Vlad 276 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Overall a solid new look for 6ABC, watching the broadcast right now. And wow, the "Action News" format is very apparent with the new package. The pace of the newscast is notably quicker than the big sister up north. I never fully watched an Action News broadcast before. But overall, it's a solid product. Glad they kept the music theme too! At this point is KABC the only station now left to get the update? Seems like most of the O&Os have converted now at this point. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 14 minutes ago, Vlad said: Overall a solid new look for 6ABC, watching the broadcast right now. And wow, the "Action News" format is very apparent with the new package. The pace of the newscast is notably quicker than the big sister up north. I never fully watched an Action News broadcast before. But overall, it's a solid product. Glad they kept the music theme too! At this point is KABC the only station now left to get the update? Seems like most of the O&Os have converted now at this point. KABC is the last holdout. They don’t even have the new weather graphics yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wofchristian 24 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Two things I have noticed with Action News. 1: There are two different versions of the breaking news and the weather cards. Not sure how they decide when either one are used. 2: They are having serious issues with their bumper music. Throughout all newscasts today, the bumper would play at unusual times, such as in the middle of a report. During the lottery numbers at 11pm, the bumper kept restarting every time they switched to a new states lottery drawing numbers. There were also multiple times where it didn't play when it was supposed to, or it was late. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 50 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 18 hours ago, Georgie56 said: KABC is the last holdout. They don’t even have the new weather graphics yet. On KABC, I have only seen the new graphics on a handful of promos for syndicated programming, which I've seen now for the past few months. I am surprised that they have not ended up on its newscasts by now, though. Edited March 14 by CraigViewer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Maybe they are going to get the ultimate look of the package, KABC has always been pretty top tier with their on-air appearance, I remember when their current graphics rolled out how crisp and wonderful it was at the time and still is pretty good, but it has shown its age at this point so we'll have to see how. But at this point, each station's on-air adoption of this package has been uniquely tailored and looks great so can't go wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 6 hours ago, Vlad said: Maybe they are going to get the ultimate look of the package, KABC has always been pretty top tier with their on-air appearance, I remember when their current graphics rolled out how crisp and wonderful it was at the time and still is pretty good, but it has shown its age at this point so we'll have to see how. But at this point, each station's on-air adoption of this package has been uniquely tailored and looks great so can't go wrong. I still think the KABC package circa ~2012-2013 is great. It could work effectively with the ABC 3 dot redesign. https://hothauscreative.com/kabc-graphics-package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 50 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) 22 hours ago, Vlad said: Maybe they are going to get the ultimate look of the package, KABC has always been pretty top tier with their on-air appearance, I remember when their current graphics rolled out how crisp and wonderful it was at the time and still is pretty good, but it has shown its age at this point so we'll have to see how. But at this point, each station's on-air adoption of this package has been uniquely tailored and looks great so can't go wrong. Yeah. KABC's current graphics still look great and relatively modern, yet has appeared somewhat outdated in recent years. Their news set remains my personal favorite among the ABC owned and operated stations, however. If I'm not mistaken, they are under some type of O&O-wide mandate to switch over to the new graphics package within a certain time frame. But, given that it is such a large undertaking for it all come to fruition, and, as you mentioned, to have that ultimate look, those may all very well be playing a role with regard to them taking their time with changing over to the new package right now. Edited March 16 by CraigViewer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1509 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/15/2024 at 5:01 PM, ABC 7 Denver said: I still think the KABC package circa ~2012-2013 is great. It could work effectively with the ABC 3 dot redesign. https://hothauscreative.com/kabc-graphics-package The 2013 graphics and to a lesser extent the current KABC package look great. Switching over to the O&O mandate would not be an upgrade for the station. I almost wish the 2013 KABC look was the mandate. But the mandate does look better than what was running in NYC, Chicago and Raleigh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said: The 2013 graphics and to a lesser extent the current KABC package look great. Switching over to the O&O mandate would not be an upgrade for the station. I almost wish the 2013 KABC look was the mandate. But the mandate does look better than what was running in NYC, Chicago and Raleigh. It looks better for NYC and Raleigh, but not for WLS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraphicsMan 11 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 3/16/2024 at 8:24 AM, CraigViewer said: Yeah. KABC's current graphics still look great and relatively modern, yet has appeared somewhat outdated in recent years. Their news set remains my personal favorite among the ABC owned and operated stations, however. If I'm not mistaken, they are under some type of O&O-wide mandate to switch over to the new graphics package within a certain time frame. But, given that it is such a large undertaking for it all come to fruition, and, as you mentioned, to have that ultimate look, those may all very well be playing a role with regard to them taking their time with changing over to the new package right now. I think KABC will have a customized palette scheme they’ll use light blues shade that they use with current graphics package. It would give off the Southern California, I don’t think dark blue will fit them. I could also see the morning opens having a yellow shade. I’m pretty sure the reason there the last O&O to switchover cause they want the new look to be tailored to SoCal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 KABC has finally debuted the new weather graphics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraphicsMan 11 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 hour ago, Georgie56 said: KABC has finally debuted the new weather graphics. Truly an end of an era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogusabc7breakingnews 49 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Captured from the 6pm show tonight 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 484 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Loving the Palm Trees! Normally used to trees if it’s for windy forecasts. Very unique and local. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ Velazquez 49 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Loving KABC-TV (ABC7 Los Angeles’) New AccuWeather graphics, long overdue! Feels nice, fresh and soooooo modern and the palm trees! I’m as happy as Dallas Raines, it IS like looking outside the window! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 163 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Full forecast from this morning with the new graphics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 743 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I do love the implementation of these new weather graphics. Can easily tell if it's for metro or mountains... My biggest 2 gripes: 1) the sidebar 7-day still needs to be updated; 2) the very very choppy animation of the clouds in the 7-day.. ouch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wofchristian 24 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 6ABC finally got rid of the old ticker at the bottom of the screen. But they don't have the new one yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 2 hours ago, wofchristian said: 6ABC finally got rid of the old ticker at the bottom of the screen. But they don't have the new one yet. They only run the ticker in the mornings and early evenings. No ticker after 6pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraphicsMan 11 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) On 4/18/2024 at 1:41 AM, 24994J said: They only run the ticker in the mornings and early evenings. No ticker after 6pm. Edited April 19 by GraphicsMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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