Popular Post cxd7346 229 Posted October 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2023 I am extremely excited to announce that "Hello News" and "Hello Quad Cities" has officially made its return to KWQC-TV6, and will soon return to all shows and newscasts permanently effective Tuesday at noon when we kick-off our 75th Anniversary Celebration. This has been in the works for sometime, and wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for my station manager giving me free reign. The amount of calls, emails and messages since last night has overwhelmed all of us, but what is most notable is the huge morale boost in the building from all of the employees. There is not a person in the building who hasn't been caught humming the chorus. Here's a clip of the open and close from last nights special, and also a sneak peak at the new open that begins on Tuesday. My favorite part is the image campaign that I have been working on for months now...but that will have to wait until Tuesday. 16 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpb 35 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) One of the best local news themes ever produced! Great to see it being brought back! I wonder if anyone has asked Frank Gari for his reaction. He must be proud. Edited October 29, 2023 by dpb 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 377 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Love that this is back in the Quad Cities on that NBC station-- one thing I wonder: why does the announcer say "Celebrating 75 years", when the station ID says "Est. 1949"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxd7346 229 Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share Posted October 29, 2023 1 hour ago, dpb said: One of the best local news themes ever produced! Great to see it being brought back! I wonder if anyone has asked Frank Gari for his reaction. He must be proud. I have attempted to reach out to him through contact info that is public but have had no luck unfortunately. I’d love that! 1 hour ago, bmasters1 said: Love that this is back in the Quad Cities on that NBC station-- one thing I wonder: why does the announcer say "Celebrating 75 years", when the station ID says "Est. 1949"? We are doing a year long celebration leading up to it. We went on the air 10/31/49. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 377 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 2 hours ago, cxd7346 said: We are doing a year long celebration leading up to it. We went on the air 10/31/49. That's what I wanted to know-- I was unaware that this station started at Halloween of that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 453 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) That's great - thought it was nice for the week of live shots in Clinton, but wow full time is a thrill. Excellent work making the case. Did Warner Chappell remaster or sweeten it for digital at all? Edited October 29, 2023 by sfomspphl 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 If Cyle has an aircheck he'd like to upload, it can be placed here, but in the meantime, here's how it all came together, at debut. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtekki 15 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 KWQCHELLO2023 (1).mp4 The relaunch happened right after InvestigateTV+ concluded. Attached is what preceded the inaugural noon newscast, the Hello image campaign in all its glory, sadly compressed to fit the filesize limits of this website. I will have the inaugural broadcast, including this promo, in higher quality uploaded on my YouTube channel later. Kudos to everyone at TV6 who made it possible! 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRAP-TV 145 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I literally get chills hearing that theme. It is my favorite, without question. It brings back so many memories growing up watching WXIA. And it still has a contemporary sound. Well done! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtekki 15 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (Damn I nearly forgot first few posts would have to be manually approved, I'm sorry to the moderation team haha) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 That is awesome. Wish some other stations could bring back some classic themes for their anniversaries. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 453 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) Can't figure out how to upload it, but for the 6pm close they're putting the icing on the cake - the 'Hello' waves and the old school closing music. Edited November 2, 2023 by sfomspphl 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, sfomspphl said: Can't figure out how to upload it, but for the 6pm close they're putting the icing on the cake - the 'Hello' waves and the old school closing music. You can see this from there "hello clinton" special last week, they posted it on their website https://www.kwqc.com/video/2023/10/27/hello-clinton-live-clinton-6-pm-pt-5/ 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 TVNewsCheck did a write-up about the recent changes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain 81 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Why can't other stations bring back old themes? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 They can, and occasionally do. KGNS in Laredo has brought Signature (one of my favorites) back to the airwaves recently, and others can name additional stations that have. Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 453 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Yeah KRON was forced to bring back Instant Classics in the 2000s over the SESAC licensing KTVU almost brought back the Randall theme before Fox bought them Enforcer was effectively a throwback for WCBS/WBBM/KCBS KGO in the 80s twice dropped Cool Hand Luke/NS2K only to bring them back The 99 update to Eyewitness News by WABC was a throwback to the teletype sound Not my favorite package but I’d bet KARE has some brand value in the old Third Coast packages if they brought elements back 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Jackson 6 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 11/23/2023 at 11:54 AM, sfomspphl said: Yeah KRON was forced to bring back Instant Classics in the 2000s over the SESAC licensing KTVU almost brought back the Randall theme before Fox bought them Enforcer was effectively a throwback for WCBS/WBBM/KCBS KGO in the 80s twice dropped Cool Hand Luke/NS2K only to bring them back The 99 update to Eyewitness News by WABC was a throwback to the teletype sound Not my favorite package but I’d bet KARE has some brand value in the old Third Coast packages if they brought elements back Don't forget flagship CW station WPIX in New York, they brought back the 1997 version of the WPIX Custom News Package by Non-Stop Music and used it until 2017. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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