07-08-2023, 12:59 PM
KTIV in Sioux City (NBC) is the latest one to update to the GrayOne package, which they heralded with a news spot detailing the change:
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We also got to see the change of mechanisms behind the scenes, as detailed in their article (www.ktiv.com ):
Also, an antique still in use: WHAS in Louisville (ABC/Tegna) is still using the inauagural graphics to opt in to World News Now overnight, albeit all stretched out:
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In comparison, this is how WNN currently looks (from the same station!):
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We also got to see the change of mechanisms behind the scenes, as detailed in their article (www.ktiv.com ):
Quote:In April of 2022, talks began with KTIV management and KTIV’s owners, Gray Television, about the construction of a brand-new production center. This would require a major renovation and rebuild of KTIV. The new layout was drawn up and the first sledgehammer was swung in January.
Construction would come in several phases. Walls would come down, and new ones would go up. Our engineers had to maintain current technology while building and installing new technology.
Gone is the old production center. In its place is a brand-new look for the production center, and KTIV’s newscasts.
New audio equipment, new computers, new software, and new graphics enhance the way KTIV brings you the news.
“It’s actually really rewarding seeing how everything is looking knowing what we’ve done to get to this point,” said Alexis Patterson, KTIV’s Chief Engineer.
Our production crew would go through weeks of training to be able to use the new software and still put on our regularly scheduled newscasts.
Also, an antique still in use: WHAS in Louisville (ABC/Tegna) is still using the inauagural graphics to opt in to World News Now overnight, albeit all stretched out:
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In comparison, this is how WNN currently looks (from the same station!):
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