Hello News returns to the airwaves

[cxd7346 234]

I am extremely excited to announce that "Hello News" and "Hello Quad Cities" has officially made its return to KWQC-TV6, and will soon return to all shows and newscasts permanently effective Tuesday at noon when we kick-off our 75th Anniversary Celebration. This has been in the works for sometime, and wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for my station manager giving me free reign. The amount of calls, emails and messages since last night has overwhelmed all of us, but what is most notable is the huge morale boost in the building from all of the employees. There is not a person in the building who hasn't been caught humming the chorus. Here's a clip of the open and close from last nights special, and also a sneak peak at the new open that begins on Tuesday. My favorite part is the image campaign that I have been working on for months now...but that will have to wait until Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

[dpb 36]

One of the best local news themes ever produced! Great to see it being brought back!

 

I wonder if anyone has asked Frank Gari for his reaction. He must be proud.

Edited October 29, 2023 by dpb

[bmasters1 413]

Love that this is back in the Quad Cities on that NBC station-- one thing I wonder: why does the announcer say "Celebrating 75 years", when the station ID says "Est. 1949"?

[cxd7346 234]

1 hour ago, dpb said:

One of the best local news themes ever produced! Great to see it being brought back!

 

I wonder if anyone has asked Frank Gari for his reaction. He must be proud.

I have attempted to reach out to him through contact info that is public but have had no luck unfortunately. I’d love that!

1 hour ago, bmasters1 said:

Love that this is back in the Quad Cities on that NBC station-- one thing I wonder: why does the announcer say "Celebrating 75 years", when the station ID says "Est. 1949"?

We are doing a year long celebration leading up to it. We went on the air 10/31/49. 

[bmasters1 413]

2 hours ago, cxd7346 said:

We are doing a year long celebration leading up to it. We went on the air 10/31/49. 

 

That's what I wanted to know-- I was unaware that this station started at Halloween of that year.

[sfomspphl 504]

That's great - thought it was nice for the week of live shots in Clinton, but wow full time is a thrill. 

 

Excellent work making the case. Did Warner Chappell remaster or sweeten it for digital at all?

Edited October 29, 2023 by sfomspphl

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If Cyle has an aircheck he'd like to upload, it can be placed here, but in the meantime, here's how it all came together, at debut.

 

 

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The relaunch happened right after InvestigateTV+ concluded. Attached is what preceded the inaugural noon newscast, the Hello image campaign in all its glory, sadly compressed to fit the filesize limits of this website. I will have the inaugural broadcast, including this promo, in higher quality uploaded on my YouTube channel later.

 

Kudos to everyone at TV6 who made it possible!

[KRAP-TV 146]

I literally get chills hearing that theme. It is my favorite, without question. It brings back so many memories growing up watching WXIA. And it still has a contemporary sound. Well done!

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(Damn I nearly forgot first few posts would have to be manually approved, I'm sorry to the moderation team haha)

 

[abric 185]

That is awesome. Wish some other stations could bring back some classic themes for their anniversaries.

[sfomspphl 504]

Can't figure out how to upload it, but for the 6pm close they're putting the icing on the cake - the 'Hello' waves and the old school closing music. 

Edited November 2, 2023 by sfomspphl

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1 hour ago, sfomspphl said:

Can't figure out how to upload it, but for the 6pm close they're putting the icing on the cake - the 'Hello' waves and the old school closing music. 

 

You can see this from there "hello clinton" special last week, they posted it on their website

 

https://www.kwqc.com/video/2023/10/27/hello-clinton-live-clinton-6-pm-pt-5/

[CircleSeven 1962]

TVNewsCheck did a write-up about the recent changes.

[Brain 81]

Why can't other stations bring back old themes?

[compubit 675]

They can, and occasionally do.

 

KGNS in Laredo has brought Signature (one of my favorites) back to the airwaves recently, and others can name additional stations that have.

 

Jim

[sfomspphl 504]

Yeah KRON was forced to bring back Instant Classics in the 2000s over the SESAC licensing 

 

KTVU almost brought back the Randall theme before Fox bought them

 

Enforcer was effectively a throwback for WCBS/WBBM/KCBS

 

KGO in the 80s twice dropped Cool Hand Luke/NS2K only to bring them back 

 

The 99 update to Eyewitness News by WABC was a throwback to the teletype sound 

 

Not my favorite package but I’d bet KARE has some brand value in the old Third Coast packages if they brought elements back

[Matt Jackson 7]

On 11/23/2023 at 11:54 AM, sfomspphl said:

Yeah KRON was forced to bring back Instant Classics in the 2000s over the SESAC licensing 

 

KTVU almost brought back the Randall theme before Fox bought them

 

Enforcer was effectively a throwback for WCBS/WBBM/KCBS

 

KGO in the 80s twice dropped Cool Hand Luke/NS2K only to bring them back 

 

The 99 update to Eyewitness News by WABC was a throwback to the teletype sound 

 

Not my favorite package but I’d bet KARE has some brand value in the old Third Coast packages if they brought elements back

Don't forget flagship CW station WPIX in New York, they brought back the 1997 version of the WPIX Custom News Package by Non-Stop Music and used it until 2017.