The X Package
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The X Package is a television news music package composed by American musician Frank Gari and features up to 120 cuts of opens, closes, bumpers, stingers and promo beds in a bold action news format.
The X Package was commissioned in 1999 by Fox-owned and operated station (O&O) KTTV/11 in Los Angeles. It features the 20th Century Fox anthem at the beginning of some of the cuts, including the main news open, and is only marketed to Fox's local stations, except for one ABC affiliate and one My Network TV affiliate. 13 stations have used the X Package at some point in time, and 12 of them still do as of January 2006, including KTTV.
Gari's Good Day package was originally part of the X Package; it is currently marketed as a separate package.
In 2005 Gari Communications has unveiled a generic version of the X Package which features the same theme from the original, however it does not feature the trademark 20th Century Fox Drumrolls and similar sounds. The package is now available for commission by any station as a result of this, exclusion. The only two stations that have taken advantage of this generic version of the X-Package is the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina market known as WPDE-TV an ABC affiliate, and KFVE, a My Network affiliate in Hawaii.
| DMA# | DMA Name | Station | Affiliation | Years Used | Other Notes |
| 2. | Los Angeles, California | KTTV | FOX, formerly CBS | 1999-2006 | First station to use package. |
| 18. | Denver, Colorado | KDVR | FOX | 2000-Present | |
| 38. | West Palm Beach, Florida | WFLX | FOX | 2002-Present | |
| 60. | Richmond, Virginia | WRLH-TV | FOX, formerly UPN & The WB (both secondary) | 2002-2005 | |
| 72. | Honolulu, Hawaii | KFVE | My Network TV, formerly The WB | 2004-Present | |
| 93. | Colorado Springs, Colorado | KXRM-TV | FOX | 2001-Present | Was produced by KKTV until 2006. |
| 105. | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | WPDE-TV | ABC | 2007-Present | The first & only "Big 3" network affiliate to commission package. |
| Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | WWMB | The CW | 2007-Present | Newscast produced by WPDE. | |
| 115. | Augusta, Georgia | WFXG | FOX | 2004-Present | |
| 128. | Columbus, Georgia | WXTX | FOX | 2004-Present | |
| 154. | Anchorage, Alaska | KTBY | FOX | 2000-Present | Newscast produced by KTVA. |
[edit] External links
- "The X Package" at SouthernMedia's NMSA - listing of American stations which have used the X Package
- Gari Communications at News Music Now - Hear some samples of some of Frank Gari's greatest work for television stations
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