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Impact is a collection of television news music packages created by 615 Music. These packages contains a 5-note signature with orchestral and hard news elements. Impact V.1 was commissioned in 1994 and Impact V.2 in 1998 by WTVT, the CBS affiliate (now a Fox O&O station) in Tampa, Florida. WTMJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee commissioned Impact V.3 in 2000 and Impact V.4 in 2004. WTVF, the CBS affiliate in Nashville commissioned Impact V.5 in early 2007 when they went high definition with a new set and graphics, and commissioned Impact V.6 in 2012 when they debuted new graphics. Impact V.7 debuted in 2019 when WKBN-TV, the CBS affiliate in Youngstown debuted a new set and graphics two years after being acquired by its current owner Nexstar Media Group. Impact contains more than 1000 cuts of news opens, primary themes, bumpers, stingers, ID's and closes. There are also ABC (with the Eyewitness News motif), NBC (with the NBC chimes), and Fox (with the drumroll from the Fox fanfare) signature versions of Impact in this package. Among the stations that used 5 versions of Impact are the original clients in parenthesis:

Stations that used or have used Impact[]

DMA# DMA Name Station Affiliation Years Used Notes
2. Los Angeles, California KADY None Date unknown-2004 Aired a rebroadcast of KEYT-TV 's newscasts
4. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WCAU-TV NBC 1995-1997 First station to commission Impact V.1 with NBC Signature
6. San Francisco, California KCNS Independent/Sino TV Date unknown-present
10. Houston, Texas KIAH, formerly KHWB, & KHCW The CW, formerly The WB 2000-2009 Commissioned Impact V.2
13. Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida WTVT Fox, formerly CBS 1994-2006 First station to commission Impact V.1, also with a Fox drumroll signature and Impact V.2
17. Cleveland, Ohio WKYC NBC 1999-2001 Commissioned Impact V.1
WKYC-DT2 "WKYC 3 Weather Plus" NBC Weather Plus 2005-2008 Commissioned Impact V.1
21. St. Louis, Missouri KPLR-TV The CW 1996-1998
28. San Diego, California KFMB-TV CBS 1996-2001 Commissioned Impact V.1
29. Nashville, Tennessee WTVF CBS 1998-present Commissioned Impact V.1, V.2, & V.3 and the first station to commission Impact V.5 when they went high-definition with new graphics and new set. Also commissioned Impact V.6 in 2012.
NewsChannel 5 + (cable) No affiliation 1998-present Commissioned Impact V.1, V.2, V.3
31. Kansas City, Missouri WDAF-TV Fox, formerly NBC 1996-1999
35. Milwaukee, Wisconsin WTMJ-TV NBC 1995-2009 First station to commission Impact V.3 and V.4
40. Birmingham, Alabama WVTM [[NBC]] 1996-1999 Commissioned Impact V.1 with NBC Signature
47. Jacksonville, Florida WJXX ABC 1997-2000 First station (along with KLTV) to commission Impact V.1 with ABC Signature
49. Austin, Texas News 8 Austin (cable) No affiliation 1999-present Commissioned Impact V.1
57. Albany, New York WRGB CBS 2004-present Commissioned Impact V.3
WCWN, formerly WEWB The CW, formerly The WB 2007-present Airs 7am and 10pm newscasts produced by WRGB
WNYA MyNetworkTV 2004-2006 Airs news reports and weather updates
67. Roanoke, Virginia WDBJ CBS 1996-present Commissioned Impact V.1 and V.2
WDBJ-DT2 "My 19" (formerly "7 Too!") MyNetworkTV, formerly Independent 2006-present Airs a 10pm newscast produced by WDBJ
70. Green Bay, Wisconsin WGBA NBC 2005-present Commissioned Impact V.4
75. Spokane, Washington KLEW CBS 2002-2008
77. Portland, Maine WMTW ABC 2000-2005 Commissioned Impact V.1 and Impact V.2
News 9 WMTW (cable) No affiliation 2003-2005 Aired rebroadcasts of WMTW's newscasts
81. Syracuse, New York News 10 Now (cable) No affiliation 2003-present Commissioned Impact V.1
89. South Bend, Indiana WSJV Fox 2007-present
107. Fort Wayne, Indiana WISE-TV NBC 2005-present Commissioned Impact V.2
WISE-DT2 "My Network TV Fort Wayne" MyNetworkTV 2006-present 10pm newscast produced by WISE-TV
WPTA ABC 2005-present Commissioned Impact V.2
WPTA-DT2 "Fort Wayne CW 19/7" The CW 2006-present
109. Youngstown, Ohio WKBN-TV CBS 1997-2009; 2015-present Commissioned Impact V.1, Impact V.4, Impact V.6 and the first station to commission Impact V.7
WYFX-LP Fox (also on WKBN-DT2) 2000-2009; 2015-present 10pm newscast produced by WKBN-TV
110. Tyler/Longview, Texas KLTV ABC 2003-2004 First station (along with WJXX) to commission Impact V.1 with ABC Signature
111. Springfield, Massachusetts WGGB ABC 2008-present Commissioned Impact V.4
112. Boise, Idaho KBCI CBS 2004-2008 Commissioned Impact V.1
119. Eugene, Oregon KVAL-TV CBS

2001-2007


2010-present

KLSR-TV Fox Date unknown-2007 10pm newscast produced by KVAL-TV
121. Santa Barbara, California KEYT ABC 1997-present Commissioned Impact V.4
125. Bakersfield, California KBAK-TV CBS 2001-2003 Commissioned Impact V.2
KBFX-CA Fox 2001-2003 Aired a 10pm newscast produced by KBAK-TV
126. Yakima/Tri-Cities, Washington KEPR CBS Date unknown-2007
132. Rockford, Illinois WREX NBC 2002-2009 Commissioned Impact V.1, & Impact V.4
139. Duluth, Minnesota KDLH-TV CBS 2009-present
KBJR-TV NBC 2009-present
162. Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho KIDK CBS Date unknown-2006
165. Abilene, Texas KRBC-TV NBC 1998-2001
166. Missoula, Montana KPAX-TV CBS 2003-present Commissioned Impact V.4
170. Billings, Montana KTVQ CBS 2003-present Commissioned Impact V.1 & V.4
171. Quincy, Illinois WGEM-TV NBC 2007-present
180. Marquette, Michigan WBUP ABC Date unknown-present Commissioned Impact V.1
WBKP The CW, formerly ABC Date unknown-2007 Used to simulcast WBUP's newscasts
186. Lima, Ohio WLIO-TV NBC 2009-present
190. Butte, Montana KXLF CBS Date unknown-present Commissioned Impact V.4
KBZK CBS Date unknown-present
191. Great Falls, Montana KRTV CBS 2003-present Commissioned Impact V.2 and V.4
196. San Angelo, Texas KSAN-TV (formerly KACB) NBC 2002-2003 Commissioned Impact V.1
208. Alpena, Michigan WBKB CBS Date unknown-present Commissioned Impact V.1
210. Glendive, Montana KXGN-TV CBS 2003-present Rebroadcasted KTVQ's newscasts
N/R. San Juan, Puerto Rico WAPA-TV Independent 2000-2004

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