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Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

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Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by mtburb » Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:33 pm

Zap2It and other guides are all suggesting that after five decades, WXYZ is finally ditching the Action News name effective next Monday (4/22) in favor of a generic "7 News Detroit" branding:
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I have yet to see any announcement from WXYZ on this branding yet.


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by Rate This » Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:44 pm

mtburb wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:33 pm
 Zap2It and other guides are all suggesting that after five decades, WXYZ is finally ditching the Action News name effective next Monday (4/22) in favor of a generic "7 News Detroit" branding:
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I have yet to see any announcement from WXYZ on this branding yet.
Their promo for being station of the year featured Bob Tracey as a Voiceover… he was their VO from maybe 1998-2005… when they were “WXYZ 7” and had the slogan “where 7 stand for news”… 7 News Detroit isn’t much of a name. I hope that’s not the case. I would much rather see “Channel 7 Action News” return as a tagline. They never should have ditched it to begin with. Tracey as a voiceover would be a vast improvement over the fruity sounding guy they have now. Those morning promos are hard to watch with the current guy being high pitched.
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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by MWmetalhead » Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:47 pm

"7 News" reminds me of the Sunbeam-owned stations in Boston and Miami.

"7 News Detroit" sounds a lot like "CBS News Detroit."


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by edj » Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:26 pm

Tracey replaced Al Pinter, or was there someone in between?

It'll always be Action News to me, no matter what they call it.


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by Rate This » Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:04 pm

edj wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:26 pm
 Tracey replaced Al Pinter, or was there someone in between?

It'll always be Action News to me, no matter what they call it.
They had somebody in 1996 and 97 when they first switched to WXYZ 7 that was neither Tracey nor Pinter. Pinter stayed around until 2014 or 15 or something like that doing commercials and brought to you bys and stuff like that.


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by Rate This » Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:32 am

edj wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:26 pm
 Tracey replaced Al Pinter, or was there someone in between?

It'll always be Action News to me, no matter what they call it.
Here’s the guy between Pinter and Tracey.. this is dated 1996:
https://youtu.be/ZCLXljIn0tI?si=W5bazmRdGqIuUg1j


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by mtburb » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:13 pm

Rate This wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:32 am
edj wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:26 pm
 Tracey replaced Al Pinter, or was there someone in between?

It'll always be Action News to me, no matter what they call it.
Here’s the guy between Pinter and Tracey.. this is dated 1996:
https://youtu.be/ZCLXljIn0tI?si=W5bazmRdGqIuUg1j
Sounds like none other than CVD himself!


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by billmich88888 » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:33 pm

who the heck is "CVD"?


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Re: Channel 7 (WXYZ) rebranding next Monday?

Post by MWmetalhead » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:54 pm

Charlie Van Dyke.


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