GodfreyGR 652 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 5:54 PM, ELISYSYN said: came across this while browsing the web: It appears (correct me if i am wrong) that WOIO/WUAB are beginning the switch to GrayOne. Additionally they are also using the same FIRST ALERT WEATHER logo as WANF: WOIO/WUAB WANF A Gray station switching their FA logo is not necessarily an indicator of anything. KBJR uses the same logo (but in blue) but outside of weather graphics, they still use a slightly modified version of their KBJR* graphics from Quincy ownership (*Before the Northern News Now stunt, KBJR6 and CBS3 had their own graphics packages) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) Apparently, someone is a fan of the old WFOR logo because that's what KMOV's new logo reminds me of. Don't believe me? Look at this. Edited December 4, 2023 by TennTV1983 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 917 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, TennTV1983 said: Apparently, someone is a fan of the old WFOR logo because that's what KMOV's new logo reminds me of. Don't believe me? Look at this. Just looked at their map room on their website... A whole bunch has switched over... wish they went with the blue theme instead of red... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 It reminds me of the old late 1980s logo as well. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOWERCASE GUY 262 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 It doesn't even look like they went with red on the WX graphics, but rather....gray? Hmmmmm. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 What Gray stations have the oldest graphics packages? They should be a target for GrayOne next, although they would be in small markets I would assume. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOWERCASE GUY 262 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said: What Gray stations have the oldest graphics packages? They should be a target for GrayOne next, although they would be in small markets I would assume. The Wyoming Cluster for one... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSV cheesehead 99 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Found a KMOV promo on youtube, it shows a taste of the new graphics: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, GoldenShine9 said: What Gray stations have the oldest graphics packages? They should be a target for GrayOne next, although they would be in small markets I would assume. WCTV in Tallahassee is one of those stations along with a couple others with those same graphics. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd285 53 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Welcome to First Alert 4. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3954 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, TennTV1983 said: WCTV in Tallahassee is one of those stations along with a couple others with those same graphics. Oddly enough, WLOX in Biloxi had this one originally, and when they put in their new studio, switched to the same one WJHG was using before they went with the "Honeycomb" look. Meanwhile, WVUE went with the WSFA look while WALA went GrayOne recently. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: Meanwhile, WVUE went with the WSFA look while WALA went GrayOne recently. You call it the WSFA look when it was WMC-TV that launched it first. I'm surprised WWSB's current look was utilized by the likes of WAFF and WDAM. I don't hate it, but there are certain elements of that package that just look dated. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denver Murray 12 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, LOWERCASE GUY said: It doesn't even look like they went with red on the WX graphics, but rather....gray? Hmmmmm. Well, I certainly appreciate that they did not pick an entirely red theme for the graphics. Gray doesn't look bad at all... Way better than what WWBT Richmond has. It's SO red you cannot even see what's in the background of the graphics! Very distracting. I actually like this! Edited December 4, 2023 by Denver Murray 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 917 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 9 hours ago, jd285 said: Welcome to First Alert 4. Gross... just gross... the branding that is... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSV cheesehead 99 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 My biggest critique on Grayone, is that the L3s don't go from end to end on the screen. Just wasting space. (I know this is probably a relic of the 4:3 aspect ratio of the first 60 years of television) 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 2 hours ago, ELISYSYN said: My biggest critique on Grayone, is that the L3s don't go from end to end on the screen. Just wasting space. (I know this is probably a relic of the 4:3 aspect ratio of the first 60 years of television) It’s not necessary. The program is going out in widescreen. However, many HDTVs like old analog TVs have overscan. This can be turned off but most people don’t know how to change it. So it’s best to keep most graphics 14:9 safe. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 The KMOV rebrand pretty much says “ANF Jr.”, from the logo, to the graphics, to the set. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSV cheesehead 99 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Georgie56 said: The KMOV rebrand pretty much says “ANF Jr.”, from the logo, to the graphics, to the set. The only difference is that anchors at KMOV get chairs, while over at ANF, the anchors stand the whole time. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denver Murray 12 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 WWBT NBC 12 has kinda-sorta-re-branded to "12 On Your Side" ... However, it's not uniform. The intros still have the peacock and "NEWS" under the logo with the peacock. Only the bug/ticker and the Facebook page logos have been changed. Everything else is the same for now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsGuyTV 42 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Denver Murray said: WWBT NBC 12 has kinda-sorta-re-branded to "12 On Your Side" ... However, it's not uniform. The intros still have the peacock and "NEWS" under the logo with the peacock. Only the bug/ticker and the Facebook page logos have been changed. Everything else is the same for now. Is this a trend with GRAY NBC affiliates? WMC Action News 5 removed the NBC Peacock from their onscreen bug all of a sudden. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, NewsGuyTV said: Is this a trend with GRAY NBC affiliates? WMC Action News 5 removed the NBC Peacock from their onscreen bug all of a sudden. WSMV did the same thing a couple of weeks ago, and most recently changed their weather logo as well - removing the NBC peacock from their branding. And before anyone asks, NBC does not have a mandate for its affiliated stations to have the peacock in its branding. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttvn2000 320 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 54 minutes ago, TennTV1983 said: WSMV did the same thing a couple of weeks ago, and most recently changed their weather logo as well - removing the NBC peacock from their branding. And before anyone asks, NBC does not have a mandate for its affiliated stations to have the peacock in its branding. It’s a trend with all Gray stations. WTVG in Toledo switched from “13abc Action News” to just “13 Action News” (and no ABC logo). WNEM in Flint/Saginaw/Bay City also recently removed the CBS eye mark from its logo. But I’ll stop there because I don’t want this to be a list… Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1717 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) On 12/3/2023 at 9:55 PM, jd285 said: Welcome to First Alert 4. This is absolutely awful. First, the fact that they are using red tends to indicate Breaking News, which is exactly what Alert insinuates. This is why First Alert Weather has always struck me as bad branding for weather too. You're going to burn out your audience if all news product is branded as "First Alert" instead prioritizing the content. Ultimately, having clear brand and design language is really needed to inform viewers and boost ratings... This won't do it. Edited December 5, 2023 by ABC 7 Denver 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 WSFA may be the next to switch to GrayOne. A user on Logopedia uploaded what appears to be an updated version of their logo: 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSV cheesehead 99 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Has there been any pattern (geographic, prior ownership) to which stations are getting the new graphics? Also, is the Meredith package an option for stations as well? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17000-the-ever-evolving-gray-graphics-situationthread/page/41/#findComment-291942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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