatever scheme WKYT gets when they switch to GrayONE, expect WYMT to receive the same (with maybe some yellow added to it.

 

And just because there are 4 standard options to choose from doesn't mean a station can't always modify the colors later (i.e., WAFB during Mardi Gras season recently).

[tyrannical bastard 3926]

On 4/29/2024 at 2:10 PM, TennTV1983 said:

 

Whatever scheme WKYT gets when they switch to GrayONE, expect WYMT to receive the same (with maybe some yellow added to it.

 

And just because there are 4 standard options to choose from doesn't mean a station can't always modify the colors later (i.e., WAFB during Mardi Gras season recently).

Purple would look good on WVUE and even WAFB.  It would almost be the total subsuming of WWL over the last 20 years post Katrina.

Stations like WWL made purple look good on TV.

[TheOne2Watch 1]

WSFA Launched back on April 8th 

 

 

Meanwhile just down the road in Dothan... WTVY launched today. 

 

 

[tyrannical bastard 3926]

1 hour ago, TheOne2Watch said:

WSFA Launched back on April 8th 

 

 

Meanwhile just down the road in Dothan... WTVY launched today. 

 

 

Good for WTVY.  As long as the "colony collapse" makes it to WJHG, WTVM, and any other of the "honeycomb" stations still out there...

Edited May 1, 2024 by tyrannical bastard

[nathannah 2400]

"Live at Lunch" sounds so vague title-wise it feels like they start the newscast whenever they finish off their chips and Snickers, rather than noon, and knowing how busy lunch places are you'd expect it to be 12:43pm.

[mer764KCTV5 148]

3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Good for WTVY.  As long as the "colony collapse" makes it to WJHG, WTVM, and any other of the "honeycomb" stations still out there...

WJHG is already prepared for that already... logo-wise. 

Edited May 2, 2024 by mer764KCTV5
Clarification reasons.

[LOWERCASE GUY 261]

1 hour ago, mer764KCTV5 said:

WJHG is already prepared for that already... logo-wise. 

WJHG is not on the short list. WTVM is though. There will be two stations this Monday that will debut.