Sinclair News Music Package

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The News Central News Music Package is a television news music package composed by Stephen Arnold. It features up to 75 cuts of opens, closes, promo bumpers, stingers and promo beds.

Much like The NBC Collection or The X Package by Frank Gari, this package is solely used for a specific type of station. The package was composed in 2002 for Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned News Central affiliates.

It carries a signature similar to one of Arnold's other news packages, U-phonix.

The package is being phased out and replaced by Gari Communications' "Evolution" for all of its stations.

DMA# DMA Name Station Affiliation Years Used Other Notes
12. St. Petersburg, Florida & Tampa, Florida WTTA, formerly WSUN My Network TV, formerly WB 2003-2006 News operation shut down on 3-31-2006, replaced with syndicated programs
19. Sacramento, California KOVR CBS, formerly ABC 2004-2006 Used when Sinclair sold CBS13 to CBS Corporation in May 2005
22. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WPGH-TV, formerly WKJF FOX, formerly ABC 2002-2006 Newscasts now produced by WPXI-TV as part of news share agreement with Sinclair & Cox
24. Baltimore, Maryland WBFF FOX 2003-Present Picked up after addition of 11pm newscasts sourced from News Central
WNUV CW, formerly WB 2003-2005 Newscasts moved to WBFF
29. Raleigh, North Carolina WLFL CW, formerly WB 2003-2006 Newscasts now produced by WTVD
30. Nashville, Tennessee WZTV, formerly WMCV FOX 2004-Present Picked up after FOX17 launched Late Edition @ 10pm
32. Columbus, Ohio WSYX, formerly WTVN ABC, formerly DuMont 2004-Present
WTTE FOX, formerly UPN 2004-Present Sister station of WSYX
33. Milwaukee, Wisconsin WVTV CW, formerly WB 2003-2006 Discontinued on 3-31-2006 due to Sinclair's news operation cutbacks
34. Cincinnati, Ohio WSTR-TV, formerly WBTI My Network TV, formerly WB 2003-Present Newscasts now produced by WKRC-TV
37. San Antonio, Texas KABB FOX 2006-Present
40. Birmingham, Alabama & Homewood, Alabama WTTO CW, formerly WB 2003-Present Newscasts now produced by WIAT
45. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KOKH-TV FOX 2003-2006 Became part of Sinclair's News Central in March 2003, resumed totally local newscasts in 2006
47. Greensboro, North Carolina WMYV, formerly WUPN My Network TV, formerly UPN 2003-2005 Sister station of WXLV
Winston-Salem, North Carolina WXLV-TV, formerly WNRW ABC, formerly UPN 2004 & 2005 Pulled by Sinclair in 2005 due to poor ratings
48. Las Vegas, Nevada KVCW, formerly KFBT CW 2003-2006
KVMY, formerly KVWB My Network TV, formerly WB 2003-2006 Newscasts now produced by KVBC
49. Buffalo, New York WNYO-TV, formerly WNYB My Network TV, formerly WB 2004-2006 Newscasts now produced by WGRZ-TV
59. Dayton, Ohio WKEF, formerly WONE ABC, formerly NBC 2005-Present Contains elements of News Central
WRGT-TV FOX 2005-Present Sister station of WKEF
60. Richmond, Virginia WRLH-TV FOX, formerly WB 2005-Present
63. Danville, Kentucky & Lexington, Kentucky WDKY-TV FOX 2003-Present Newscasts produced by WKYT
64. Charleston, West Virginia & Huntington, West Virginia WCHS-TV ABC, formerly CBS 2005-Present Picked up with graphics but didn't include News Central operation
WVAH-TV FOX, formerly UPN 2005-Present Operated by Sinclair in local marketing agreement with WCHS
65. Flint, Michigan WSMH FOX 2002-Present First Sinclair station to use News Central, newscasts now produced by WNEM-TV
73. Des Moines, Iowa KDSM-TV, formerly KCBR FOX 2003-Present Produced by KGAN-TV
74. Portland, Maine WGME-TV, formerly WGAN CBS 2004-2006
76. Syracuse, New York WSYT FOX 2004-Present
79. Rochester, New York WUHF FOX 2002-2005 Phased on-air in December 2002, newscasts now produced by WROC-TV
88. Cedar Rapids, Iowa KFXA, formerly KOCR FOX 2003-Present
108. Springfield, Massachusetts WGGB-TV, formerly WHYN ABC, formerly CBS 2003-Present


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