The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread

[tyrannical bastard 3991]

On 4/28/2025 at 3:21 PM, NEOMatrix said:

WUAB has had either horrendous or generic branding ever since “Hometeam 43” in 1999. Between “Hometeam”, “(my)43 the Block,” “CLE43”, and “UPN/my/CW 43”, I don’t think Raycom has put any effort into branding WUAB, or even WOIO for that matter. Honestly, it’s nice to see Gray trying.

"43 The Block" couldn't have come at a worse time.  They had just lost the Indians and Cavs to cable and WBNX was starting to clean their clocks in the ratings by smartly investing in programming.  WUAB had been burned in the past by some deals (notably Webster reruns) but managed to get some good syndication as well.

 

WUAB's strategy at the time?  Bulk up on informercials and create a bunch of amateur comedy-mercials with comedian-hosts like Mike Polk. 

Even he lampooned these efforts in WUAB's 50th anniversary special!

https://youtu.be/pKW-7sccPDY?si=wXH-3IGg7AZEDKbf&t=1242

 

[tylerSC 62]

WHNS in Greenville-Spartanburg is overdue to update to the Gray graphics package. They are still using old Meredith graphics. And will they follow the Gray trend and remove FOX Carolina from their branding? They haven't used Channel 21 in years.

[TheRolyPoly 2503]

I'll do better than the last poster...
 

 

 

[tyrannical bastard 3991]

34 minutes ago, tylerSC said:

WHNS in Greenville-Spartanburg is overdue to update to the Gray graphics package. They are still using old Meredith graphics. And will they follow the Gray trend and remove FOX Carolina from their branding? They haven't used Channel 21 in years.

I just have to wonder if GrayOne has existed alongside a Nexstar station (like WSPA) that looks very similar.  WSPA's is modified heavily, but it uses practially the same fonts as GrayOne and others (like WYTV, WHTM, WYOU/WBRE, WIVB, etc...)

[tylerSC 62]

Yes the Nexstar graphics used by WSPA do look similar in font to GrayOne. In Charlotte, WBTV has GrayOne but the Nexstar graphics on WJZY look a bit different than WSPA. I receive very strong signals from WBTV and WJZY in Spartanburg, even though WSPA and WHNS are my true locals. But from Charlotte, I think WSOC is the best overall news station, although you need more of a strategic antenna to pull in their main signal or the translator here. From Greenville, WYFF is my preferred news station.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 931]

20 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

I just have to wonder if GrayOne has existed alongside a Nexstar station (like WSPA) that looks very similar.  WSPA's is modified heavily, but it uses practially the same fonts as GrayOne and others (like WYTV, WHTM, WYOU/WBRE, WIVB, etc...)

Also of note, the Nexstar package has been around waaay longer than GrayONE

[tyrannical bastard 3991]

4 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

Also of note, the Nexstar package has been around waaay longer than GrayONE

Even WISH-TV's look keeps it alive after Nexstar traded over to WTTV/WXIN.  And WXIN's new look looks like a more refined GrayOne.

GrayOne hasn't even made it's way around the country yet and it's getting stale.  I wonder if they ever intended to take it national after it debuted at WANF.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 931]

15 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Even WISH-TV's look keeps it alive after Nexstar traded over to WTTV/WXIN.  And WXIN's new look looks like a more refined GrayOne.

GrayOne hasn't even made it's way around the country yet and it's getting stale.  I wonder if they ever intended to take it national after it debuted at WANF.

They're doing the same thing as Sinclair did -- took them FOREVER to roll out and Sinclair's is what, almost a decade old (combining the glass/curves 1.0 and 2.0 looks) and also very stale?