NewsFix
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| Also known as | 'CW33 NewsFix (KDAF version) CW39 NewsFix (KIAH version) NewsFix SFL (WSFL-TV version) |
| Genre | News program |
| Created by | Lee Abrams |
| Narrated by | Greg Onofrio Dennis Jon Bailey (weekend substitute) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 (KIAH) 2 (KDAF) 1 (WSFL) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Dallas, Texas (KDAF and KIAH versions) Miami, Florida (WSFL version) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 or 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tribune Broadcasting |
| Release | |
| Original network |
KDAF/Dallas KIAH/Houston WSFL-TV/Miami |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release |
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| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
Nightcap (KDAF) CW 39 News (KIAH) |
| External links | |
| Website | newsfixnow |
NewsFix is an American television news program produced for CW affiliates KDAF in Dallas-Fort Worth, KIAH in Houston, Texas and WSFL-TV in Miami (all of which are owned by Tribune Broadcasting) that originally premiered on March 19, 2011 on KIAH.
The program – airing daily on the former two stations at 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. Central Time and on the latter two at 10:00 p.m. local time (Eastern Time in Miami, and Central in Houston) – utilizes a long-form format similar to a newsreel, with all stories presented primarily through video footage filmed by photojournalists employed by both stations and filed from affiliate news video services; it is targeted at a younger demographic (specifically those aged 12 to 34) that may receive news through online and other digital services rather than through television.
The newscasts – which are respectively produced by KIAH and WSFL, although the editions on KIAH and KDAF are structured as two separate programs featuring stories focused on the respective Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth markets – de-emphasizes the use of news anchors to present the stories featured during the broadcast, opting to instead use footage involving the story with illustration on the story being reported through narration, intending to mirror how news video is delivered through the Internet in some respects.
Among the other differences in presentation include the use of a world map augmented with markers resembling mobile app icons to identify the location and to serve as a toss to each story segment (which is referenced with a brief headline-style description under the icon marker), the use of contemporary music (instead of custom or pre-packaged theme music) for the program's theme music and the substitution of teases before breaks in favor of the aforementioned visual tags to indicate segments and stories set to air.
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