Something completely different from me…
Taking Nexstar’s new Fox local news template (on WDAF Kansas and WXIN Indianapolis) to KTVI St. Louis. I thought they’d take it when they rebranded the newscasts on KPLR, but they didn’t, so here’s my take.
Always thought the WPIX-inspired ticker was too large and competed against the main supers for viewer’s attention, so I trimmed it down a bit. Even mocked up their newsdesk screens based on the ones used in WXIN…
Returning to this 2-year-old idea: If World Service News was trialed 5 years before the channel’s launch with a different look, the BBC may be trying out this ‘News 24’ around '93?
Considering the launch branding for WSTV was basically a retirement home for the BBC1 COW, the test ‘News 24’ would probably be the same for Lambie-Nairn’s 1988 titles, with a modified aerial symbol to incorporate the numeral. Come to think of it, the tilted oval might also be a forerunner to the actual ‘red and cream’ package!
It can also be a part of my bigger rabbit hole: What if British Satellite Broadcasting wasn’t taken over by Sky, but by a consortium of Thames and BBC (and UK Gold would be a part of the resulting ‘UK Network’ later)? I’d imagine the branding for the BSB channels would be kept at first, but incorporating a new name, based on UK Gold’s logo, as the masterbrand.
I did The Sports Channel one in 2022 to sketch out the idea. As for Now, I’d imagine its programming to shift to more news; particularly airing World Service News instead of BBC’s domestic bulletins due to license fee concerns. I changed the tagline to better reflect the increasing live news reporting on the channel. The BBC would then took over Now in 1995 and relaunched it as News 24.
Weird ideas, but hey!