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N. American News theme vary in style and tempo. Discuss (March 2014)

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stuartfanning
Here is a long version of a 1990's CNN Headline News closing theme.

http://youtu.be/sjisxL3xz5s
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Mouseboy33
The Mission or nothing for me.

Both the old version and the recent version are good in their own way.


WGN 9 Chicago (Independent) created a majestic opening and theme used in the 1990s. It features the opening string sound of NBC Nightly News and then adds its own twist with the WGN signature. WGN is owned by the Chicago Tribune. The opening shot flies in toward the skyline across Lake Michigan and then flies down the skyscraper canyon Chicago River ending at the Tribune Tower whilst the 9 logo forms. IMO For a local station one word applies: Epic! (There is a bonus featuring the station ident.)

All Tribune owned stations currently uses this slate at the end featuring the distinctive Tribune Tower.
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130104163858/logopedia/images/1/11/Tribune_broadcasting_2011.jpeg
Last edited by Mouseboy33 on 5 June 2014 12:51am - 2 times in total

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Mouseboy33
If you haven never heard an unadulterated version of the newer NBC Today theme here it is. I still miss the original Mission version. But i do like the punchier feel of this theme for a morning programme.


Just for fun if you've never seen the debut edition of the grandaddy of all breakfast programmes, Here is the very first edition of Today from 1952! They even had a ticker back then!
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Mike W
If you haven never heard an unadulterated version of the newer NBC Today theme here it is. I still miss the original Mission version. But i do like the punchier feel of this theme for a morning programme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1y0bmZVI0
Just for fun if you've never seen the debut edition of the grandaddy of all breakfast programmes, Here is the very first edition of Today from 1952! They even had a ticker back then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rBepVYMmU

In your opinion...
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Gary McEwan
If you haven never heard an unadulterated version of the newer NBC Today theme here it is. I still miss the original Mission version. But i do like the punchier feel of this theme for a morning programme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1y0bmZVI0
Just for fun if you've never seen the debut edition of the grandaddy of all breakfast programmes, Here is the very first edition of Today from 1952! They even had a ticker back then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rBepVYMmU


The new Today theme isn't the proper version, the vocals have just muted as you can hear Matt Lauer at the end of it...
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Mouseboy33
If you haven never heard an unadulterated version of the newer NBC Today theme here it is. I still miss the original Mission version. But i do like the punchier feel of this theme for a morning programme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1y0bmZVI0
Just for fun if you've never seen the debut edition of the grandaddy of all breakfast programmes, Here is the very first edition of Today from 1952! They even had a ticker back then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rBepVYMmU

In your opinion...

Exactly. Like everyone else on here
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bilky asko
If you haven never heard an unadulterated version of the newer NBC Today theme here it is. I still miss the original Mission version. But i do like the punchier feel of this theme for a morning programme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1y0bmZVI0
Just for fun if you've never seen the debut edition of the grandaddy of all breakfast programmes, Here is the very first edition of Today from 1952! They even had a ticker back then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rBepVYMmU


The new Today theme isn't the proper version, the vocals have just muted as you can hear Matt Lauer at the end of it...


Yes, it's a pretty poor example. You can hear a lot of chopping going on (and obvious changes in audio quality).
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Mouseboy33
Well enjoy it anyway. Thanks for listening.
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Mouseboy33
Interesting listen. WPLG 10 Miami slaughtered Channel 5 original theme when they used it back in 2004-05
http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/#3,1,1022
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bilky asko
Interesting listen. WPLG 10 Miami slaughtered Channel 5 original theme when they used it back in 2004-05
http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/#3,1,1022


If that's exactly how they used it, then it's the same as it is in the K PM library
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Mouseboy33
Here is another slaughtered version of the Channel 5 theme that was used on Citytv's now defunct CityNews Channel Toronto. You can just about hear the CityNews signature just before the Channel 5 theme bed kicks in on this clip.

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Mouseboy33
WGN 9 - Chicago
Finally Tribune's flagship station had a graphics overhaul after what seems like 1000 years of the same. They also use different cuts of their "Chicago Very Own" theme, which resurrected their old signature from the early 90s. The graphics are a major update. They again emphasied they are Chicago's Very Own but subtly uses the famous Chicago Skyline architecture as the font changes (pretty ingenious). Not sure if all the new cuts of "Chicagos Very Own" are that good. All of this comes on WGN's major news ramp-up by adding a 4-6 newscast. Unfortunately this saw them dump their innovative "newsroom" broadcast.
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