tyrannical bastard 3995 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 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 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerSC 62 Posted Thursday at 05:04 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:04 PM 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. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2512 Posted Thursday at 05:35 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:35 PM I'll do better than the last poster... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3995 Posted Thursday at 05:41 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:41 PM 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...) 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerSC 62 Posted Friday at 12:55 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:55 AM 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. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 935 Posted Friday at 02:36 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:36 PM 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 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3995 Posted Friday at 07:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:21 PM 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. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 935 Posted Saturday at 11:15 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:15 AM 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? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfc513 237 Posted Saturday at 07:37 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:37 PM 8 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said: 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? Even then, Sinclair's glass/curves look didn't make it to all of their stations before it got replaced. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3995 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago When was the last time a station or group actually introduced a new package? That's how stale and boring everything is right now. The industry is stuck in 2019. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lampstein 115 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said: When was the last time a station or group actually introduced a new package? That's how stale and boring everything is right now. The industry is stuck in 2019. I was just thinking about this the other day. Fox launched their last look in 2019, TEGNA even before that. Lots of stale stuff on the air right now. I guess CBS and ABC have the “newest” stuff on air but it’s nothing to write home about. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/58/#findComment-305555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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