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Does anyone know if KXAN will get new graphics, now that they are owned by Media General?

They may be "owned by Media General" now but remember the new MG is basically a continuation of the former LIN. So I doubt we'll see much change there as they are a legacy LIN station.

 

They are due for a refresh though. But knowing LIN I doubt giving KXAN a new look is high on their list of priorities right now.

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They may be "owned by Media General" now but remember the new MG is basically a continuation of the former LIN. So I doubt we'll see much change there as they are a legacy LIN station.

 

They are due for a refresh though. But knowing LIN I doubt giving KXAN a new look is high on their list of priorities right now.

 

They need a new set more than anything, to be honest, but I agree that Lin/MG have bigger fish to fry.

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I've noticed that Hearst seems to favor branding by call letters so the rebranding to WVTM 13 doesn't surprise me

 

That's true...

 

WESH 2 News, KCRA 3 News, WLKY News, KCCI 8 News, WCVB NewsCenter 5, WISN 12 News, etc... They love call signs, don't they ? :)

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Is it a possibility that WAVY will lose their signature theme, or will MG force them into their group theme? WAVY has used Newswire for 20 years, and just recently had it refreshed by 615...

 

Doubtful. In fact, many of LIN's former stations including WIAT and WKBN are picking up 615 themes (WKBN actually went back to one!)

 

Only a couple of the legacy stations use the old JDK theme from 2006. And the Stephen Arnold "Canvas" theme used on most of the other legacy stations is used on non-MG stations like WALB, KAMR, and even WBIN. WJAR and WVTM use it too, but expect it to be phased out when Sinclair and Hearst make their respective changes.

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So it seems like WVTM has switched it's logos, graphics, and branding on their website and social media pages. Nothing has changed on air yet.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/WVTM13

http://alabamas13.com

http://twitter.com/WVTM13

 

And they have WVTM13.com registered, but as of today; it's just a redirect to Alabamas13.com

 

Meanwhile WJCL has had no Hearst-ization from what i can see (other than the copyrights being updated on the newscast closing and website)

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The only MG station I would worry about losing their theme is WHTM (Gari's Empire). Most of the New Vision acquisitions were using Gari and all have since switched to Stephen Arnold or 615.

Even among the ex-Young stations using Gari packages such as KELO (Enforcer) and WTEN (The Edge)?

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By the way, the only Hearst stations that don't use their call sign for news branding is KSBW, WGAL, WPTZ / WNNE, WTAE, KOAT and KHBS / KHOG.

 

Out of those stations, only WPTZ / WNNE and KHBS / KHOG don't use their callsigns at all, even if its for general purposes.

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So it seems like WVTM has switched it's logos, graphics, and branding on their website and social media pages. Nothing has changed on air yet.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/WVTM13

http://alabamas13.com

http://twitter.com/WVTM13

 

And they have WVTM13.com registered, but as of today; it's just a redirect to Alabamas13.com

 

Meanwhile WJCL has had no Hearst-ization from what i can see (other than the copyrights being updated on the newscast closing and website)

 

alabamas13.com now redirects to WVTM13.com.
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Questions about Young Broadcasting when they were in operation. Were they a company that was cheap? They seem to keep the main faces on their evening news around. Remember Darla Montgomery, left KLFY for KATC to come back to KFLY and got some more money.

 

Before they went in debt for KRON which parallelized them, but they seem to keep their other stations stable, but wonder more about them if anybody knew more about them, and they let their stations do news. WKRN was a strong #3, but a few times their late news was #2 a few times in the early 2000s.

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