atlnews2 591 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 3 hours ago, MidwestTV said: Is the cut from the open to the anchors really THAT abrupt? Was there an edit in the video? I refuse to believe it cut that hard. Here are some other opens for comparison Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-228938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just why Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-230622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 403 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Yankees4life said: Just why That isn't much of an opening! As sparse as that opening is, one would think this is an NBC network newscast. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-230627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I have to say the ones from Guam I can give a big excuse for. WTTG I hope that was just MC messing up. I also dont like the pre-tease graphics, but the open somehow ties it in. I saw the KTVH open and just thought ok..playing it super safe Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-230902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 7/7/2019 at 5:06 PM, atlnews2 said: Here are some other opens for comparison Any person who designs TV station graphics using the Arial font or any variation thereof should be terminated immediately. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-231576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 What even is this intro? And this too Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1715 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 34 minutes ago, Yankees4life said: What even is this intro? And this too The WWAY open is just to have an open. The CSD doesn't get what the purpose is. The second is decent, but the graphics are a VideoHive template. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The WWAY open reminds me a lot of opens I've seen in Mexico and places... the sort of random imagery, the jerky animation... Something like this... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I'll nominate this one from WCIV... that unnecessarily huge text. eek It presumably replaced a fairly decent open with Ultra News... I don't know if there may have been another open with Overture prior to 2004/05 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Ntropolis said: I'll nominate this one from WCIV... that unnecessarily huge text. eek It presumably replaced a fairly decent open with Ultra News... I don't know if there may have been another open with Overture prior to 2004/05 When I went up to Charleston, I do not remember them having a different open, but I was there during their Ultra News days. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfc513 235 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 17 hours ago, Yankees4life said: What even is this intro? This open actually reminds me of WPVI's opens, with all the random footage. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 915 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 You're watching Monique Robinson with your WWAY Stormtrack 3 AccuWeather First Alert Storm Team Weather (end is exaggerated on purpose).... Either call it Stormtrack 3 weather or AccuWeather... Too many descriptors there.. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 4:45 PM, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said: You're watching Monique Robinson with your WWAY Stormtrack 3 AccuWeather First Alert Storm Team Weather (end is exaggerated on purpose).... Either call it Stormtrack 3 weather or AccuWeather... Too many descriptors there.. Yes... Too many things going on. It's a Morris station. Not surprised. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Found another Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 1:37 PM, bhratbrat said: When I went up to Charleston, I do not remember them having a different open, but I was there during their Ultra News days. There was a 4-5 year stretch WCIV had poor graphics and music. Albritton treated them as the red-headed step child in their company for years. They hired Leslie Lyles from St. Louis (who used to be on WCBD), and still couldn’t get past a very distant 3rd in the ratings behind WCSC and WCBD. Even in the early 2000s, they were still running CREFLO DOLLAR at noon. Almost unheard of for a network station in a top 100 market. Their set had this interesting brick look. Then around 2003 they changed to a look showing the Ravenel Bridge (which didn’t open until 2005). It wasn’t until the last 4-5 years when Sinclair started putting money into it that the station started getting more equal with 2 and 5. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/11/2019 at 8:25 PM, Yankees4life said: Found another This actually isn't that bad. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1286 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Ugh, Bill Ratner’s voice is starting to sink: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 38 minutes ago, Info Junkie said: Ugh, Bill Ratner’s voice is starting to sink: I noticed WFSB is not using Enforcer Advantage anymore as well... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-232966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIntheDesert 183 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 9/13/2019 at 8:49 AM, sctvhound said: There was a 4-5 year stretch WCIV had poor graphics and music. Albritton treated them as the red-headed step child in their company for years. They hired Leslie Lyles from St. Louis (who used to be on WCBD), and still couldn’t get past a very distant 3rd in the ratings behind WCSC and WCBD. Even in the early 2000s, they were still running CREFLO DOLLAR at noon. Almost unheard of for a network station in a top 100 market. Their set had this interesting brick look. Then around 2003 they changed to a look showing the Ravenel Bridge (which didn’t open until 2005). It wasn’t until the last 4-5 years when Sinclair started putting money into it that the station started getting more equal with 2 and 5. A few years ago, Sinclair's WHP-TV Harrisburg was airing "Life Today with James Robison" at noon. It was uncommon, but not necessarily a one-off. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-233016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSC1980 112 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 From Greenwood.... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-234264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 hours ago, LTSC1980 said: From Greenwood.... This video is Exhibit A, narrowly beating out the lack of news on WSYT, on why I was so vehemently against the abomination of Terrier Media of ever being. Even with Cox's management poised to take over Northwest's stations, The Delta Stations included, there is going to be a TON of work to be done at the ex-Northwest stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-234268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newspulse 19 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 9 hours ago, LTSC1980 said: From Greenwood.... i can't speak for their product but. whewwwww, blatantly obvious template opens feel so damn cheap to me. always offputting to see the kinda AE template i can buy for $50 on broadcast television. otherwise it's not *that* bad for the market size imo. they've got a history of... pretty bad opens tho. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-234287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
22MinWorld 1 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 1:05 PM, newspulse said: i can't speak for their product but. whewwwww, blatantly obvious template opens feel so damn cheap to me. always offputting to see the kinda AE template i can buy for $50 on broadcast television. otherwise it's not *that* bad for the market size imo. I mean, you could get better looking templates for the same price or less (international channels using videohive templates comes to mind), but I feel like this could be improved with a few slight edits especially with the text. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-234375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 9/21/2019 at 3:06 PM, TVIntheDesert said: A few years ago, Sinclair's WHP-TV Harrisburg was airing "Life Today with James Robison" at noon. It was uncommon, but not necessarily a one-off. If memory serves me right, WHP was showing preachers at noon going way back into the 90s when they were owned by locally-based Dame Media. Which I always saw as odd since noon was the one timeslot where they might have had a fighting chance against WGAL with the lead-in of TPiR. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-234407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Talk about an outdated theme and a lazy open to boot Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/16/#findComment-234426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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