The X Package (news music)

'''The X Package''' is a [[television news music]] package composed by [[Frank Gari]] of Gari Communications. The package, along with its sister news theme, ''[[The X-2 Package]]'', features up to 120 cuts of opens, closes, bumpers, stingers and promo beds in a bold action news format.

''The X Package'' was commissioned in 1999 by [[Fox]]-[[owned and operated station]] (O&O) [[KTTV]]/11 in Los Angeles. It features the [[20th Century Fox]] fanfare at the beginning of some of the cuts, including the main news open, and is only marketed to Fox's local stations. 13 stations have used the ''X Package'' at some point in time, and now only 16 stations, either Fox affiliates or non-Fox affiliates still uses the theme as of 2008. KTTV no longer uses the theme.

Gari's Good Day package was originally part of the ''X Package''; it is currently marketed as a separate package.

''The X Package'' is divided into two themes, one with the [[FOX]]-like drumroll, and one without.

==Stations that used or have used ''The X Package''==
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Notes'''
|-
| 2.
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
| [[KTTV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 1999-2006
| First station to commission package
|-
| 18.
| [[Denver, Colorado]]
| [[KDVR]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2000-2008
|
|-
| 37.
| [[San Antonio, Texas]]
| [[WOAI-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2007-present
|
|-
| 38.
| [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
| [[WFLX]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2002-2008
|
|-
| 43.
| [[Norfolk, Virginia]]
| [[WVBT]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2008-present
|
|-
| 72.
| [[Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| [[KFVE-TV]]
| [[MyNetworkTV]]
| 2004-present
|
|-
| 91.
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| [[KXRM-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2001-present
|
|-
| 95.
| [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
| [[WBXH-CA]]
| [[MyNetworkTV]]
| 2007-present
|
|-
| 104.
| [[Florence]]/[[Myrtle Beach]], [[Florida]]
| [[WPDE]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2007-present
|
|-
|
|
| [[WWMB]]
| [[The CW]]
| 2007-present
| Aired a 10pm newscast produced by [[WPDE]]
|-
| 115.
| [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| [[WFXG]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2004-present
|
|-
| 121.
| [[Santa Barbara, California]]
| [[KCOY-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2009-present
|
|-
| 128.
| [[Columbus, Georgia]]
| [[WXTX]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2004-present
| Aired a 10pm newscast produced by [[WTVM]]
|-
| 134.
| [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]
| [[WSFX-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2004-present
|
|-
| 143.
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| [[KJTV-TV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2000-present
|
|-
| 146.
| [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WFXP]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2003-present
| 10pm newscast produced by [[WJET-TV]]
|-
| 147.
| [[Albany, Georgia]]
| [[WFXL]]
| [[FOX]]
| Date unknown-present
|
|-
| 148.
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| [[KFJX]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2004-2006
| 9pm newscast produced by [[KOAM]]
|-
| 150.
| [[Anchorage, Alaska]]
| [[KTBY]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2000-present
|
|-
| 183.
| [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
| [[WAHU-CA]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2006-present
|
|-
| 184.
| [[Grand Junction, Colorado]]
| [[KFQX]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2005-2008
|
|}

==External link==
*[http://southernmedia-nmsa.com/index.php?page=3,1,83 "The X Package" at SouthernMedia's NMSA - listing of American stations which have used the X Package]

[[Category:Television news music packages]]