sfomspphl 226 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Sometime by the fall http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2020/08/415-media-exclu-kron-getting-new-set.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ABC 7 Denver 830 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 So a Linear Drift package and SAM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Info Junkie 1,250 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Goodbye KRON Instant Classics? I hope not! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TSSZNews 958 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Wonder if they'd consider reviving Overture... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FiveNews 181 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Y'all beat me! As long as they keep the Golden Gate Bridge stylized "4," I approve! IMO, I don't think KRONs current set is that bad, but I guess Nexstar thinks otherwise. I know KRON/KGO operate completely separate from each other, but don't forget they occupy the same building at 900 Front St. in SF. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SFTV 254 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I mean their set was decent and a huge upgrade when they moved from Van Ness to Embarcadero. I mean if they added a monitor wall behind the anchors instead of that durations that would be a simple refresh. hopefully it’ll be better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliwxdude 182 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) Figured something had to be up when I turned on KRON last week (for the first time in probably over a year!) and saw both anchors fronting the 9pm show from opposite sides of the newsroom. The FX set they've had since moving to 900 Front is fine, but all those textured panels caused it to quickly look rather dated. I'm sure the meatball 4 logo will remain. KRON was occasionally using some (unlicensed?) cuts of either This is the Place or Aerial (can't remember) in promos last year, so I'm sure they'll go with something along those lines. This second coming of Instant Classics has been around for 14 years now, way beyond its useful life. Time for something new. Edited August 10 by caliwxdude 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin 74 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I mean the set was pretty shitty, and had a lot to be desired the graphical print behind the anchors was trash, I will say it almost made the background look like a monitor, but it would’ve been obvious as a monitor. The red led lights with it made more desirable more look-alike that It was a monitor but with how stale it was and I knew it was printed graphic look square lit would’ve made it look great even better if it had been a monitor, to it but yeah. It was decent but had a lot to be desired like monitors that duration would’ve look great as a seamless monitor with the red ribbon line would’ve made it pop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SFTV 254 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Delivery Truck for the KRON 4 News Set from FX Design just arrived today. Remnants of the old set will be donated to Academy of Art SF. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justin2kx 188 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 I know we're not supposed to take Rich seriously but when he said "....goodbye to that awful 80's K-TEL music and on that front alone, hallelujah" re: Instant Classics, i'm like, bitch please, K-Tel wished it sounded as good as IC, even when KRON's own outlived its useful life, instead of simply an artifact of a worn down discotheque. Have some seats, please. *End rant* Oh, and Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Just saying. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliwxdude 182 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 18 hours ago, SFTV said: Remnants of the old set will be donated to Academy of Art SF. I'm pretty sure they have the old KRON set from 1001 Van Ness, too. Never quite understood a private art school journalism program, but good for them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C Block 1,107 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 22 minutes ago, caliwxdude said: I'm pretty sure they have the old KRON set from 1001 Van Ness, too. Never quite understood a private art school journalism program, but good for them! That's a shame. Academy of Art is a for-profit college that is nothing but a scam. They need no charity. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Ex-students-blame-for-profit-Academy-of-Art-15061438.php 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SFTV 254 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Here’s the new newsroom desk. FX with some BDI elements resembling KCBS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jbnews 304 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Somedays I wonder why KRON still exists. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DesertNewsGeek 46 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 It's the same small desk as WFLA's. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roadrunner 93 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 9 minutes ago, DesertNewsGeek said: It's the same small desk as WFLA's. Indeed and it hits it home even harder how inadequate it is as a main desk for WFLA. This makes for a good newsroom desk like it is here, and really should only be a newsroom desk. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas Welter 26 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 On 8/6/2020 at 9:46 PM, Info Junkie said: Goodbye KRON Instant Classics? I hope not! For the Second Time 2001 and now 2020 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliwxdude 182 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 (edited) So the (nee SouthernMedia) News Music Search Archive claims KRON switched to Stephen Arnold's Aerial today, but I'm watching their 5:30 show now and the tease beds are still Instant Classics and they're still broadcasting from the newsroom. Wonder if they have some inside knowledge... Edited September 16 by caliwxdude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,250 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Someone captured the open via phone, the new 3pm open uses the new theme from Aerial (same cue that WBRC is using). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliwxdude 182 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Hah, how weird. Very KRON to use one music package for opens and another one for everything else. I think they were supposed to switch to Aerial when these current opens debuted but for whatever reason they stuck with Instant Classics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheRyan 506 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 I don't think that cut of Aerial fits them too well. It's too understated for a DMA as large as San Francisco. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roadrunner 93 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 I think Aerial's also a little weird here but the cut they use is a little more fast-paced. But in a re-sync someone conjured up on YouTube, they fit a particular Guardian cut with KRON that I thought sounded pretty good. I know Guardian is overexposed nationwide but hasn't been deployed in the Bay before, so it probably could've worked. But I'll admit to being a bit of a radical here and just wish NBC was on channel 4 instead -- probably will never happen again, but one can wish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ABC 7 Denver 830 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 4 hours ago, TheRyan said: I don't think that cut of Aerial fits them too well. It's too understated for a DMA as large as San Francisco. It's like Nexstar did a marketing review of the DMA and then said fuck it and went with the cheapest thing they could thing of! Aerial is now 10 years old and still quite bland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sfomspphl 226 Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 Worked better with instant classics 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ProButtonPusher 221 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Nexstar should have Stephen Arnold do updates for Instant Classics. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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