The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 917]

[T.L. Hughes 890]

On 1/11/2024 at 11:53 AM, mightynine said:

EDIT 1/16/24: WAFB has moved to GrayONE as of Noon on 1/16/24.

 

Put WAFB/Baton Rouge on the clock for GreyONE - this new logo just popped up on their website:

 

 

Previous logo, in place for decades with the CBS eye logo added along the way:

Along with the logo and graphics change, the longtime "Louisiana's News Channel" slogan also appears to have been deprioritized (it appears in fine print in the open, suggesting it may still be used in some capacity, but less prominently) in favor of "Your #1 Local News Station".

Edited January 17, 2024 by T.L. Hughes

[HSV cheesehead 99]

2 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Along with the logo and graphics change, the longtime "Louisiana's News Channel" slogan also appears to have been dumped in favor of "Your #1 Local News Station".

They clearly did not know how to correctly execute the new ticker, they need to change the font color, or at least a translucent background, like all the others have done.

[mightynine 290]

12 hours ago, HSV cheesehead said:

They clearly did not know how to correctly execute the new ticker, they need to change the font color, or at least a translucent background, like all the others have done.

That was fixed quickly during the broadcast, with the translucent background added.

[HSV cheesehead 99]

WPTA made the switch at noon (local time) today.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leRWd1t2nKs

 

[TennTV1983 804]

KWQC finally made the switch to GrayONE, and it's probably the best implementation of the package thus far.

 

 

[HSV cheesehead 99]

5 hours ago, TennTV1983 said:

KWQC finally made the switch to GrayONE, and it's probably the best implementation of the package thus far.

I like the use of more than two colors, gives it texture. Good thing they didn't go with the all red package!

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 917]

They are the first to use Warner Chappell music with the package too.. This was a very well deserved upgrade for KWQC

[ABC 7 Denver 1717]

3 minutes ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

They are the first to use Warner Chappell music with the package too.. This was a very well deserved upgrade for KWQC

 

They are using Gari, not Warner Chappell Production Music.

[T.L. Hughes 890]

8 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

They are using Gari, not Warner Chappell Production Music.

Warner Chappell owns the Gari library.

[HSV cheesehead 99]

16 minutes ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

They are the first to use Warner Chappell music with the package too.. This was a very well deserved upgrade for KWQC

They have been using "Hello News" since the beginning of November, as part of their 75th anniversary year long celebration.

[ABC 7 Denver 1717]

40 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Warner Chappell owns the Gari library.

 

Sure. But it's like saying calling NBC Comcast because they own them.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 917]

Kinda odd to own the library but switching over to SA music instead... *shrug*

[cxd7346 232]

1 hour ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

Kinda odd to own the library but switching over to SA music instead... *shrug*

We aren’t switching to Stephen Arnold. 

[mightynine 290]

I’m surprised at how well Hello News works with a modern graphics package. It’s a little clunky with the First Alert Weather sting, but the open fit well. 

[cxd7346 232]

18 minutes ago, mightynine said:

I’m surprised at how well Hello News works with a modern graphics package. It’s a little clunky with the First Alert Weather sting, but the open fit well. 

What’s clunky about it? 
Agreed. It proves my point that any music can work as long as the voiceover and cadence of the open match.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 917]

36 minutes ago, cxd7346 said:

We aren’t switching to Stephen Arnold. 

But a crap ton have over the past several months

[T.L. Hughes 890]

Here are a couple of montages of the morning and evening opens:

They employ cuts from at least three of the "Hello News" series, with Series 3 appearing to be the lone one left out. Most newscasts use the Series 1 primary open (the cut used during KWQC's first "Hello" tenure) for the intro, except for the 10:00 show, which uses the Series 2 topical instead.

 

Bumpers, teases and topicals mainly use what may be the Series 4 cuts (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).

Edited January 23, 2024 by T.L. Hughes

[mightynine 290]

1 hour ago, cxd7346 said:

What’s clunky about it? 

I don't think the sting and the graphic line up well. Something with a little more urgency/tempo would work better (IMO), especially coming out of the open which has a little more energy to the music.

[GoldenShine9 1513]

Are there any Gray stations that do not have the "First Alert" branding at all, in markets where none of their competitors had it first? (So throw out, say, Kansas City).

[ScottSchell 356]

1 minute ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Are there any Gray stations that do not have the "First Alert" branding at all, in markets where none of their competitors had it first? (So throw out, say, Kansas City).

KXII in Sherman. KTEN used to use First Alert but dropped to be known as KTEN Weather. KXII uses Weather Authority.

[cxd7346 232]

2 hours ago, mightynine said:

I don't think the sting and the graphic line up well. Something with a little more urgency/tempo would work better (IMO), especially coming out of the open which has a little more energy to the music.

The reason I went with this cut is it was the cut we used in the 00s for First Alert weather. It has an urgency that I like. I tried other cuts from the updates when putting this together and preferred the cut from Disk 3.

[mightynine 290]

1 minute ago, cxd7346 said:

The reason I went with this cut is it was the cut we used in the 00s for First Alert weather. It has an urgency that I like. I tried other cuts from the updates when putting this together and preferred the cut from Disk 3.

Cool!

[rdtv 13]

1 hour ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Are there any Gray stations that do not have the "First Alert" branding at all, in markets where none of their competitors had it first? (So throw out, say, Kansas City).

KVVU. Not sure about the history of competitors' branding in Las Vegas, but no station in the market currently uses "First Alert." KVVU has a First Alert Calendar but brands their weather overall as Local Las Vegas Weather.

[evv_mlis 22]

WFIE must be getting closer to switching to GrayOne. They tweaked their bug at right to swap between 3 things (main logo, app, and website) and made sure to remove the peacock from everything, and now they've added a SECOND bug during live shots so now it's on the left and right sides of the screen. And this is a different style chyron than they typically use, but same font.