KSTU Tribune Graphics.

[T.L. Hughes 907]

The new graphics have debuted... and KTXL has adopted the WDAF package:

 

[ED2 144]

Not looking forward to seeing this on KSWB, if this is being rolled out everywhere.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 985]

What I'm not getting is why are they putting time money and effort into new sets, graphics, etc when they are about to be sold off?? Let Nexstar pay for it all... Not a fan of this graphics package tbh

[CircleSeven 1963]

And given that the Lighthouse will acquire KSTU. So I wouldn't be all that surprised if these new graphics on KSTU would be short-lived.

[dman748 1257]

1 hour ago, CircleSeven said:

And given that the Lighthouse will acquire KSTU. So I wouldn't be all that surprised if these new graphics on KSTU would be short-lived.

I imagine KSTU (and the other Fox stations Scripps is acquiring) will probably get a Fox version of whatever graphics package Scripps decides to go with

[Webovision 202]

oh... to be one of you that hasn’t experienced a change in ownership... 

 

it might take YEARS for the ex-Trib stations to be fully homogenized by their new owners... there is a lot more important gear that needs to be swapped out first... master control automation and newsroom systems come to mind... a lot of tribune’s in-house systems will need to go... to say nothing of networking/IT infra...

 

graphics are going to be low priority... Trib is on Viz, and viz hardware can last a while...Scripps still hasn’t replaced the Journal gfx on KGUN... it’s closing in on five years...

 

i predict these graphics will be around until late 2021 at the earliest... 

[TSSZNews 1053]

I do not get the hate for the WDAF graphics - I think they’re amazing and among the most modern looks on US local TV right now. They’re what the TEGNA look should be and that was made by a top agency!

[NEOMatrix 1308]

5 hours ago, Webovision said:

oh... to be one of you that hasn’t experienced a change in ownership... 

 

it might take YEARS for the ex-Trib stations to be fully homogenized by their new owners... there is a lot more important gear that needs to be swapped out first... master control automation and newsroom systems come to mind... a lot of tribune’s in-house systems will need to go... to say nothing of networking/IT infra...

 

graphics are going to be low priority... Trib is on Viz, and viz hardware can last a while...Scripps still hasn’t replaced the Journal gfx on KGUN... it’s closing in on five years...

 

i predict these graphics will be around until late 2021 at the earliest... 

In everyone else's defense, some groups like Tegna and Gray were quick to bring new graphics to the ex-Raycom stations. Although, I think that some stations like WOIO were planning new graphics since the Raycom era and Gray approved the funding.

[susquvalleywgal 524]

16 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:

The new graphics have debuted... and KTXL has adopted the WDAF package:

 

 

I perhaps may be the only person on this forum that loves the Rockwall font.  LOL.  

 

I hope FOX43 gets this package here.  

 

-- Matt

[Info Junkie 1286]

7 hours ago, susquvalleywgal said:

 

I perhaps may be the only person on this forum that loves the Rockwall font.  LOL.  

 

I hope FOX43 gets this package here.  

 

-- Matt

I second that!

[dman748 1257]

24 minutes ago, Info Junkie said:

I second that!

 

8 hours ago, susquvalleywgal said:

 

I perhaps may be the only person on this forum that loves the Rockwall font.  LOL.  

 

I hope FOX43 gets this package here.  

 

-- Matt

If I were WPMT I would wait until the sale to Tegna closes (in addition to the overall Nexstar-Tribune deal) before thinking about getting a new graphics, I wouldn't do it right now because you won't have the Tribune package for long in general.

 

I think out of all of the Nexstar-Tribune rejects that are going to other groups, I'd say the stations going to Tegna will get the Tegna package faster than the ones going to Scripps, so thus the KSTU package may last awhile.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 985]

16 hours ago, Webovision said:

oh... to be one of you that hasn’t experienced a change in ownership... 

 

it might take YEARS for the ex-Trib stations to be fully homogenized by their new owners... there is a lot more important gear that needs to be swapped out first... master control automation and newsroom systems come to mind... a lot of tribune’s in-house systems will need to go... to say nothing of networking/IT infra...

 

graphics are going to be low priority... Trib is on Viz, and viz hardware can last a while...Scripps still hasn’t replaced the Journal gfx on KGUN... it’s closing in on five years...

 

i predict these graphics will be around until late 2021 at the earliest... 

For some reason, KFMB comes to mind.. .they switched rather quickly, both website and graphics

[Info Junkie 1286]

Any-hoo, what Tribune/Nexstar/Tegna/Scripps station is next for a graphics change?

[scrabbleship 429]

1 hour ago, Info Junkie said:

Any-hoo, what Tribune/Nexstar/Tegna/Scripps station is next for a graphics change?

 

WPRI hasn't gotten new anything since they went HD eight years and two owners ago. They're due.

[Info Junkie 1286]

48 minutes ago, scrabbleship said:

 

WPRI hasn't gotten new anything since they went HD eight years and two owners ago. They're due.

I was specifically talking about Tribune itself, the other owners was the names of the guys acquiring Tribune.

[scrabbleship 429]

19 minutes ago, Info Junkie said:

I was specifically talking about Tribune itself, the other owners was the names of the guys acquiring Tribune.

 

In that case, I'll go WTIC. They can use a little refresh to be honest.

[CircleSeven 1963]

5 minutes ago, scrabbleship said:

 

In that case, I'll go WTIC. They can use a little refresh to be honest.

 

Isn't that set they're in right now three years old? And their graphics are more recent?

 

[TheRolyPoly 2659]

1 hour ago, scrabbleship said:

 

WPRI hasn't gotten new anything since they went HD eight years and two owners ago. They're due.

 

That's 2011 and LIN Television, in which WPRI was the flagship by the way.

 

Also, graphics are due for one too as they've been the same, sans minor refreshes here and there. Hopefully, not the Nexstar CBS one.

[GoldenShine9 1515]

On 9/11/2019 at 8:15 AM, NEOMatrix said:

In everyone else's defense, some groups like Tegna and Gray were quick to bring new graphics to the ex-Raycom stations. Although, I think that some stations like WOIO were planning new graphics since the Raycom era and Gray approved the funding.

 

WOIO desperately needed a major refresh, more like a reboot, as well.

[kfc513 245]

2 hours ago, scrabbleship said:

 

WPRI hasn't gotten new anything since they went HD eight years and two owners ago. They're due.

 

Well, the theme of their graphics has been the same since then (3D glass cityscape of Providence + blue/red color scheme), but their current iteration is technically a different graphics package from the original Renderon-designed look.

 

Original:

https://vimeo.com/15641672

 

Current:

https://vimeo.com/172253765

[dman748 1257]

12 hours ago, Info Junkie said:

Any-hoo, what Tribune/Nexstar/Tegna/Scripps station is next for a graphics change?

See my message above but I'll mention it again.

 

It'll be the Tribune and Nexstar stations that are being sold to Tegna that will be in for a graphics change (everybody else won't see a graphics change for awhile)

[scrabbleship 429]

On 9/12/2019 at 12:20 PM, kfc513 said:

 

Well, the theme of their graphics has been the same since then (3D glass cityscape of Providence + blue/red color scheme), but their current iteration is technically a different graphics package from the original Renderon-designed look.

 

Original:

https://vimeo.com/15641672

 

Current:

https://vimeo.com/172253765

 

I went down a WPRI rabbit hole a while and I noticed this. Like any long lasting package, the updates have made it look a bit more cheap with time. It hasn't gotten as bad as other nearby stations have (early 2000's WFSB and late 2000's WTEN come to mind).