CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 82 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Confirmed, new music, new graphics at WBAL, I wish I had something to capture it on. From the teases, it looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 82 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Here is a - Not so good video from my iPhone of the Open...sorry for the quality. It actually looks great on TV. And the theme, I miss the Hearst theme, but I really like this new theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1673 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Woops sorry guys, didnt not realize I was not logged in. Here are some graphics from WBAL TV's special report this afternoon on the abduction of Vi Ripkin. While not full 1080i they are better than 720p. http://twitpic.com/abt0ar http://twitpic.com/abt0rx http://twitpic.com/abt0l0 http://twitpic.com/abt0kb http://twitpic.com/abt0km - Notice their bug is there still after the report ended - so it must be from master control. Sorry about links guys, put I didn't want the page to be all askew to fit photos to 1600x900. You can delete the previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1673 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Here's a video of the 5:00 PM news open of WBAL. Later today if anyone wants, I will take some grabs from this morning and their new news ticker as well. As of 5:15AM the video is uploading and going to need to be encoded. It will be a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1111 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I love them. It looks like Hearst put it's foot into them. Even while not in HD, it looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HulkieD 1106 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I have to admit, I'm REALLY digging WBAL's version of the open. I like that they're doing station IDs to start off again to begin with - but I love how WBAL runs silence before the announcement... then the music kicks in. Very old school, kind of like All we need is Zombie Ernie Anderson and we're all set! As for the graphics... the more I see them, the more I like them. I wouldn't put it above, say, Look F, but this is a clean, classy, well-designed package. I like the lowers a lot, except for the "LIVE" bit. They do what CBS hasn't quite managed to do - do a lower third set that is minimal but readable and easy on the eyes. Oh, and the music, which I'm more convinced than ever is inthegroove, is fantastic. I actually wasn't expecting too much out of these but I am impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 680 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Here's a video of the 5:00 PM news open of WBAL. Later today if anyone wants, I will take some grabs from this morning and their new news ticker as well. As of 5:15AM the video is uploading and going to need to be encoded. It will be a while. Minor quibble about the open: the whirring noise heard before Bill Ratner's VO in the ID portion is a bit jarring and kind of sounds like an electric can opener cutting a can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1673 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I have to admit, I'm REALLY digging WBAL's version of the open. I like that they're doing station IDs to start off again to begin with - but I love how WBAL runs silence before the announcement... then the music kicks in. Very old school, kind of like All we need is Zombie Ernie Anderson and we're all set! As for the graphics... the more I see them, the more I like them. I wouldn't put it above, say, Look F, but this is a clean, classy, well-designed package. I like the lowers a lot, except for the "LIVE" bit. They do what CBS hasn't quite managed to do - do a lower third set that is minimal but readable and easy on the eyes. Oh, and the music, which I'm more convinced than ever is inthegroove, is fantastic. I actually wasn't expecting too much out of these but I am impressed. Hopefully it will get better after they stop using the Olympic bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev57 46 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The only problem I see with the graphics is the strange black bar when the side-by-side boxes are used. It looks like some type of text belongs there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HulkieD 1106 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 KCRA went today, as per website video. Sounds like they're using the orchestral version, and the orchestral version sounds REALLY good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimmer 230 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 From what it looks like, Hearst's NBC stations seem to be the first getting this new package. I wonder which station will be next; I'm guessing WYFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest susquvalleywgal Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 WGAL got em tdy too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HulkieD 1106 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 From what it looks like, Hearst's NBC stations seem to be the first getting this new package. I wonder which station will be next; I'm guessing WYFF. We've known that the NBC stations were getting the new package first so they had it by the Olympics, with the rest of the group to eventually follow as they switch over to the hub. They seem to be going roughly by market order, though they skipped a few if WGAL now has it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1673 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 We've known that the NBC stations were getting the new package first so they had it by the Olympics, with the rest of the group to eventually follow as they switch over to the hub. They seem to be going roughly by market order, though they skipped a few if WGAL now has it... By the hub I'm assuming your referring to the new graphics hub at WESH? Hopefully they haven't terminated many positions at local stations. In fact I'm friends with two or three at WBAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 474 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Oh yes, WGAL got this at Noon today ... it's VERY VERY nice. and FINALLY ... the WGAL logo with the NBC peacock is being used. One of my last pet peeves with WGAL is resolved. The new theme has to grow on me ... I kinda feel this is too 'up-tempo' and 'busy' for our sleepy HLLY area. I'm sure about 2 weeks from now tho, I probably will take that back. Oh and look, new talent open!!! Bravo WGAL and Hearst!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HulkieD 1106 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Oh yes, WGAL got this at Noon today ... it's VERY VERY nice. and FINALLY ... the WGAL logo with the NBC peacock is being used. One of my last pet peeves with WGAL is resolved. The new theme has to grow on me ... I kinda feel this is too 'up-tempo' and 'busy' for our sleepy HLLY area. I'm sure about 2 weeks from now tho, I probably will take that back. Oh and look, new talent open!!! Bravo WGAL and Hearst!!! Are they using the rock theme or an orchestral theme? The orchestral theme would work better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 474 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I've only seen the 5 and 5:30 open ... Gotta hear it again, but the 5PM seemed to be the rock theme ... 5:30 seemed to be orchestral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 427 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 From what it looks like, Hearst's NBC stations seem to be the first getting this new package. I wonder which station will be next; I'm guessing WYFF. Guess again, WYFF just recently switched to WESH's old open on April 23th when they went HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR94YTh_I_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HulkieD 1106 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Guess again, WYFF just recently switched to WESH's old open on April 23th when they went HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR94YTh_I_o They're trying to get all the NBCs on rhemhub asap. When WYFF changed their opens last is irrelevant. They will be getting the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 KCRA now has them as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lymFM2H0RJE&list=UU-BSVXejMFhhml4V_VyoGxg&index=4&feature=plcp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupwfan 95 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Here is a - Not so good video from my iPhone of the Open...sorry for the quality. It actually looks great on TV. And the theme, I miss the Hearst theme, but I really like this new theme. Glad that Bill Ratner still at the mike for the open. The open is close to being better than the NBC O&O GFX. (still shocked that Stan Stovall still is at TV11!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupwfan 95 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 KCRA now has them as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lymFM2H0RJE Now Channel 3 Reports (I did not say Channel 3 News!!!) got the GFX too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1111 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Minor quibble about the open: the whirring noise heard before Bill Ratner's VO in the ID portion is a bit jarring and kind of sounds like an electric can opener cutting a can. You notice it too? Thank God, I thought it was me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark 55 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 KCRA open with orchestral theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfb6msNXETI&list=UU-BSVXejMFhhml4V_VyoGxg&index=8&feature=plcp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 154 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I actually like the orchestral theme. It sounds more like an evening news theme. Strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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