News in Focus
News in Focus is a television news music package composed by John Hegner for use by affiliate stations of the CBS television network. The music package uses the motif from the "I Love Chicago, Chicago My Home" news theme first heard on WBBM-TV in 1975 (later used by many CBS owned or affiliated stations). This package originated at KCBS-TV Los Angeles in 1997 and was updated in 2003 for WCBS-TV in New York. WCBS's sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia also uses the package for its Eyewitness News newscasts. The official BMI names for the package are the rather prosaic "KCBS News Music Package" and "WCBS News Theme".
In 2005, Gari Communications bought out the rights to News in Focus, and merged the package with the existing "Enforcer" music package (which also bore the "I Love Chicago" signature) to form "The CBS Enforcer Music Collection".
External links
- SouthernMedia's NMSA - listing of stations that used News in Focus when it was a standalone package
- John Hegner Music at News Music Now - Hear some samples of some of John Hegner's greatest work for television stations