Convergence (news music)

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Convergence is a television news music package composed by Stephen Arnold. Convergence was composed for WVEC in Norfolk, VA in 2001. It contains over 18 themes and 695 cuts.

Convergence has been used in over 10 markets across the United States. Its musical logo goes to WVEC's slogan at the time of composition, Thirteen Means Local News. WVEC dropped the slogan in 2003, and in 2004 they brought back their early-mid 90s image campaign, The Spirit of Hampton Roads. Ironically, Convergence's musical logo goes with that as well. WVEC dropped Convergence in December 2006, but continues to use the The Spirit of Hampton Roads slogan.

Convergence has been updated for WVEC with image cuts for their Spirit of Hampton Roads image campaign. As well as image cuts being used on WVEC, WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, PA is using a customized version of the package with the Hearst-Argyle signature for its image campaign when their slogan became Where the News Comes First.

DMA#	DMA Name	Station	Affiliation	Years Used	Other Notes
6.	Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas	KDAF-TV, formerly KRLD	The CW, formerly The WB	2004-Present
24.	Baltimore, Maryland	WMAR-TV	ABC	2002-Present
32.	Columbus, Ohio	WSYX-TV, formerly WTVN	ABC	2002-2004
		WTTE-TV	FOX, formerly UPN	2002-2004
42.	Hampton, Virginia	WVEC-TV	ABC, formerly NBC	2001-2006	First station to commission the package
100.	Charleston, South Carolina	WCSC-TV	CBS, formerly NBC	2001-2004
103.	Youngstown, Ohio	WYTV-TV	ABC	2004-Present
111.	Longview, Texas	KYTX-TV	CBS, formerly NBC	2004-Present	This package was commissioned after the affiliation change with KETK.
131.	Amarillo, Texas	KCIT	FOX	2001-Present
152.	Bangor, Maine	WVII-TV	ABC	200?-Present
		WFVX	FOX	200?-Present	10pm newscasts produced by sister station WVII-TV