These days, the major networks supply their affiliates with everything they need to create and customize holiday promos. The theme, the music, the graphics, shots of their favorite network entertainment and news personalities, the works. All the station has to do is insert shots of its news personalities and voila, and it has a high-end, […]
These days, the major networks supply their affiliates with everything they need to create and customize holiday promos. The theme, the music, the graphics, shots of their favorite network entertainment and news personalities, the works.
All the station has to do is insert shots of its news personalities and voila, and it has a high-end, highly-produced holiday promo that ties in with its network and includes its on-air news talent.
It’s easy, it makes sense, and in this era where creative services people are doing more with less, it’s done.
I get that. But some TV stations still do their own holiday promos now and certainly have in the past. I found some creative and unique holiday spots from yesteryear that I thought I’d share. These are fun to look at even if you never worked at these stations. But if you did work there, these will bring back great memories and familiar faces. Over the next few weeks, I’ll post more holiday promos from yesterday and yesteryear.
It’s the season of sharing so why not share your station’s holiday promos FROM ANY YEAR.
Send me your station holiday spots from any year to share by emailing me the online link or a small file version I can post online. Got a question or want to brainstorm? I’m at 817-578-6324 or [email protected].
WXIA Atlanta, 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxD7nsQNbAc
WOKR (WHAM today) Rochester, 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PsMi_AdBkY
WJZ Baltimore, 1994
Here is a compilation of several holiday promos featuring the station’s on-air personalities.
WKBD Detroit, 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxAKXmZwypo
WDIO Diluth, 1970s
KBAK Bakersfield, 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRUBGZbgUB4
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