They just showed a new 7 HealthCast bump at the end of the 4:30p newscast and after it something new called “The Rundown is Ready” showing what’s coming up on the 5pm newscast. It had an interesting sounding theme to it and for a moment I thought they were getting the new look out
I could be wrong, but tomorrow which is the first day of February sweeps, may finally be the day of the long awaited new 7News gfx.
They kept the new graphics away ’till 5pm. The music is the same, the open is a rather minor refresh of what was used previously.
The lower thirds are quite colorful, to say the least – aqua blue and orange! Actually those could be the Miami Dolphins colors, I am not sure. Quite the change from the previous blacks and dark reds.
The anchor desk has also been changed to completely new look that’s more modern but to me looks very odd close up. The rest of the layout is the same as before.
Me: The old look was great, although there are parts of the new graphics that are nice but the loud colors are a bit much
Video:
CBS4.com – 5pm report
Screens:
Updated set, new graphics, new anchor line up starts as of this coming Monday (Jan 28). Elliot Rodriguez and Maggie Rodriguez will anchor the 5pm and 11pm newscasts. The 5pm and 5:30pm newscast blocks have been merged into an hour long broadcast
Rob Hanrahan has been moved from main anchor to the Noon and 6pm newscasts with Joy Purdy.
And this might just be the begining, I guess Tom Doerr hasn’t wasted any time 
Miami Herald – Broadcast News (bottom of page)
It was only a matter of time but Mark Schumacher is leaving WPLG and the TV news biz for a job as director of the Chris Evert Children’s Hospital Foundation at Broward General Medical Center.
Schumacher was the anchor of the morning news on Channel 10 for 12 years and also part of the Problem Solvers team, but after WPLG hired a new guy Schumacher got moved to weekend mornings and part-time reporting during the week.
Miami Herald
Quitting The Biz
More Bandwith on the HD Channels
I don’t know if it’s a Comcast thing or a fluke but WSVN-DT’s bandwith has been increased from 14Mbps to 17Mbps which has greatly reduced the blurring and blocking artifacts on 7′s fast zooming graphics
WFOR-DT also has been bumped from 19Mbps to 38.8Mbps I can’t tell if there’s any difference but I know they badly need more resolution because it is making the anchors look like they are cartoons when they’re shown from a distance