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− | + | The light-blue and white color scheme made its debut on WBBM in 2002, with the arrival of new general manager Joe Ahern. Under Ahern, the station also returned to using its previous news theme, by Frank Gari. WCBS then adopted a color scheme with a darker shade of blue in 2003, and began using John Hegner's News in Focus as its news theme. (News in Focus was later absorbed into Gari's Enforcer.) The color scheme then spread to several other O&Os. By this time KCBS had introduced a new logo with a blue and yellow color scheme, a color scheme which was carried over from its new sister station, KCAL (which Viacom had acquired in 2002; KCAL's GM, Donald Corsini, also took over as KCBS' GM). This color scheme can also be found on KCNC in Denver. In addition, many O&Os use the Helvetica font as part of their branding. | |
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CBS has gotten mixed results from the changeovers, as stations either struggled with this scheme (such as WBZ-TV in Boston) or have become more successful (such as KYW-TV and WBBM-TV)). The most common names used are "CBS2" and "CBS4", which are used in a combined eight markets and possibly nine depending on what KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh ends up doing, as viewers in the Pittsburgh market have protested over such possible changes. KDKA did end up "meeting halfway" in May 2003 when it adopted a CBS Mandate-style logo, but with the KDKA name still being used instead of "CBS2". KCNC-TV, which had been branded as "News 4 Colorado" since 1988, adopting ex-sister station WNBC's "News 4 New York" logo in 1993 (with "Colorado" substituting for "New York" and the CBS eye substituting for the NBC peacock beginning in 1995), began integrating the CBS eye into the logo, but the station switched to nearly full compliance with the CBS Mandate in September 2003 with new graphics, a new set, and the use of the "Newstime" theme by 615 Music (which is based on the signature of "Decade 90" used by KCAL, although Newstime was commissioned by KCBS; at the time the theme was called "Viacom News Package I"). However, they still referred to their newscasts as "News 4" for two years after the switch. | CBS has gotten mixed results from the changeovers, as stations either struggled with this scheme (such as WBZ-TV in Boston) or have become more successful (such as KYW-TV and WBBM-TV)). The most common names used are "CBS2" and "CBS4", which are used in a combined eight markets and possibly nine depending on what KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh ends up doing, as viewers in the Pittsburgh market have protested over such possible changes. KDKA did end up "meeting halfway" in May 2003 when it adopted a CBS Mandate-style logo, but with the KDKA name still being used instead of "CBS2". KCNC-TV, which had been branded as "News 4 Colorado" since 1988, adopting ex-sister station WNBC's "News 4 New York" logo in 1993 (with "Colorado" substituting for "New York" and the CBS eye substituting for the NBC peacock beginning in 1995), began integrating the CBS eye into the logo, but the station switched to nearly full compliance with the CBS Mandate in September 2003 with new graphics, a new set, and the use of the "Newstime" theme by 615 Music (which is based on the signature of "Decade 90" used by KCAL, although Newstime was commissioned by KCBS; at the time the theme was called "Viacom News Package I"). However, they still referred to their newscasts as "News 4" for two years after the switch. | ||
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==Variations and non-compliance== | ==Variations and non-compliance== | ||
===ABC/CBS/NBC=== | ===ABC/CBS/NBC=== |