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CBS O&O new ident/logo

WBBM in Chicago has launched their refresh & going the WCBS route with the CBS eye & the "2" inside the square. At least they actually make use of the ticker showing news where as WCBS just uses it outside of mornings as a promo for their website.
 
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e-dawg said:
So the only stations left as of 4-14-2023 that haven't change are WBBM Chicago, WJZ Baltimore, and KOVR Sacramento.
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Now just KOVR & WJZ left after WBBM's launch today. If we were taking bets on which station would be last to get the CBS refresh, I'm sure smart money would be on WJZ which kinda makes sense since they were the last to get into the then-new CBS graphics.
 
NYCsporty said:
WBBM in Chicago has launched their refresh & going the WCBS route with the CBS eye & the "2" inside the square. At least they actually make use of the ticker showing news where as WCBS just uses it outside of mornings as a promo for their website.
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Interestingly, if you look really carefully at the "2" in the titles & the "2" on the station bug on the bottom left, the font is different with the "2" in the bottom left bug using the WCBS style while the "2" carried over from CBS 2 Chicago is on the titles.
 
In a bit of a stunner WJZ in Baltimore isn't the last CBS O&O to get refreshed as the rebranding took place today going the KDKA route, with just the call letters in the box. Now, they feel well & truly like a CBS O&O, especially with the music as they didn't go Enforcer when they refreshed before. KOVR in Sacramento is all that's left for the CBS O&O mass refresh.
 
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NYCsporty said:
In a bit of a stunner WJZ in Baltimore isn't the last CBS O&O to get refreshed as the rebranding took place today going the KDKA route, with just the call letters in the box. Now, they feel well & truly like a CBS O&O, especially with the music as they didn't go Enforcer when they refreshed before. KOVR in Sacramento is all that's left for the CBS O&O mass refresh.
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Wow it's crazy how KPIX was the first to get the New CBS Graphics and KOVR Sacramento is going to be the last CBS O&O to get the new Graphics. Most likely once KMAX-TV loses their CW Affiliation then they can rename themselves CBS Sacramento and CBS Sacramento+.
 
If you want to know why this is happening, take a look at the name of the division that owns these stations: 'CBS News & Stations." So with CBS News in the company name. and also in the local domains (cbsnews.com/localcity is now the domain name), this is a natural way of promoting the company brand.

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ssetta said:
How can KPIX drop their signature Anklepants "5" logo?? They've had that thing since 1965! That can't be gone! Now I guess WJZ is the only one left, if they even keep it, which doesn't sound likely.
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WINS

The station began simulcasting on 92.3 FM (WINS-FM). The globe is now placed next to the 1010 numbers with its typograph slightly adjusted for the first time since the 1960s.
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Interestingly WOWO-AM and WINS are the only former GroupW stations to use Ankle pants font and they are for radio.
 
None of the Group W stations used "Anklepants," which is a cheap and somewhat sloppy knockoff that didn't exist until the late 1990s.

The actual Group W typeface was a custom design that never had a name or was commercially available outside the company.
 
fybush said:
None of the Group W stations used "Anklepants," which is a cheap and somewhat sloppy knockoff that didn't exist until the late 1990s.

The actual Group W typeface was a custom design that never had a name or was commercially available outside the company.
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Correct the font is named the "Westinghouse Font" which is associated with the former Group W broadcasting properties.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:

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Correct the font is named the "Westinghouse Font" which is associated with the former Group W broadcasting properties.
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Incorrect. Just because some random Wikipedia editor called it that doesn't mean we called it that. Remember, I worked for Group W? This was before computerized fonts. Again, it had no official name. It was just the face we used for station logos (and nothing else!)
 
fybush said:
Incorrect. Just because some random Wikipedia editor called it that doesn't mean we called it that. Remember, I worked for Group W? This was before computerized fonts. Again, it had no official name. It was just the face we used for station logos (and nothing else!)
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Good point though.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
Good point though.
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Not "good point though". It is a cold hard fact correcting your mistake. Wikipedia is far from a correct source. Institutional knowledge goes a long way. And if anyone is an expert on what he states here it is @fybush whose name and credibility has long been established throughout this industry and not random anonymous Wikipedia editors or someone going by the name @Y2kTheNewOldies or @RadioFan9999999999999 etc...
 
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