Why Did WKTY Change Its Weather Maps?

Our goal in redesigning our weather maps was to make the weather as clear and easy to understand as possible. To accomplish this, we felt it was important to make the details and differences among weather systems as prominent as possible.

http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/81516027.html

Graphics Woes for WCPO

So who were those people sports anchor Dennis Janson said goodbye to at the end of Friday’s sportscast? They were three veterans of Channel 9’s art department – Jim Steeves (18 years), Mel MacArthur (15 years) and John LaRoche (13 years) — who worked their last day on Friday. They lost their jobs as part of a companywide consolidation of the 10 Scripps TV station art department duties shifted to the Tampa station.

I’m told that the Ch 9 graphics are now being built by news producers in the newsroom using a template system. This started Oct. 23. All 10 Scripps stations will soon have the same graphics package. I’m told the new “desert brown” graphics originated at the Scripps station in Phoenix. Or is it a “rust” color for Scripps’ stations in Detroit, Cleveland or Cincinnati? Says one Ch 9 insider: “We went from the best (graphics on TV in town) to the worst pretty much overnight.”

WEVV Goes Pink

There's a reason for the pinkish hue you're about to see on Evansville's CBS affiliate.In a press release, WEVV says their station IDs and spots for syndicated programming will be pink and bear the signature pink ribbon of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, signifying the station's support for the "Race for the Cure" on September 19 and also for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is the month of October.
http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/wevv-is-going-pink.html

A New Look for WXIX

A new look for a new Reds season - this morning FOX19 launched a new logo and graphics package for their newscast. The previous version of the logo had been used in modified forms for the past 15 years, or since the launch of the FOX19 morning news.

http://cincydaytonmediacenter.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-look-for-wxix.html

Lightwave 9.5 Aims for More Realistic 3-D

NewTek’s LightWave v9.5 3D software will make graphics on stadium scoreboards and in live Webcasts more realistic then ever. It features an all-new hair and fur solution, a new lighting system, and improvements to animation, rendering, and workflow.



“One of our goals with LightWave is to allow you to be more of a creator and less of a technician,” says Philip Nelson, Newtek senior VP, strategic development.

http://www.sportsvideo.org/portal/artman/publish/article_12316.shtml