The Paramount (news music)

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The Paramount is a television news music package composed by musician Frank Gari. It was composed in 1997 for KSTW in Seattle and features up to 50 cuts of opens, closes, stingers, bumpers and promo beds in a bold and aggressive format that differs from other news packages. It has been used by six television stations around the United States, three UPN staions and three Fox stations.

The package was originally intended for UPN's local stations (hence its name), but it has also been used on three Fox affiliates: WACH in Columbia, South Carolina, KOKI in Tulsa and WTVW in Evansville, Indiana.

DMA#	DMA Name	Station	Affiliation	Years Used	Other Notes
11.	Detroit, Michigan	WKBD-TV	The CW, formerly UPN	1997-2002
12.	Tampa, Florida	WTOG-TV	The CW, formerly UPN	1998
14.	Seattle, Washington	KSTW-TV	The CW, formerly UPN	1997 & 1998	First station to commission package
62.	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KOKI-TV	FOX	2002-2004
83.	Columbia, South Carolina	WACH	FOX	2002-present
101.	Evansville, Indiana	WTVW-TV	FOX, formerly ABC	2005-present	Commissioned after news branding change from NewsChannel 7 to Fox 7 News
122.	Santa Maria, California	KKFX-CA	FOX	2006-present	Sister station of KCOY-TV