Guest cfif Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Back in 2002 , when WFTS was briefly "28 News". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmySand10 0 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Back in 2002 , when WFTS was briefly "28 News". They had a good thing going during that time. Why they changed to ABC Action News (what kind of name is that anyway?) I will never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Back in 2002 , when WFTS was briefly "28 News". They had a good thing going during that time. Why they changed to ABC Action News (what kind of name is that anyway?) I will never know. They did have a good thing going- I watched. (And I didn't watch ABC Action News.) I've heard several theories, like Scripps being unhappy with the lack of the ABC brand in the station's image. I don' t think that makes much sense because they were '28 Tampa Bay News" beforehand, and both opens mentioned ABC in the voiceover. Incidentally, it was a shame that Eric Wallace's site's gone. There were some great opens on there, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tampabaynews 0 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Back in 2002 , when WFTS was briefly "28 News". They had a good thing going during that time. Why they changed to ABC Action News (what kind of name is that anyway?) I will never know. They did have a good thing going- I watched. (And I didn't watch ABC Action News.) I've heard several theories, like Scripps being unhappy with the lack of the ABC brand in the station's image. I don' t think that makes much sense because they were '28 Tampa Bay News" beforehand, and both opens mentioned ABC in the voiceover. Incidentally, it was a shame that Eric Wallace's site's gone. There were some great opens on there, also. Yeah, I loved TVNewsTampa.com, you can still get bits and pieces of it from the wayback machine. As for the branding, I think it's fine, but I guess my opinion is sort of biased. : I may be able to get an answer for why they changed the branding, sometime this week. I don't think Bill Carey (GM) has been working there since the switch, so I'll have to find out who to ask. I think Eric did a wonderful job with the documentry, 5 stars! I was asked several times to make a updated one, so we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 . As for the branding, I think it's fine, but I guess my opinion is sort of biased. : I may be able to get an answer for why they changed the branding, sometime this week. I don't think Bill Carey (GM) has been working there since the switch, so I'll have to find out who to ask. If I had to take a guess, I'd think it was because of the high cable penetration in the area. That could be, but it doesn't make sense to do that only 6 months after totally redoing everything- new graphics, vehicle paint, even commissioning a new package. It's not a normal scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1367 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Here's another one I've found on YouTube, this time it's KPRC and exclusive interview with it's VP/News Director Skip Valet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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