In-Sink (news music)

In-Sink is a collection of television news music package created by 615 Music. It was named after Cindy Sink, who was the promotional director of CBS affiliate WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, who had first commissioned the package in 1994. In-Sink V.4 (Indiana) was commissioned by another CBS affiliate WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2004. It contains the Back Home Again in Indiana signature , which was originally heard in Newsleader, another news music package by Stephen Arnold. In-Sink contains 674 cuts of news opens, bumpers, closes, primary themes, stingers, and IDs. Among the stations that used four versions of In-Sink are the original stations in parenthesis:

  • In-Sink V.1, V.2, and V.3 (WRAL-TV Raleigh)
  • In-Sink V.4 [Indiana] (WISH-TV Indianapolis)

The news package "Third Coast" by Stephen Arnold Music, though unrelated, has a very similar melody to In-Sink.

Stations that used or have used In-Sink

DMA#

DMA Name

Station

Affiliation

Years Used

Other Notes

1.

New York City, New York

News 12 Long Island (cable)

No affiliation

2001-2007

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

12.

Phoenix, Arizona

KPHO

CBS

2000-2002

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

KTVK

Independent

2008-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.4 (Indiana)

15.

Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

KSTP-TV

ABC

2005-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

KSAX (semi-satellite of KSTP)

ABC

2005-present

Rebroadcasted KSTP-TV's newscasts with local news inserts

18.

Denver, Colorado

KWGN

The CW, formerly The WB

2001-2008

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

19.

Orlando, Florida

WFTV

ABC

2001-2004

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

WRBW

MyNetworkTV

2001

20.

Sacramento, California

KTXL

FOX

2006-2008

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

25.

Indianapolis, Indiana

WISH-TV

CBS

2004-present

First station to commission In-Sink V.4 (Indiana)

WNDY-TV

MyNetworkTV

2005-present

10pm newscast produced by WISH-TV

Local Weather Station (cable)

No affiliation

2004-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.4 (Indiana)

27.

Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, North Carolina

WRAL-TV

CBS

1994-present

First station to commission In-Sink V.1, V.2, and V.3

WRAZ (TV)

FOX, formerly The WB

1995-1998/2002-present

10pm newscast produced by WRAL-TV

43.

Norfolk, Virginia

WTKR

CBS

2002-2007

Commissioned In-Sink V.3 for opens, used V.2 for bumpers and stingers until October 2006

49.

Austin, Texas

KEYE-TV

CBS

2000-2001/2003-2005

Commissioned In-Sink V.1 and In-Sink V.3

56.

Little Rock, Arkansas

KATV

ABC

1999-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.1, only used for weekday midday newscasts

57.

Albany, New York

WRGB

CBS

1998-2000

59.

Knoxville, Tennessee

WVLT-TV

CBS

2002-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

61.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

KJRH

NBC

1995-1997

63.

Lexington, Kentucky

WLEX

NBC

2000-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

WTVQ

ABC

1995-1997

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

64.

Dayton, Ohio

WDTN

NBC

2008-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.4 (Indiana)

68.

Tuscon, Arizona

KGUN

ABC

2003-2006

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

73.

Toledo, Ohio

WTOL

CBS

2004-2006

Commissioned In-Sink V.3, In-Sink V.2 was used for talent opens

75.

Spokane, Washington

KREM-TV

CBS

Date unknown-2007

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

KSKN-TV

The CW

Date unknown-present

81.

Syracuse, New York

WTVH

CBS

2007-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

Oswego, New York

WTOP (campus station)

No affiliation

2006-2007

Commissioned In-Sink V.3, stopped when WTVH started using the same package

90.

Jackson, Mississippi

WLBT

NBC

2002-2009

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

107.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

WANE-TV

CBS

2004-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.4 (Indiana)

WANE-DT2 "UPN Fort Wayne"

UPN

2004-2006

Rebroadcasted WANE-TV's newscasts

108.

Reno, Nevada

KOLO

ABC

2007-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.2

110.

Tyler/Longview, Texas

KLTV-TV

ABC

2004-2007

Commissioned In-Sink V.2

KTRE (satellite of KLTV-TV)

ABC

2004-present

115.

Augusta, Georgia

WRDW-TV

CBS

2006-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.1 and In-Sink V.3

WRDW-DT2 "My12 Augusta"

MyNetworkTV

2006-present

Airs a 10pm newscast produced by WRDW-TV

116.

Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois

WHOI-TV

ABC

1996-2001

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

118.

Montgomery, Alabama

WNCF

ABC

2000-2002

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

126.

Yakima/Tri-Cities, Washington

KAPP-TV

ABC

Date unknown-2005

KVEW (semi-satellite of KAPP-TV)

ABC

Date unknown-2005

132.

Rockford, Illinois

WTVO

ABC

2002-2008

Commissioned In-Sink V.3, In-Sink V.2 for early morning newscasts

133.

Tupelo/Columbus, Mississippi

WCBI

CBS

2004-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

134.

Wilmington, North Carolina

WILM-LD

CBS

2000-present

Simulcasted WRAL-TV's morning, 6pm and 11pm newscasts

138.

Topeka, Kansas

WIBW-TV

CBS

2006-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

144.

Salisbury, Maryland

WBOC

CBS

2005-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

152.

Terre Haute, Indiana

WTHI-TV

CBS

2000-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.1 and In-Sink V.3

156.

Midland, Texas

KMID

ABC

2004-2005

158.

Bismarck, North DAKOTA

KXMB

CBS

Dates unknown

161.

Sherman, Texas

KTEN

NBC

2003-2005

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

163.

Biloxi, Mississippi

WLOX-TV

ABC

2003-2006

Commissioned In-Sink V.1

173.

Jackson, Tennessee

WBBJ

ABC

2007-present

Commissioned In-Sink V.3

181.

Jonesboro, Arkansas

KAIT

ABC

2005-2006