Image News
'''Image''' is a television news music package composed by [[United States|American]] musician [[Frank Gari]]. Composed in 1995, the package features up to 800 cuts of opens, closes, stingers, bumpers and promo beds in a hard news format, with most of the music featuring a xylophone ticker sound. It has been used by at least 45 television stations in the United States.
In the mid-1990s, [[Hearst-Argyle]] Television commissioned two news packages, the A Package and [[B Package|the B Package]], for its television stations. The A Package was later renamed Image by Gari in an attempt to attract stations outside of the Hearst-Argyle stations group, and was very successful. The B Package was also marketed to other stations, and has enjoyed some of the same success.
While the Hearst stations have dropped the package in favor of Jerome Gilmer's "Hearst TV News Music Package", Image continues to be a popular package, and has enjoyed several late updates.
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Other Notes'''
|-
| 7.
| [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| [[WCVB-TV]], formerly [[WHDH]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1996-2003
| First station to commission Series 1 in 1996, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 16.
| [[Miami, Florida]]
| [[WSFL-TV]], formerly WDZL/WBZL
| [[The CW]], formerly [[The WB]]
| 1997-2006
| Commissioned Series 1, newscasts produced by [[WTVJ]]
|-
| 17.
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
| [[WOIO-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[FOX]]
| 1999-2002
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
|
|
| [[WUAB-TV]]
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[UPN]]
| 1999-2002
| Sister station of [[WOIO]], airs 10pm newscast
|-
| 22.
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WTAE-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1996-2005
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1996, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 24.
| [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
| [[WBAL-TV]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1996-2003
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1996 & Series 2 in 1999
|-
| 31.
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
| [[KMBC-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1997-2004
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1997, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 34.
| [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
| [[WISN-TV]], formerly WTVW
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1996-2005
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1996, Series 2 in 1999, Series 3 in 2001, & first station to commission Series 4 in 2003
|-
| 36.
| [[Asheville, North Carolina]]
| [[WLOS]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2002
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 37.
| [[San Antonio, Texas]]
| [[WOAI-TV]], formerly KMOL
| [[NBC]], formerly [[UPN]]
| 1998-Present
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1998 & Series 2 in 2001
|-
| 38.
| [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
| [[WPBF-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1999-2004
| Commissioned Series 2 in 1999 & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 40.
| [[Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]
| [[WVTM-TV]], formerly WAPI
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1999-2003
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 44.
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| [[WREG-TV]], formerly WREC
| [[CBS]]
| 2001-2005
| Commissioned Series 1 & 3
|-
| 45.
| [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
| [[KWTV-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1997-Present
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1997 & Series 2 in 1999, picked up after news title change to News9 in March 1997, rebroadcasts on News Now 53
|-
| 46.
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| [[KOAT-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2004
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1998 & Series 2 in 1999
|-
| 47.
| [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
| [[WXII-TV]], formerly WSJS
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-2004
| Commissioned Series 2 in 2000 & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 48.
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| [[WLKY-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-2003
|
|-
| 49.
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
| [[WGRZ-TV]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-Present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
|
|
| [[WNYO-TV]], formerly WNYB
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[The WB]]
| 2006-Present
| Currently airs rebroadcast of Channel 2 News Tonight
|-
|
|
| [[WPXJ-TV]]
| [[ION]], formerly Pax
| 1998-Present
| Used to air rebroadcasts of Channel 2 News
|-
| 53.
| [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WBRE-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 1998-2004
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 58.
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| [[WDTN-TV]], formerly WLWD
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1996-2002
| Commissioned Series 1 under ABC affiliation & Hearst-Argyle's ownership
|-
| 60.
| [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| [[WATE-TV]], formerly WROL
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 1998-2001
|
|-
|
|
| [[WTNZ]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2001
|
|-
| 61.
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| [[WTVR-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000 & 2001
|
|-
| 64.
| [[Fort Myers, Florida]]
| [[WZVN-TV]], formerly WEVU
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2002
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 65.
| [[Charleston, West Virginia]]
| [[WOWK-TV]], formerly WHTN
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1997-2003
| Commisssioned Series 1
|-
| 68.
| [[Lynchburg, Virginia]] & [[Roanoke, Virginia]]
| [[WFXR-TV]], formerly WVFT
| [[FOX]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2003-Present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
|
|
| [[WWCW]], formerly WJPR
| [[FOX]] & [[The CW]]
| 2003-Present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 71.
| [[Toledo, Ohio]]
| [[WUPW-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2000-2004
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 73.
| [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
| [[KCCI-TV]], formerly KRNT
| [[CBS]]
| 2000-2006
| Commissioned Series 2 in 2000 & Series 3 in 2001, used alongside [[The B Package]]
|-
| 75.
| [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
| [[KETV-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-2004
| Commissioned Series 2 in 2000 & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 78.
| [[Rochester, New York]]
| [[WROC-TV]], formerly [[WHAM]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 1998-Present
| Customized version commissioned in 2000 after re-branding to News 8 Now, used for bumpers & closes; also commissioned Series 1 in 1998 & Series 3
|-
| 81.
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]
| [[KTAL-TV]], formerly KCMC
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2001-2006
| Commissioned Series 3
|-
| 83.
| [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| [[WACH]] formerly WCCT
| [[FOX]]
| 1999-2002
|
|-
| 87.
| [[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| [[WAPT-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1999-2005
| Commissioned Series 2 in 1999 & Series 3 in 2001
|-
| 90.
| [[Burlington, Vermont]]
| [[WPTZ-TV]], formerly WIRI
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2003
|
|-
| 94.
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| [[KRDO-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1996-2005
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1996; still in use when KRDO picked up Stephen Arnold Music's Pinnacle in 2003
|-
| 99.
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| [[KFOX-TV]], formerly KCIK
| [[FOX]]
| 1998-Present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 110.
| [[Reno, Nevada]]
| [[KTVN]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| ????-2006
| Commissioned Series 2
|-
| 114.
| [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| [[WRDW-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-2004
|
|-
| 124.
| [[Monterey, California]]
| [[KSBW-TV]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1998-2004
|
|-
| 128.
| [[Columbus, Georgia]]
| [[WTVM-TV]], formerly WDAK
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 2002-Present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 132.
| [[Tupelo]], [[Mississippi]]
| [[WTVA]], formerly WTWV
| [[NBC]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-2004
|
|-
| 140.
| [[Beaumont, Texas]]
| [[KBTV-TV]], formerly KJAC
| [[NBC]]
| 1999-2002
| Commissioned Series 1 & 2
|-
| 146.
| [[Wichita Falls, Texas]]
| [[KSWO-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-Present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 164.
| [[Abilene, Texas]]
| [[KTAB-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2000-2005
| Commissioned Series 2
|-
| 174.
| [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| [[WBBJ-TV]], formerly WDXI
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1999-2007
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 182.
| [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
| [[WCAV-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2004 & 2005
| Primary station in Charlottesville's Newsplex
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/search.php?search=3,1,52 "Image News" at SouthernMedia's NMSA] - listing of American stations which have used ''Image News''
[[Category:Local television programming in the United States]]
[[Category:Television news music packages]]