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Mouseboy33
KLAS 8 - Las Vegas
Very Vegas looking.
http://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/8nn.png
http://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tedd-Weather-set.jpg
http://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Interview.jpg
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KGUN 9 -Tucson AZ
Snooze-fest




WTAE 4 - Pittsburg. So at this point all of the big 3 affiliates have updated their sets within months of each other.




KCRG -14 Jefferson City. Tiny affiliate for tiny market. New set and logo. Rather boring background. Seems like its a stopgap until they get more money to insert lcd array behind the presenters.
http://static-31.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/05985de4-1732-4d78-8277-9533cc4d34c1-NewSet.jpg

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AxG
How many designers did KLAS 8 have? It seems they couldn't agree what style to go for, and went for all of them.
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dbl
KGUN's set, blargh.
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Mouseboy33
WTVF 5 - Nashville TN
They got a set designed by Park Place Studio. Ehh. A bit calmer than the version they designed for KLAS Las Vegas.
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Mouseboy33
dbl posted:
KGUN's set, blargh.

Its not great. Very dark. But to be fair, here are some better piccys. That desk is hideous. Yuck.
http://mediaassets.kgun9.com/photo/2016/04/14/KGUN%20NEW%20SET%20%20_OP_25_CP__1460670271952_36233640_ver1.0_640_480.jpg
http://mediaassets.kgun9.com/photo/2016/04/14/KGUN%20NEW%20SET%20%20_OP_37_CP__1460670384367_36233647_ver1.0_640_480.jpg
Weather - wahhhh????
http://mediaassets.kgun9.com/photo/2016/04/14/KGUN%20NEW%20SET%20%20_OP_29_CP__1460670271427_36233639_ver1.0_640_480.jpg
Soft area...the furniture??
KGUN
http://mediaassets.kgun9.com/photo/2016/04/14/KGUN%20NEW%20SET%20%20_OP_1_CP__1460669953117_36233615_ver1.0_640_480.jpg

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Mouseboy33
KCBS 2 - CBS Los Angeles. the major CBS O&O finally gets a major set upgrade. Both sets were done by BDI.
Old Set
http://www.broadcastdesign.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012KCBS_LA_NS_1.jpg?1469496605660
BDI
New Set - light bright and clean modern.
http://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/KCBS_5-768x437.jpg
Setstudio http://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/07/25/kcbs-cbs-2-news-los-angeles-new-set/
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JosephConnor
KCBS 2 - CBS Los Angeles. the major CBS O&O finally gets a major set upgrade. Both sets were done by BDI.
Old Set
http://www.broadcastdesign.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012KCBS_LA_NS_1.jpg?1469496605660
BDI
New Set - light bright and clean modern.
http://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/KCBS_5-768x437.jpg
Setstudio http://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/07/25/kcbs-cbs-2-news-los-angeles-new-set/


Beautiful desk, but look at that green room looks incredibly claustrophobic.

Would have liked to see something more exciting for the second largest market, but anything is an improvement over that wooden monstrosity!
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Rkolsen
WBAL updated their set as a DDG one. Here are some tweets showing the set. The shot blocking looks great on camera.







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Mouseboy33
That KCBS desk is great. I dont know why I like the social media in the upper right.
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Mike W
It's because it's a huge empty gradient that looks like it needs filling, therefore your eye likes it when there's something in it.

It's very garish and busy, the screen array is very BBC News 2006 or late 90s CBBC. The wooden panelling looks like it's out of a Subway franchisee's brochure and the aluminium strips remind me of a mortuary freezer
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mark Founding member
KTVU in San Francisco seems to be in a temporary studio with windows looking out onto the marina opposite their studios...





I'm guessing this means there's a new set on the way and, if that's the case, I have high hopes.

Fox has given its O&Os some very nice sets recently - and they've avoided giving KTVU too much of the 'in your face' Fox treatment since they bought it. They actually introduced the standard Fox O&O titles and graphics, but they didn't go down well in liberal San Francisco so they scrapped them in favour of bespoke ones with a much more subtle Fox flavour.

The temporary set is already an improvement on their 2012 set, which already looks very dark and dated.
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Charles
That's not a temporary set. They took some space on the sales floor and turned it into a secondary studio when the 9am newscast launched last year. It's a pretty creative resuse of things that were just sitting around before. The set is now used for the 9am, noon, 4pm, and 7pm newscasts. The main studio set is still used from 4-9am, 5-7pm, and for the Ten O'Clock News. There's also still the desk in the newsroom.

There was talk of the main set being replaced right when Fox came in in late 2014, but obviously that's never happened. Presumably they must be happy with the flexibility of the new set on the second floor. And if/when they do replace the main set, you'll probably never notice. They have the second floor set to work with, and they have an entire studio that's sitting empty 80% of the time in addition to the other studio.
Last edited by Charles on 1 August 2016 11:08am

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