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Also, Matt Quinn published a sizzle reel on LinkedIn of some works done by Gray Design Group, which is Gray's internal creative design and promotion team, based out of WANF in Atlanta (superseding the prior teams from WNDU and KOLN/KGIN). There, we are finally being given a sneak peek of the new standardized graphics. Like the Meredith standardized package (also designed by Quinn), stations would be able to customize the color palette used for its rendition, but eventually sticking to a design similar to the current Atlanta News First graphics. Stations from certain affiliates can also be able to commission customized variants, including CBS affiliates (like this example from a certain CBS 3, where the design take cues from the network's current brand system) and even Telemundo stations (with customized opens taking cues from Look K, the former Telemundo Local Media package from NBC Arthouse, like an example showcasing KXNV Reno, sister to KOLO). Additionally, lifestyle shows from Gray's legacy stations, as well as Raycom and Quincy holdovers, would switch to the Meredith lifestyle package (like this example showcasing Midwest Access, from former Quincy station KTTC). Stations will be able to retain their existing music packages.

Back to Gray stations, their national news streaming network, Local News Live, seems to be the latest recipient of the WANF package, and also a rebrand and a new set:
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After launching on Local News Live, the new Matt Quinn Gray graphics have started to roll-out to their affiliates. First to get them: CBS border affiliate WCAX in Burlington/Plattsburgh/Montreal, and what an upgrade... With the change, they dropped Momentum News (from Non-Stop Music/WCPM) and switched to Stephen Arnold Music's This is the Place; they still use their local voice-over talent (unidentified).

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And now WCSC Charleston, where rumours of the new graphics first emerged, gets the new look:
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Over on Gray, WABI in Maine (CBS) has switched to the new graphics, changing their theme in the process. The studio remains unchanged:
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and now the full package is on air:
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KTTC (NBC) in Rochester is the latest receipient in the continuing Gray graphics rollout:
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Their neighbours at KXLT (Fox), under an SSA with Gray, also adopted the new package, albeit with some cockups on the sound:
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NewscastStudio has published an interesting interview with Gray hub director Matt Quinn, analyzing the need for the standardized package, including why the need to drop the hodgepodge of packages made by the prior Gray hub in favor of a single design. It also tells how Gray designers, led by chief designer Tristan Bresnen (the same guy which worked on the launch of MiNews 26, NCN Nebraska and NewsNet, and did work for NBC News' Stay Tuned and CBSN), adapted the Atlanta News First package to a standardized package, and how to make it work in two real time graphics systems.

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Here's a compilation of "clean" opens:

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And here's a case study (sourced from Matt Quinn's LinkedIn) which retells how WCAX (the first station to switch to the new look) was able to adopt the new look at the same time it upgraded its graphical systems to Chyron Prime:

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Original link: www.linkedin.com