Jess 1115 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 With all apologies to WPVI, this is Philadelphia's best news opening ever. Great theme, editing, effects, logo... it's all here. [yt]a-U5yFDwXfA[/yt] They only used this for 6 months - by November Bill Ratner had replaced Al Vanik as voice of the station and they castrated the opens in the process. The bit in the middle with the newsroom staffer picking up the phone is notable. That was an actual station employee... who then promptly moved to NBC 10. Unsurprisingly, a few weeks later the employee was now female... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5922-kyw-1999-open/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 KYW should have never gotten rid of that theme and that graphics package. At most, they should have just refreshed them. I give it two thumbs up! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5922-kyw-1999-open/#findComment-55339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck2008 0 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 The bit in the middle with the newsroom staffer picking up the phone is notable. That was an actual station employee... who then promptly moved to NBC 10. Unsurprisingly, a few weeks later the employee was now female... Um...what. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5922-kyw-1999-open/#findComment-55353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1115 Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Um...what. Should have clarified. The newsroom staffer picking up the phone was an actual KYW newsroom staffer. (A lot of the shots were probably of KYW property and personnel) That staffer then moved to NBC 10, and it was noted in the papers. So they refilmed that part with a female actress. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5922-kyw-1999-open/#findComment-55363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Should have clarified. The newsroom staffer picking up the phone was an actual KYW newsroom staffer. (A lot of the shots were probably of KYW property and personnel) That staffer then moved to NBC 10, and it was noted in the papers. So they refilmed that part with a female actress. Thank you for clarifying. I wasn't sure what exactly you meant. Wouldn't it have just made the most sense for KYW to just use one of their station employees instead of hiring an actress. The part only lasts a second and people don't care! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5922-kyw-1999-open/#findComment-55382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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