B Package
'''The B Package''' is a television news music package composed by musician [[Frank Gari]]. It was composed in 1996 and features up to 100 cuts of opens, closes, stingers, bumpers and promo beds in a hard-hitting action news format. It has been used by at least 45 television stations nationwide.
In the late 1990s, [[Hearst-Argyle]] Television bought the B Package as well as Gari's [[Image News]] for its television stations. Hearst-Argyle stations used The B Package and Image News for its stations from 1997/98 to 2004/05, before using the Hearst-Argyle News Package composed by [[Newsmusic Central]]. [[WMUR]] is the only Hearst-Argyle station that still uses the B Package and hasn't switched to the Hearst-Argyle News Package although there is a [http://southernmedia-nmsa.com/audioplayer_main.php?version=theme&id=714 signature] for WMUR's slogan that has been developed.
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Other Notes'''
|-
| 7.
| [[Concord, New Hampshire]] & [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]
| [[WMUR-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2002-Present
|
|-
| 19.
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[WESH-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 1999-2005
|
|-
| 20.
| [[Sacramento, California]]
| [[KCRA-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2000-2004
| Commissioned customized signature
|-
|
|
| [[KQCA-TV]]
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[The WB]]
| 2000-2005
| Commissioned customized KCRA signature
|-
| 34.
| [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| [[WLWT]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2004
| 1 of 1st 2 stations to commission package
|-
| 36.
| [[Greenville, South Carolina]]
| [[WYFF-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2000-2003
|
|-
| 38.
| [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
| [[WPEC-TV]], formerly WEAT
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-Present
|
|-
| 41.
| [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WGAL-TV]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-2004
|
|-
| 45.
| [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
| [[KOCO-TV]], formerly KGEO
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2005
| 1 of 1st 2 stations to commission package; commissioned after re-branding to "Eyewitness News 5"
|-
| 46.
| [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]
| [[KASA-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2000-2006
|
|-
| 48.
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| [[WLKY-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2003
| Commissioned KCRA's customized signature
|-
| 54.
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[WDSU-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2000-2004
|
|-
| 72.
| [[Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| [[KITV-TV]], formerly KHVH
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2002-2005
|
|-
| 73.
| [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
| [[KCCI-TV]], formerly KRNT
| [[CBS]]
| 2000-2006
| Commissioned with [[Image News]]
|-
| 95.
| [[Bryan, Texas]] & [[College Station, Texas]]
| [[KXXV-TV|KRHD-LP]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2001-Present
|
|-
|
| [[Killeen, Texas]], [[Temple, Texas]], & [[Waco, Texas]]
| [[KXXV-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2001-Present
|
|-
| 102.
| [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]
| [[KHBS-TV]], formerly KFPW
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2001-2004
|
|-
|
| [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
| [[KHOG-TV]], formerly KTVP
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2001-2004
|
|}
[[Category:Local television programming in the United States]]
[[Category:Television news music packages]]
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