Overture (news music)

Overture is a television news music package created by [[Stephen Arnold]]. This package was developed for [[KSTP-TV]] in [[Minnesota]]'s [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] in 1999. Over 80 musicians made contributions to this package, which contains 36 central themes and over 1,000 cuts.
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Other Notes'''
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| 5.
| [[San Francisco, California]]
| [[KRON-TV]]
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 2001-2007
| Commissioned after losing NBC affiliation to [[KNTV]]. The theme used before, "KRON Instant Classics" was brought back in 2007 due to Stephen Arnold raising prices.
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| 6.
| [[Dallas, Texas]]
| [[KATA-CA]]
| [[Multimedios Television|Multimedios]], formerly [[Almavision]]
| 2006-Present
| Airs a rebroadcast of XHAW in Monterrey, Mexico
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| [[KXTX-TV]], formerly KDTV
| [[Telemundo]], formerly [[The WB Television Network|WB]]
| 2005-Present
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| 10.
| [[Houston, Texas]]
| [[KHLM-LP]]
| [[Multimedios Television|Multimedios]]
| 2006-Present
| Airs a rebroadcast of XHAW in Monterrey, Mexico
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| 13.
| [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| [[KDTP-CA]], formerly KDRX
| [[Daystar]]
| 2006-Present
| Used with Gari's Telemundo News Theme
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| 15.
| [[Alexandria, Minnesota]] & [[Redwood Falls, Minnesota]]
| [[KSAX-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2000-Present
| Satellite station of [[KSTP]]
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| [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]], [[Minnesota]]
| [[KSTC-TV]], formerly KVBM
| [[Independent station|Independent]], formerly [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]]
| 1999-2003
| Commissioned before purchase by Hubbard Broadcasting
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| [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]], [[Minnesota]]
| [[KSTP-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 1999-2005
| First station to commission package, commissioned after start of digital broadcast
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| 18.
| [[Denver, Colorado]]
| [[KMGH-TV]], formerly KLZ
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2002-2006
| Dropped after Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 41.
| [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WHTM-TV]], formerly WTPA
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2003-2006
| Dropped after Stephen Arnold raised prices.
|-
| 43.
| [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
| [[KVPX-LP]]
| [[Multimedios Television|Multimedios]]
| 2006-Present
| Airs a rebroadcast of XHAW in Monterrey, Mexico
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| 47.
| [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
| [[WFMY-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2001-2004
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| 50.
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| [[WTEV-TV]], formerly WNFT & WXAO
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]], formerly [[United Paramount Network|UPN]]
| 2002-Present
| Commissioned after affiliating with [[CBS]] & starting news department
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| 57.
| [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
| [[KARK-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2002-2006
|
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| 59.
| [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| [[WKRG-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2004-Present
| Commissioned during station's 50th year anniversary
|
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| 62.
| [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
| [[KJRH]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2002-2006
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|113.
| [[Traverse City, Michigan]]
| [[WWUP|WWUP/WWTV-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 2002-2006
| Stopped using Overture after Stephen Arnold raised prices.
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