LosAngeles7 0 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Forgive me if I am late with this, but I was eating dinner today and I heard from a distance, and for the first time in many months (has it been a year yet?), a talent open on Eyewitness News at 5. It took them a LONG time to finally do this after the anchor swaps. In fact, KABC has not been running any talent opens lately except for the early morning weekday and weekend. I only rushed into the other room soon enough to discover that the graphics look much more like the rest of their current package. And I think the talent images are the same as in the old opens. While I could not identify the voice over clearly from the other room, it did not sound like Bill Ratner. A new secondary voice, perhaps?
mbhcity 3 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Forgive me if I am late with this, but I was eating dinner today and I heard from a distance, and for the first time in many months (has it been a year yet?), a talent open on Eyewitness News at 5. It took them a LONG time to finally do this after the anchor swaps. In fact, KABC has not been running any talent opens lately except for the early morning weekday and weekend. I only rushed into the other room soon enough to discover that the graphics look much more like the rest of their current package. And I think the talent images are the same as in the old opens. While I could not identify the voice over clearly from the other room, it did not sound like Bill Ratner. A new secondary voice, perhaps? KABC's going back to talent opens...oh no!
LosAngeles7 0 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Posted December 27, 2008 I don't think they ever wanted to abandon them in the first place. They're the one LA station that has consistently stuck with them over the years. Their issue seemed to be getting someone to find a new voice over and someone to put together the graphics and animation (in-house).
mbhcity 3 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 I don't think they ever wanted to abandon them in the first place. They're the one LA station that has consistently stuck with them over the years. Their issue seemed to be getting someone to find a new voice over and someone to put together the graphics and animation (in-house). The New Talents Opens are up...complete with a voiceover that could be or sounds like Charlie Van Dyke...and better graphics... Yeah, it's about time they completed the package. Looks quite nice, a step up from the previous package.
ABC7 Los Angeles 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 They're on in 20... I'll be watching!
LosAngeles7 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Posted December 28, 2008 The New Talents Opens are up...complete with a voiceover that could be or sounds like Charlie Van Dyke...and better graphics... Yeah, it's about time they completed the package. Looks quite nice, a step up from the previous package. Yes. I was thinking the same. It does sound very much like Charlie Van Dyke. No weekend evening talent open has been done yet to reflect that anchor swap. Just a new short intro. Any guesses as to how long it will take them to do that one?
ABC7 Los Angeles 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Not sure, but I'm not too fond of the new VO.
ABC7 Los Angeles 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I was able to grab the new breaking news open with my phone... I apologize for the low quality, I wish I had a DVR on my computer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nakhOcVS0o0
eyewitness_news 5 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Low quality or not, I was still able to listen to Charlie Van Dyke's VO on that open. Funny you should mention that, mhbcity, because WABC, their New York counterpart, also uses Charlie as VO in news opens.
mbhcity 3 Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Funny you should mention that, mhbcity, because WABC, their New York counterpart, also uses Charlie as VO in news opens. they do, don't they. =D
Vlad 334 Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 Yep the voice is the exact same voice for WABC and that is indeed Charlie Van Dyke.
LosAngeles7 0 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Posted December 30, 2008 I think all us LA people will acquire a taste for Charlie Van Dyke if we don't already have one. It will just take some time. Someone had to replace Chuck Riley, since he died almost two years ago, and more Bill Ratner than we already get a day would have probably been overkill. I really wish, though, that KABC would have stuck with the updated cut from its old opens. They went back to the blander cut they originally used with the VO shift. Also gone are the lovely shots of LA landmarks that have been running since the late 90s opens. Oh well. At least everything was finally updated.
mbhcity 3 Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 I think all us LA people will acquire a taste for Charlie Van Dyke if we don't already have one. It will just take some time. Someone had to replace Chuck Riley, since he died almost two years ago, and more Bill Ratner than we already get a day would have probably been overkill. Actually, Charlie is big here in L.A., he was the v/o for KCBS during the late 80's and early 90's (Channel 2 News/Action News era) before Chuck Riley (RIP) replaced him. And for many years, he was a DJ at K-EARTH 101. So I think we've all more than a taste of Charlie here.
Vlad 334 Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 Can someone take the time to post a capture of the new open?
ABC7 Los Angeles 1 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 I don't have a DVR, but the talent shots are the same ones form the old opens, just different backgrounds. But, this only applies to the early morning opens and any newscast with Marc, Michelle, Dallas and Rob.
Vlad 334 Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Here is a normal open (not talent): Hmm, seems like WABC inspired them a lot in this, Looks nice though! But WABC's graphics are actually better than these... But their fonts and Lower Thirds are much better looking though...
kjohnson 17 Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 New graphics seem influenced by KGO and WABC. The new open is considerably more toned down from the first set they went HD with. Much improved.
gameshowguy2000 1 Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Interesting, KABC and WABC both have the same person as VO (Charlie Van Dyke). I don't think that's happened in a long time..the only other time I've seen KABC and WABC use one person for their VO's is the late great Ernie Anderson.
Vlad 334 Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Well from what it seems as of late, KABC and WABC are actually working very close together and are actually pooling their resources together more than ever before, of course we see this frequently during the Oscar coverage when WABC Reporters, Michelle Charlesworth and Lauren Glassberg utilize their equipment to broadcast from over there. The opens are definitely toned down though and the HD Hype finally seems to be calming down, WABC almost makes no reference to "High Definition" on their opens except for a small "HD" at the bottom of the screen.
mbhcity 3 Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 and the HD Hype finally seems to be calming down, n. Of course there are the 11pm news teasers, and Live Mega Doppler 7000 HD.
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