tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Marquee has introduced a new look at WHIZ in Zanesville, Ohio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkiZWDuwNOE The graphics are a major improvement. Set is blah (basically a monitor on a brick wall). And the technical issues are rampant, since this is probably automation, and in a place like Zanesville, it's a 180 from the way things may have been done for YEARS.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 It almost looks like they stole their opening from Tegna. Looks good, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4160 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 It's weird seeing a WHIZ logo that doesn't date back to 1985 (or before that with @DirtyHarry's avatar). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Hidden shout out to a sister NBC station? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Seeing the new WHIZ logo reminds me of the KMIR/Palm Springs logo from 2013-18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Any updates to "Fox 5 Zanesville?" Spoke too soon... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZjK-fad-S8 Basically slapping the "Fox 5" branding on a WHIZ newscast. Complete with the new WHIZ logo. Edited February 18, 2023 by tyrannical bastard discovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Why don't they know the name of their own meteorologist? Because he's being beamed in from somewhere else maybe? His name is not Rich Ward His name is Rich Wirdzek. He used to be on WHIO, not sure where he is coming from today. On 2/18/2023 at 12:27 AM, tyrannical bastard said: Any updates to "Fox 5 Zanesville?" Spoke too soon... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZjK-fad-S8 Basically slapping the "Fox 5" branding on a WHIZ newscast. Complete with the new WHIZ logo. That is one ugly and dated logo. They really do need to do something else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) On 2/16/2023 at 11:50 PM, Myron Falwell said: It's weird seeing a WHIZ logo that doesn't date back to 1985 (or before that with @DirtyHarry's avatar). The prior logo came out either in the late 90s or early 2000s. The "WHIZ" portion lasted well into the 90s, as seen in this 1994 aircheck. https://youtu.be/nDhfJq1BQJA Edited February 20, 2023 by tyrannical bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 431 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/19/2023 at 10:32 PM, DirtyHarry said: Why don't they know the name of their own meteorologist? Because he's being beamed in from somewhere else maybe? His name is not Rich Ward His name is Rich Wirdzek. He used to be on WHIO, not sure where he is coming from today. That is one ugly and dated logo. They really do need to do something else. Rich Wirdzek is the chief meteorologist at WMDT. https://www.wmdt.com/bios/rich-wirdzek/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1509 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) On 2/17/2023 at 11:29 PM, compubit said: Hidden shout out to a sister NBC station? looks like a college newscast. what is zanesville's dma ranking? there are youtube channels with better prdocution quality and graphics than some small market stations. Edited February 26, 2023 by iron_lion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, iron_lion said: looks like a college newscast. what is zanesville's dma ranking? there are youtube channels with better prdocution quality and graphics than some small market stations. There are only 33,000 homes or something like that in the Zanesville market. I bet their over the air population is a lot larger though. 1 hour ago, RGSJenkins said: Rich Wirdzek is the chief meteorologist at WMDT. https://www.wmdt.com/bios/rich-wirdzek/ Well there you go. Economies of scale even for a small broadcaster like Marquee, with the added benefit of him having worked in Ohio so he's relatively familiar with the lay of the land. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 3 hours ago, iron_lion said: looks like a college newscast. what is zanesville's dma ranking? there are youtube channels with better prdocution quality and graphics than some small market stations. Well, if you believe this, potentially they have a potential pool of 850,000 viewers. I don't know how far their signal gets out in real life, so I have no way of knowing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 743 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 10 hours ago, iron_lion said: looks like a college newscast. what is zanesville's dma ranking? there are youtube channels with better prdocution quality and graphics than some small market stations. According to Wikipedia, Zanesville is DMA #203 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 5 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said: According to Wikipedia, Zanesville is DMA #203 DMA only matters with cable. With cable penetration down to 50%, the OTA number is more relevant, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 The WHIZ signal reaches into the surrounding counties around Muskingum (Perry, Licking, Coshocton, Fairfield, Hocking, Morgan and Guernsey). Muskingum County is the sole county in the Zanesville DMA, but WHIZ is available in some places on cable in surrounding areas alongside WCMH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: The WHIZ signal reaches into the surrounding counties around Muskingum (Perry, Licking, Coshocton, Fairfield, Hocking, Morgan and Guernsey). Muskingum County is the sole county in the Zanesville DMA, but WHIZ is available in some places on cable in surrounding areas alongside WCMH. If you look at some of the signal maps, it looks like it gets to about the Franklin / Licking County line. I don't know if that's real life or just theoretical. If that's real life, their signal gets out far enough in all directions to cover a decent amount of territory, it just doesn't get to Columbus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Interesting. It seems like there's a lot of potential to hit mom and pop businesses within their signal contour when you've got that many potential viewers, even if you have a small DMA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) That's surprising for the population estimate, since WMDT's signal barely reaches into the Annapolis area and the fringes of DC and Baltimore. Using RabbitEars Longley-Rice readings that factor in terrain and elevation, Muskingum County can easily pick up WHIZ. Surrounding counties, the going gets more difficult with the hilly terrain, and it's a crapshoot in Columbus unless you live in one of the swaths of red or orange (which would require extreme means of pickup unless atmospheric events make the signal travel further. There's some swaths in Southwestern Franklin County (in orange) that may pick up the station with ease if someone has a directional outdoor antenna. Edited February 28, 2023 by tyrannical bastard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 718 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: That's surprising for the population estimate, since WMDT's signal barely reaches into the Annapolis area and the fringes of DC and Baltimore. Using RabbitEars Longley-Rice readings that factor in terrain and elevation, Muskingum County can easily pick up WHIZ. Surrounding counties, the going gets more difficult with the hilly terrain, and it's a crapshoot in Columbus unless you live in one of the swaths of red or orange (which would require extreme means of pickup unless atmospheric events make the signal travel further. There's some swaths in Southwestern Franklin County (in orange) that may pick up the station with ease if someone has a directional outdoor antenna. It comes in well in the Mount Vernon area. I know that first hand. Trouble is, it's hard to get the antenna aimed. It's an either or situation between Columbus and Zanesville. Looks like they have a directional pattern directing the most signal to the northwest of Zanesville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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