News Matrix

'''News Matrix''' is a [[television news music package]] composed by [[Stephen Arnold]]. It features over 22 themes and 526 cuts. News Matrix was composed in 1998, is currently/has been used by 34 television stations nationwide. Originally composed for the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the first stations to use the package were [[KOKH]] in [[Oklahoma City]] and [[WSYX]] and [[WTTE]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]].
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Other Notes'''
|-
| 4.
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WPHL-TV]], formerly WPCA
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[The WB Television Network|WB]]
| 2000-2006
| Newscasts produced by [[WCAU]]
|-
| 6.
| [[Dallas, Texas]] & [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| [[WFAA-TV]] formerly [[KBTV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]
| 2004 & 2005
| Commissioned Version 1 with The Spirit signature
|-
| 12.
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| [[WFTS-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[FOX]]
| 2002-2006
| Commissioned Version 1 in 2002 after rebranding to ABC Action News & Version 2 in 2006. Was dropped on New Years Day 2007 because of how Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 19.
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[WFTV]], formerly WLOF
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2004-2006
| Commissioned Version 1 in 2004 & Version 2 in 2006 after starting high definition broadcasts. It was dropped all together a few monhts later when Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 20.
| [[Modesto, California]] & [[Sacramento, California]]
| [[KTXL]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2002-2006
| Commissioned Version 1. It was dropped all together a few monhts later when Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 24.
| [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
| [[WBFF]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2001 & 2002
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 32.
| [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| [[WSYX]], formerly WTVN
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]
| 1999-2002
| 1 of 3 stations to debut Version 1
|-
|
|
| [[WTTE]]
| [[FOX]], formerly [[UPN]]
| 1999-2002
| Sister station of WSYX
|-
| 43.
| [[Henderson, Nevada]] & [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
| [[KVVU-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2002-2006
| Commissioned Version 1. It was dropped all together a few monhts later when Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 45.
| [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
| [[KOKH-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 1999-2001
| 1 of 3 station to debut Version 1
|-
| 46.
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| [[KOB-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2003-present
| Still used on New Mexico Gameday
|-
| 55.
| [[Albany, New York]]
| [[WXXA-TV]]
| [[FOX]], formerly [[UPN]]
| 2003-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 59.
| [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| [[WKRG-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2002-2004
| Commissioned Version 1 after slogan change to WKRG News 5, Mobile's Weather Authority
|-
| 63.
| [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
| [[WTVQ-TV]], formerly WBLG
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2004-2006
| Commissioned Version 1: dropped after Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 64.
| [[Naples, Florida]]
| [[WINK-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2003-2005
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 67.
| [[Wichita, Kansas]]
| [[KSAS-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2004-Present
| Commissioned Version 1, flagship station for FOX Kansas
|-
| 68.
| [[Lynchburg, Virginia]] & [[Roanoke, Virginia]]
| [[WSLS-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2003-2006
| Was dropped when Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 69.
| [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| [[WLUK-TV]]
| [[FOX]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 2001-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 86.
| [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
| [[WDEF-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2002-2006
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 91.
| [[Weslaco, Texas]]
| [[KRGV-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 2001-2007
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 99.
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| [[KDBC-TV]], formerly KROD
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2001-2004
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 107.
| [[Florence, South Carolina]] & [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]]
| [[WBTW]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2002-2006
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 114.
| [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| [[WJBF]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2006
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 116.
| [[Peoria, Illinois]]
| [[WHOI (TV)]], formerly WRAU
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2002-2007
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 131.
| [[Amarillo, Texas]]
| [[KFDA-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2003-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
|
|
| [[KTMO-LP]]
| [[Telemundo]]
| 2003-present
| Digital subchannel of KFDA
|-
| 135.
| [[Monroe, Louisiana]]
| [[KNOE-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2006-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 138.
| [[Topeka, Kansas]]
| [[WIBW-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2005-2006
| WIBW stopped using it when Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 139.
| [[Columbia, Missouri]] & [[Jefferson City, Missouri]]
| [[K38II|KQFX]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2005-2007
| Commissioned Version 1, rebroadcasts [[KMIZ]]'s Good Morning Missouri
|-
| 144.
| [[Lawton, Oklahoma]] & [[Wichita Falls, Texas]]
| [[KAUZ-TV]], formerly KSYD
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2005-2007
| Commissioned Versions 1 & 2
|-
| 145.
| [[Pittsburg, Kansas]] & [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| [[KODE-TV]], formerly KSWM
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2006-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 153.
| [[Rochester, Minnesota]]
| [[KXLT-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2000-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 159.
| [[Midland, Texas]]
| [[KMID]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 2005-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 187.
| [[Grand Junction, Colorado]]
| [[KFQX]]
| [[FOX]]
| ????-Present
| Airs rebroadcast of KREX
|-
|
|
| [[KREX-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2004-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|-
| 188.
| [[Laredo, TX]]
| [[KGNS-TV]], formerly KHAD
| [[NBC]]
| 2005-present
| Commissioned Version 1
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.stephenarnoldmusic.com Stephen Arnold Music Corporate Website]
*[http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/search.php?search=3,1,118 "News Matrix" at SouthernMedia's NMSA] - listing of American stations which have used the package

[[Category:Local television programming in the United States]]
[[Category:Television news music packages]]

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