NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Media General's WJTV in Jackson, Miss. launched new graphics, ditching the "curved" graphics that many of the MG stations put into commission since 2012-2013. NOTE: WJTV 12 has completely ditched the "News Channel" branding, which was in the works since the new set debuted several months ago. The station is still using Canvas by Stephen Arnold Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Looks like they adopted a tweaked version of the graphics currently used by WATE and WBAY. At least now we know this package will not just be confined to the legacy Young stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 NOTE: WJTV 12 has completely ditched the "News Channel" branding, which was in the works since the new set debuted several months ago. The station is still using Canvas by Stephen Arnold Music. Then how come in the opens, they still say "WJTV NewsChannel 12" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 So this is the 4th MG station with these similar graphics. Let's not forget WHTM also received them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 252 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Then how come in the opens, they still say "WJTV NewsChannel 12" ? They've been in a period of transition for many months. About the only time you'll hear the word NewsChannel is in that VO you referenced. Mostly their branding is spoken as WJTV and visually it's tagged as WJTV 12. I heard directly from a credible inside source that the calls have taken prominence due to a change in how credit is now given to a station for the ratings and that this should help them. Personally I liked their JTV 12 branding from years ago. Research showed that it was extremely popular, but Media General killed that off in the late 90's for the NewsChannel branding. All in all this new look is miles ahead of the cheap, blue MG graphics they were using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 They've been in a period of transition for many months. About the only time you'll hear the word NewsChannel is in that VO you referenced. Mostly their branding is spoken as WJTV and visually it's tagged as WJTV 12. I heard directly from a credible inside source that the calls have taken prominence due to a change in how credit is now given to a station for the ratings and that this should help them. Personally I liked their JTV 12 branding from years ago. Research showed that it was extremely popular, but Media General killed that off in the late 90's for the NewsChannel branding. All in all this new look is miles ahead of the cheap, blue MG graphics they were using. I don't understand why it's still NC12 in the opening V/O, but as promoguy98 mentioned, that's the only place you'll hear it. I figure they didn't update it with a new V/O for the graphics switch for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 WHLT in Hattiesburg, a satellite of WJTV, is using these graphics. For those of you who do not know, WJTV produces WHLT's only newscast at 10:00 p.m. weeknights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Still feels like a Scripps knockoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I just realized that WLNS also has these graphics. How recent is this? http://wlns.com/2015/11/02/governor-snyder-talks-solutions-to-costly-higher-education/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 744 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I just realized that WLNS also has these graphics. How recent is this? http://wlns.com/2015/11/02/governor-snyder-talks-solutions-to-costly-higher-education/ I had just noticed that myself.. Had to have been recently.. Their overall logo got a refresh too.. Looks much better than it did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 744 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 And this would be a very decent graphics package to roll out to all the MG stations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 And this would be a very decent graphics package to roll out to all the MG stations... Agreed, I also think the WNCN package would be good to roll out onto more stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 -what in the hell is that music? Sounds like cheap production music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 -what in the hell is that music? Sounds like cheap production music That's Millennium by Non-Stop. KTVX used it in the early 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 The only bad thing about these graphics are they are not 4:3 friendly. WJTV has the time/temp bug in a box on the right and the box on the left with the various images that zoom forward. Both are pretty much cut in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 That's Millennium by Non-Stop. KTVX used it in the early 2000s. I had a feeling that it was Non-Stop. An odd choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Ugh. The WLNS open is terrible IMO...looks very cheap and awkward. Otherwise this is...decent. Not great, but decent. I'd rather not see WAVY ditch what they have for this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 The open is bad...Millennium News is a totally out-there and unexpected choice. Would not have been the first package I'd have guessed would be resurrected from the Package Graveyard. Then again...who saw the WGEM Custom Package ever coming back in any form? (on KOLR of all stations) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Dillweed 73 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 And WJTV's facebook page is branding as "WJTV News 12". https://www.facebook.com/WJTV.News.Channel.12/?fref=ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 744 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I just hope sister-station WOOD-TV doesn't follow in their footsteps... What they have now is decent.. I'm assuming that they do their graphics in-house, since none of the other MG stations has anything remotely similar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 WHLT in Hattiesburg, a satellite of WJTV, is using these graphics. For those of you who do not know, WJTV produces WHLT's only newscast at 10:00 p.m. weeknights. Does WHLT use Canvas now? I remember seeing a clip from that station, and they were using the old JDK package with the last graphics package, even after WJTV switched its music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 Does WHLT use Canvas now? I remember seeing a clip from that station, and they were using the old JDK package with the last graphics package, even after WJTV switched its music. I believe so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I"m not too sure about the wider rollout of this Scripps-esque package. It's good on a station or two, but seeing it make it's way onto a legacy station could spell the future..... In the past, it's been the smaller companies that have been emulating the larger ones. Now that Media General has eclipsed Scripps (and others....), these ripoffs are going to be much more noticeable. I have to wonder who at Media General has an unhealthy obsession with Scripps.... Remember the "Now" ripoff from WTHI I dug up a few months back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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