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What's With The Wooosh-Weeesh on ABC-TV News?

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Lately, during "World News Tonight" on the ABC-TV Broadcast Network, there's a sounder that goes "woosh/weeesh" every time the anchor goes to a video separate from the newsroom. It happens weeknights with Diane Sawyer and weekends with David Muir. I think it's tacky and gets tiresome after a while. Not as bad as the Weather Channel naming winter storms, but close.
 
I've heard similar noises in local newscasts that got on my nerves, but you'd think ABC would be more professional.

Then I remember Diane Sawyer is the anchor.

Could be worse. Could be Katie Couric.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I've heard similar noises in local newscasts that got on my nerves, but you'd think ABC would be more professional.

Then I remember Diane Sawyer is the anchor.

Could be worse. Could be Katie Couric.
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"CBS Evening News" with Katie Couric was never as fluffy as "World News with Diane Sawyer. Although, I'm pretty sure the direction comes from the president's office of ABC News and not from Ms. Sawyer herself.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
"CBS Evening News" with Katie Couric was never as fluffy as "World News with Diane Sawyer. Although, I'm pretty sure the direction comes from the president's office of ABC News and not from Ms. Sawyer herself.
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Really? I actually figured Diane Sawyer was more respected, but I have read about her sounding like she was givcing ehr opinion, which was the reason for my comment.
 
My guess is ABC is parroting NASCAR coverage on Fox with all the stupid sound effects.
 
KOMO did that crap. They would do a "whoosh" every time there would be a live report. KING-5 also did those whooshes, but not for live reports - for other parts of the newscast.

-crainbebo
 
Are these similar to the swoosh sounds that The Chairman's head makes on Iron Chef America?
 
ABC whoosh is so annoying

Those whoosh sounds have been making me crazy for months now. To me they sound like crowd sounds, but whatever, very annoying & unprofessional, fitting well with ABC News broadcasts in general. I was hoping when Diane Sawyer left the quality would improve, but as someone said above, the whole style of their newscasts must be dictated by the network. Unfortunately, much of it reminds me of local newscasts, especially when the anchor (Sawyer or Muir) reacts to stories that have just been reported. You might ask why I would watch ABC rather than another network, with the answer being that ABC news is on later than the others (7:00 instead of 6:30), so it's often the only 1 of the big 3 that I'm home for. Thank goodness for NPR, where I get most of my news.
 
crainbebo said:
KOMO did that crap. They would do a "whoosh" every time there would be a live report. KING-5 also did those whooshes, but not for live reports - for other parts of the newscast.

-crainbebo
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TV and radio news has always had a taste for the theatrical. Remember the old "teletype" backround sound - primarily on News Radio, but also on TV? Generally, the teletype machine was nowhere near the studio, and was either a looped recording, or the station purposely placed a microphone next to the teletype. KTVU TV news in San Francisco continued the old-time teletype sound FX until just a few years ago, despite the fact that the machines had gone digital years before.
 
LKellerIII said:
TV and radio news has always had a taste for the theatrical. Remember the old "teletype" backround sound - primarily on News Radio, but also on TV? Generally, the teletype machine was nowhere near the studio, and was either a looped recording, or the station purposely placed a microphone next to the teletype. KTVU TV news in San Francisco continued the old-time teletype sound FX until just a few years ago, despite the fact that the machines had gone digital years before.
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WHAT?!?!?!? Say it ain't so!!!! My old ASR-33 has been turned into razor blades?
 
KYW in Philadelphia still does the teletype rat-a-tat, even though those machines are long in the landfill. Oddly I find them comforting.

But as for ABC News, it seems like there's a bit too much ESPN-ization of their newscasts with unneeded sound effects and gimmick segments. I'm just waiting for the day when permanent backing music comes in to drown out the NAT audio like it does in SportsCenter highlights.
 
It's pretty common TV production. Done a lot in sports. Not so much in news. The propose of the sound effect is to cover the change in ambience from inside to outside, studio to remote. When Roone Arledge added ABC News to his portfolio with ABC Sports, everyone worried that he'd overproduce WNT. He added some production to the show, but tried to be mostly hands-off.
 
mrschimpf said:
I'm just waiting for the day when permanent backing music comes in to drown out the NAT audio like it does in SportsCenter highlights.
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Even that's nothing new; ever watched (and listened to) an old movie-theatre newsreel? (Pathe', Movietone, Universal, etc.)
 
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Lately, during "World News Tonight" on the ABC-TV Broadcast Network, there's a sounder that goes "woosh/weeesh" every time the anchor goes to a video separate from the newsroom. It happens weeknights with Diane Sawyer and weekends with David Muir. I think it's tacky and gets tiresome after a while. Not as bad as the Weather Channel naming winter storms, but close.
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Because of these sounds I stopped watching ABC news.
 
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