newsie 11 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 WTKR has been doing this for about 2-3 weeks and I'm not sure why. They've added a Chevy logo bug during their forecasts. Has anyone else seen this before? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3030-product-placement/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 It's just something some stations do now for a few extra dollars. A couple of the Chicago stations have been doing it for a couple years now. However, it's not up during the whole weather forecast. A company logo is usually stuck on 5/7 day forecast or some other specific weather map/graphic. In Chicago, it's usually for either Walter E. Smithe Furniture or Feldco Windows (both local companies). If this was still the 1950s or '60s, we might have a Marlboro logo on the front of the anchor desk along with our news anchors smoking Marlboro cigarettes while reading the news.. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3030-product-placement/#findComment-27125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clind 2 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Kind of slightly off topic, but do any local stations go all out and call their weather some "[company] 5-Day Forecast" or "[company] Weather Center" or whatever else? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3030-product-placement/#findComment-27155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstNews8 13 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Kind of slightly off topic, but do any local stations go all out and call their weather some "[company] 5-Day Forecast" or "[company] Weather Center" or whatever else? I heard alot of Nexstar Broadcasting stations do that..... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3030-product-placement/#findComment-27156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Here's a thread from a couple months back about advertising in newscasts... http://www.packofseven.tv/tvnt/showthread.php?t=2772 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3030-product-placement/#findComment-27170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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