Image News (news music)
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Image News is a television news music package composed by Frank Gari of Gari Communications. Composed in 1995, the package features up to 800 cuts of opens, closes, stingers, bumpers and promo beds in a hard news format, with most of the music featuring a xylophone ticker sound. It has been used by at least 45 television stations in the United States.
In the mid-1990s, Hearst-Argyle Television commissioned two news packages, the "A Package" and the B Package, for its television stations. "The A Package" was later renamed Image News by Gari in an attempt to attract stations outside of the Hearst-Argyle stations group, and was very successful. The B Package was also marketed to other stations, and has enjoyed some of the same success.
While the Hearst stations have dropped the package in favor of Jerome Gilmer's Hearst-Argyle TV News Music Package, Image News continues to be a popular package, and has enjoyed several late updates.
[edit] Stations that used or have used Image News
| DMA# | DMA Name | Station | Affiliation | Year Used | Notes |
| 7. | Boston, Massachusetts | WCVB-TV | ABC | 1995-2003 | Made dual debut of Series 1 with WTAE in November 1995, also 1st to commission Series 2 in 1999 & 1st to commission Series 3 in 2001 |
| 16. | Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | WSFL-TV, formerly WDZL & WBZL | The CW, formerly Independent, The WB | 1997-2006 | Used to air a 10pm newscast produced by WTVJ |
| 17. | Cleveland, Ohio | WOIO | CBS | 1999-2002 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| WUAB | MyNetworkTV, formerly Independent, UPN | 1999-2002 | 10pm newscasts produced by WOIO | ||
| 23. | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WTAE-TV | ABC | 1995-2005 | Made dual debut of Series 1 with WCVB in November 1995, also commissioned Series 2 in 1999 & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 26. | Baltimore, Maryland | WBAL-TV | NBC, formerly CBS | 1996-2003 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1996, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 31. | Kansas City, Missouri | KMBC-TV | ABC | 1997-2004 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1997, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 35. | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WISN-TV | ABC | 1995-2005 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1995, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 37. | San Antonio, Texas | WOAI-TV, formerly KMOL | NBC | 1998-2007 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1998, Series 2 in 2000, & Series 4 in 2004. Theme retained for "San Antonio Living" in 2008 |
| KPXL | ION Television | 2002-2004 | Aired rebroadcasts of WOAI-TV's newscasts | ||
| 40. | Birmingham, Alabama | WVTM-TV | NBC | 1999-2002 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 44. | Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico | KOAT-TV | ABC | 1998-2004 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1998, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 45. | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KWTV | CBS | 1997-present | Commissioned Series 1 in 1997, Series 2 in 2000, & Series 4 in 2005 |
| News Now 53 (cable) | No affiliation | 1997-present | |||
| 47. | Jacksonville, Florida | WJXT | Independent, formerly CBS | 1997-2002 | Commissioned a customized signature |
| 48. | Memphis, Tennessee | WREG-TV | CBS | 2001-2005 | Commissioned Series 3 |
| 50. | Louisville, Kentucky | WLKY-TV | CBS | 2000-2003 | |
| 51. | Buffalo, New York | WGRZ-TV | NBC | 1998-2008 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| WNYO-TV | MyNetworkTV, formerly The WB | 2006-2008 | Aired a 25-minute newscast produced by WGRZ-TV | ||
| WPXJ-TV | ION Television | 2001-2005 | Aired rebroadcasts of WGRZ-TV's newscasts | ||
| 54. | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | WBRE-TV | NBC | 1998-2004 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 58. | Richmond, Virginia | WTVR-TV | CBS | 2000-2001 | |
| 59. | Knoxville, Tennessee | WATE-TV | ABC | 1998-2001 | |
| WTNZ | Fox | 2001 | 10pm newscast produced by WATE-TV | ||
| 62. | Ft. Myers/Naples, Florida | WZVN-TV | ABC | 1998-2002 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1998 & Series 2 in 2000 |
| 64. | Dayton, Ohio | WDTN | NBC, formerly ABC | 1996-2002 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1996, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 65. | Charleston, West Virginia | WOWK-TV | CBS | 1997-2003 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 67. | Roanoke, Virginia | WFXR-TV | Fox | 2003-2008 | 10pm newscast produced by WSLS-TV |
| Lynchburg, Virginia | WWCW (satellite of WFXR-TV) | Fox | 2006-2008 | 10pm newscast produced by WSLS-TV | |
| 71. | Des Moines, Iowa | KCCI | CBS | 2000-2006 | |
| 73. | Toledo, Ohio | WUPW | Fox | 2000-2004 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 76. | Omaha, Nebraska | KETV | ABC | 2000-2004 | |
| 79. | Columbia, South Carolina | WACH | Fox | 1999-2002 | |
| 80. | Rochester, New York | WROC-TV | CBS | 1998-2009 | Commissioned a customized version of the package, only used for bumpers and closes |
| 84. | Shreveport, Louisiana | KTAL-TV | NBC | 2001-2006 | Commissioned Series 3 in 2001 |
| 90. | Jackson, Mississippi | WAPT | ABC | 1999-2005 | |
| 91. | Colorado Springs, Colorado | KRDO-TV | ABC | 1996-2006 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 93. | Burlington, Vermont | WPTZ | NBC | 1998-2003 | Commissioned Series 1 in 1998, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 98. | El Paso, Texas | KFOX-TV | Fox | 1998-present | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 108. | Reno, Nevada | KTVN | CBS | Date unknown-2006 | |
| 115. | Augusta, Georgia | WRDW-TV | CBS | 1998-2004 | |
| 124. | Salinas/Monterey, California | KSBW | NBC | 1999-2004 | Commissioned Series 2 in 1999 & Series 3 in 2001 |
| 133. | Columbus/Tupelo, Mississippi | WTVA | NBC | 2000-2004 | |
| 141. | Port Arthur, Texas | KBTV-TV | Fox, formerly NBC | 1999-2002 | Commissioned Series 1 & 2 |
| 145. | Wichita Falls, Texas | KSWO-TV | ABC | 1998-present | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 165. | Abilene, Texas | KTAB-TV | CBS | 2000-2005 | Commissioned Series 2 |
| 173. | Jackson, Tennessee | WBBJ-TV | ABC | 1999-2007 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 183. | Charlottesville, Virginia | WCAV | CBS | 2004-2005 | Commissioned Series 1 |
| 185. | Meridian, Mississippi | WMDN | CBS | 2002-2005 |
