John Hegner
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John Hegner is an American composer who specializes mainly in television work. He has composed television news music packages for stations such as WNBC-TV, KCBS-TV, and WCBS-TV.
His most recent project, News in Focus, was composed for KCBS. It incorporates the "I Love Chicago" melody from the 1975 WBBM-TV news theme which is the CBS O&O signature theme. Hegner slightly updated the theme for WCBS in 2003, and this version was also picked up by KYW-TV.
In 2005, Frank Gari bought the rights to News in Focus, and it is now incorporated in Gari's The CBS Enforcer Music Collection. KYW dropped News in Focus in 2005, followed by WCBS in April 2006, both in favor of the main Enforcer theme.
[edit] External links
- John Hegner Music at Southernmedia's News Music Search Archive - List of American stations that have used news themes from John Hegner Music
- John Hegner Music at News Music Now - Hear some samples of some of John Hegner's greatest work for television stations