memnews1 25 Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 I'm adding all of my screengrabs to some albums here that you can view at the below links. Set: http://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?/gallery/album/35-watn-tv/?sort_order=asc&view_style=large Graphics: http://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?/gallery/album/36-watn-tv/?sort_order=asc&view_style=large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I'm adding all of my screengrabs to a Photobucket album that you can view at the below link. [/url]http://s989.photobucket.com/user/TWCFreak/slideshow/WATN Local24 Relaunch You did watermark the stuff. Right? A certain website keeps stealing stuff from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 No I did not. This was just temporary and tonight I will post them here on the site and remove that link. EDIT: They are now on this site and are no longer on Photobucket. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Nice to see tweets from people at 3, 5, and 13 congratulating 24 on the relaunch. They know this helps everybody be better at the end of the day (hopefully). I'm sure they don't want too much success though, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Well we spoke to soon. The commercial did not cue on Two and a Half Men so they cued up a screengrab from the package of the new logo in the hallway for about 15 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Well we spoke to soon. The commercial did not cue on Two and a Half Men so they cued up a screengrab from the package of the new logo in the hallway for about 15 seconds. That's what happens when you start partying (pic via @localmemphis) ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 That could've waited until after the 10:00 show to start celebrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Local Memphis Facebook says that the newscasts will be live streamed on the website starting Monday...big plus. Now all Memphis stations will be live streaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Local Memphis Facebook says that the newscasts will be live streamed on the website starting Monday...big plus. Now all Memphis stations will be live streaming. Is this a first for a Nexstar station? Or is there other Nexstar stations that stream their newscasts online? Nexstar is very protective with their signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 That could've waited until after the 10:00 show to start celebrating. Haha, I know. Although I don't know if I can fault them too much, if I had been working at that old place as long as many of them have, I'd probably be celebrating after one single newscast too. Is this a first for a Nexstar station? Or is there other Nexstar stations that stream their newscasts online? Nexstar is very protective with their signals. For the original Nexstar stations, it might be. Most of the old Newport stations did stream regularly though and still do after the Newport acquisition, 24 rarely ever did. Hopefully that will be something Nexstar spreads to the others this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 I did record the whole newscast in HD and it will be posted on YouTube sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 That could've waited until after the 10:00 show to start celebrating. They probably want to show-out because it was their inaugural broadcast. But you were right, it didn't need all that fanfare. But they probably won't be there after 10:30pm, probably tending to other Saturday Night extracurricular engagements....... I wonder how the graphics is going to look like for their hourly 9pm show on Channel 30 tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 It'll probably be the same but with a different title. I plan on recording that one later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 I know you guys in Memphis are probably going to upload some clips on Youtube, but the first 10 minutes are already posted on LocalMemphis.com for those interested. http://www.localmemphis.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=4080766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Watching the 9:00 newscast, and I already have one complaint: safe zones. Half of the logo is cut off in 4:3 view along with some areas on the left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Yep I was just about to post that. All you can see on 4:3 is "CW" and the "30" is cut off. I don't really care for how that logo is presented either. There were of course some technical glitches that I'm sure will be worked out over the next few days, nothing like what WREG endured when they first went HD. They showed a little bit more behind the scenes including the control room at 9 PM...where one person said that they run four stations...which I don't think they do unless I am missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Watching the 9:00 newscast, and I already have one complaint: safe zones. Half of the logo is cut off in 4:3 view along with some areas on the left side. Yep, if you're watching in SD it looks like "CW3". Oops. Not the biggest issue ever but it will obviously have to be fixed. Yep I was just about to post that. All you can see on 4:3 is "CW" and the "30" is cut off. I don't really care for how that logo is presented either. There were of course some technical glitches that I'm sure will be worked out over the next few days, nothing like what WREG endured when they first went HD. They showed a little bit more behind the scenes including the control room at 9 PM...where one person said that they run four stations...which I don't think they do unless I am missing something. I think they're counting 30.2 as part of that, in addition to WPTY, WLMT and WJKT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Yep I was just about to post that. All you can see on 4:3 is "CW" and the "30" is cut off. I don't really care for how that logo is presented either. There were of course some technical glitches that I'm sure will be worked out over the next few days, nothing like what WREG endured when they first went HD. They showed a little bit more behind the scenes including the control room at 9 PM...where one person said that they run four stations...which I don't think they do unless I am missing something. You're not missing anything, as I am assuming the fourth channel they are talking about is a sub channel (particularly WLMT's as the other two do not have any). Wow. Talk about glitches galore. Makes me feel better that they chose the weekend to do an official launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Yeah, WAY more glitches on this than the 6:00. That's why you do weekend launches though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Trevorbirchett gets a shout out on air - Congrats! Good news - The weather graphics system doesn't have all that hesitation and slowness which was the 6:00's biggest problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 You're not missing anything, as I am assuming the fourth channel they are talking about is a sub channel (particularly WLMT's as the other two do not have any). Wow. Talk about glitches galore. Makes me feel better that they chose the weekend to do an official launch. Weekend cosmetic change launches is highly common. This is in case they have to do some tweaks, before the weekday. You don't want to have any have a plethora of glitches if it was the weekday launch. So they will obviously will be doing some tweaks before the Monday shows, if not for tomorrow night. I remember Saturday, January 6, 2007 like a bell, when WLS started their HD newscast. That time & temp bug font was almost as big as the station logo below it. By the Monday evening shows, they'd decreased the font size. I love the fact that many of the colleagues at the competing stations have showed their congrats to channel 24 and their new digs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Haha I had no idea Paul was going to show that. Pretty awesome though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews1 25 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Full 6 PM newscast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YMlzKdiuA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Well, hopefully the 10:00 on WATN is less glitchy than that was. LOL. One minor format change so far on the CW30 newscast, while sports still largely takes up that last 15 minute chunk, Cameron and Joyce no longer sign off from their end before 9:45 as had been the case for years there. They did a full sign off at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 From what i've seen thus far (screengrabs posted on this site and the opening segment on LocalMemphis.com) it's pretty impressive, especially compared to what it replaced. Weirdly enough, it seems like a clone of former sister station WKRC in Cincinnati, the graphics and overall presentation are nearly identical (even weirder is that Sinclair NOW owns them!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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