24994J 5552 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 A couple decades after the first edition of Spirit News (itself, an update of the Image package), Newsmusic Central just posted an update for the new year. https://www.newsmusic.com/spiritnews Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
qunewsguy 377 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 The update no one asked for... or wants. Oof. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1712 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, qunewsguy said: The update no one asked for... or wants. Oof. You're a special kind of awesome! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpb 36 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Give the guy running News Music Central some credit! He's breathing new life into some great themes by Jerome Gilmer. I'm really liking this update to be honest. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsteam13 394 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 CBS4 The Spirit of Colorado! That was the slogan for KCNC Denver in 1997, which was the year they started using Spirit News. 1997 was a year of change at KCNC. It was two years after NBC sold KCNC to CBS. Legendary anchor Bob Palmer had just retired. Not only did Spirit News hit the ears of every KCNC viewer. A new logo, a new set, a shift in how anchors sat (Bill Stuart on the left, Aimee Sporer on the right), and a promo campaign (with that gigantic colorado flag) came with that new music package. All went down in 1997 at CBS4. Spirit News was used from 1997 until 2002. That was when KCNC gradually shifted to CBS mandate branding in line with other CBS O&Os. You know, the CBS eye on the left, and the channel number on the right. Let's hope the brass at the CBS O&O stations allow KCNC to use Gilmer's music ONE...LAST...WONDERFUL...TIME!!! Great to hear his news themes again for old times sake. The updated version of Spirit News would be a BLAST to hear on CBS 4. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmajka 112 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1712 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 19 hours ago, newsteam13 said: CBS4 The Spirit of Colorado! That was the slogan for KCNC Denver in 1997, which was the year they started using Spirit News. 1997 was a year of change at KCNC. It was two years after NBC sold KCNC to CBS. Legendary anchor Bob Palmer had just retired. Not only did Spirit News hit the ears of every KCNC viewer. A new logo, a new set, a shift in how anchors sat (Bill Stuart on the left, Aimee Sporer on the right), and a promo campaign (with that gigantic colorado flag) came with that new music package. All went down in 1997 at CBS4. Spirit News was used from 1997 until 2002. That was when KCNC gradually shifted to CBS mandate branding in line with other CBS O&Os. You know, the CBS eye on the left, and the channel number on the right. Let's hope the brass at the CBS O&O stations allow KCNC to use Gilmer's music ONE...LAST...WONDERFUL...TIME!!! Great to hear his news themes again for old times sake. The updated version of Spirit News would be a BLAST to hear on CBS 4. Ha! No. I know the CSD. He wouldn't. No interest. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Huh, I had no idea that Chris Reed was doing this. He's also the one who has uploaded the most Denver news videos on YouTube. Spirit is probably the best of Jerome Gilmer's work. That KCNC 1997 rebranding was pretty memorable. I can't help but wonder though if management eventually thought the theme was too light. Spirit lived on in some bumps and the 4pm First News open for a while, but they switched to harder cuts starting in 1999/2000 before going mostly with XTreme in late 2001. The Denver stations had a tendency to throw away anything creative after a while and copy KUSA. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsteam13 394 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 3:21 PM, ABC 7 Denver said: Ha! No. I know the CSD. He wouldn't. No interest. Why Not? Look at sister station KYW Philadelphia CLICK HERE Not only is KYW using the CBS Enforcer like KCNC is, CBS3 Philly has brought back the 5-note KYW music logo, but only for morning editions of CBS3 Eyewitness News. Beginning in 1991, while KYW was an NBC affiliate owned by Group W/Westinghouse, Cnannel 3 started using news themes that had the music logo from its radio counterpart KYW NewsRadio 1060. The use of the 5-note KYW music logo stopped when CBS3 Philly (along with other CBS O&Os) started using themes containing the music logo of another sister station WBBM Chicago (aka the CBS Enforcer I Love Chicago music logo) as part of the CBS mandate. The point is, if KYW can bring back something classic and old school (like the KYW signature), why not KCNC with Gilmer? Especially with the updated version of Spirit News? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5552 Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, newsteam13 said: Why Not? Look at sister station KYW Philadelphia CLICK HERE Not only is KYW using the CBS Enforcer like KCNC is, CBS3 Philly has brought back the 5-note KYW music logo, but only for morning editions of CBS3 Eyewitness News. Beginning in 1991, while KYW was an NBC affiliate owned by Group W/Westinghouse, Cnannel 3 started using news themes that had the music logo from its radio counterpart KYW NewsRadio 1060. The use of the 5-note KYW music logo stopped when CBS3 Philly (along with other CBS O&Os) started using themes containing the music logo of another sister station WBBM Chicago (aka the CBS Enforcer I Love Chicago music logo) as part of the CBS mandate. The point is, if KYW can bring back something classic and old school (like the KYW signature), why not KCNC with Gilmer? Especially with the updated version of Spirit News? Because he's a different person than KYW's CSD, and may not want to. It's not complicated. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-266959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 977 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 7:03 PM, C Block said: Huh, I had no idea that Chris Reed was doing this. He's also the one who has uploaded the most Denver news videos on YouTube. Spirit is probably the best of Jerome Gilmer's work. That KCNC 1997 rebranding was pretty memorable. I can't help but wonder though if management eventually thought the theme was too light. Spirit lived on in some bumps and the 4pm First News open for a while, but they switched to harder cuts starting in 1999/2000 before going mostly with XTreme in late 2001. The Denver stations had a tendency to throw away anything creative after a while and copy KUSA. Oh god don't they ever. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-267357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmajka 112 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Slight update to this topic, I've been working closely with the owner of NMC to update the catalog, and NewsMusic Central now has 6 packages updated and available for license. The packages aren't all complete yet, but this is the direction the company is going: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/nE73C Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsteam13 394 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I noticed (on soundcloud) that NewsMusic Central has moved from its headquarters in Denver (home of CBS O&O KCNC (Newsmusic Central's original client)) to LOS ANGELES (home to KCNC's sister station KCBS) I wonder what happened to the founder/composer Jerome Gilmer. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpb 36 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 The updates sound really great! More melodic and brassy than the originals. It's clear that Chris has studied news music for years. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmajka 112 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 18 hours ago, newsteam13 said: I noticed (on soundcloud) that NewsMusic Central has moved from its headquarters in Denver (home of CBS O&O KCNC (Newsmusic Central's original client)) to LOS ANGELES (home to KCNC's sister station KCBS) I wonder what happened to the founder/composer Jerome Gilmer. He sold the company in 2020 and is happily retired. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 977 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Gilmer is originally from California anyway, isn't he? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroiter313 179 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 37 minutes ago, channel2 said: Gilmer is originally from California anyway, isn't he? Not quite, Jerome is a native Alabaman, born in Mobile in 1950, moved to Denver in 1976. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1712 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 4:19 PM, ctmajka said: He sold the company in 2020 and is happily retired. He's teaching, still, I think. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsteam13 394 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 You know what would be awesome to hear? The 2022 Updated version of CLIMB (formerly Image VII) that KCNC used from 1987 thru 1993 during its NBC O&O days. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-272926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmajka 112 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Hey guys, I need a huge favor. If, for any reason, anybody has any stuff from NMC, PLEASE go to this site: https://www.newsmusic.com/collectors And request a personal use license for the packages you acquire. It's literally just $25, and the music is yours to keep for your collection legally. Seeing as we're the only news music company that offers this feature, I'm asking that everybody please respect that, and follow the rules when it comes to NMC packages. So if you have any in your collection, please do this. Thank you! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18574-newsmusic-central-updates-spirit-news/#findComment-274241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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