Music to do the News By

Maybe some of you have wondered, maybe most of you haven't. Just in case, the music you hear at the beginning of our newscast, actually has a name.

Every TV station has news music. I thought maybe it was time to talk about it. It really doesn't make your news product better. Yet, people have come to expect a little something to get television programs off to a start.

TV shows used to have theme songs(Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of fateful trip) or at least a memorable music score. Today, many shows just start with no music.

The TV news music remains. It's either at the beginning or you'll hear it as we head into each commercial break.

So what is the name of our news music? Well, it's called Metropolis. Just like the place where Superman lived. It's composed by Stephen Arnold. It's not just our music. Several stations across the country use Metropolis. The ABC station in Washington, D.C. uses Metropolis as well as KIFI in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Our competition's news music also has a name. 31 uses a piece called U-Phonix. It's also composed by Stephen Arnold. (Hey, is he working for us, or for them?) 48 uses Advantage. It's composed by Gari Communications.

If you ever want to hear news music, there is a great website. It's called SouthernMedia. You can listen to some of our news themes there all the way back to 1975. You can listen to virtually any station in the country. I don't know where they get all of them.