AJClementeFan69 477 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 http://www.newscaststudio.com/setstudio/kwtv/ KWTV's set looks to have hit the decade mark.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 While the KXRM (Colorado Springs) set looks to have had some pretty significant facelifts...seems like the underpinnings date back to ca. 2001-2004.... (NewscastStudio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 While the KXRM (Colorado Springs) set looks to have had some pretty significant facelifts...seems like the underpinnings date back to ca. 2001-2004.... (NewscastStudio) This is a market and a station in which I wouldn't mind seeing the Nexstar standard set and variation of this logo... Also the website should become PikesPeakProud.com It's an alliteration begging to be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 253 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 WISH's set dates to April of 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 "Fox 21 Right Now News". Is that the title of the KXRM newscast? Sure looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 "Fox 21 Right Now News". Is that the title of the KXRM newscast? Sure looks like it. FOX 21 News at (xx:xx) Right NOW I think that's how the VO says it but its still FOX 21 News. KHQ did something like this not too long ago... "Q6 Local News - 11 at 11:00 Right NOW" You'll find a sample of this on NMSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2 190 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Southern Cross Tasmania still uses the set used in 1992 by Ten Eyewitness News!!! Yep, 25 years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Hearst seems good for treating their well performing stations well but if not don't expect much - look at how many aren't HD. That being said they're apparently good to work for, are good at rolling out graphics/Weather ability across their portfolio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaeKFiiNCYw That refresh did not last long at all. It was horrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dk_mediaNYC 29 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 The oldest set I know like WJWs is WNYWs o&o set in NY it needs a makeover but doubt it will happen the lighting is horrible on that set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 WXYZ's set dates to 2003... it was gutted once but it's the same set and has been refreshed 4 times now... they just change colors and logos... kind of funny actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProduceGuy 31 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I'm surprised no one has brought up WSVN. The Plex debuted in 1994 and has seen many refreshes since. I found this gem on YouTube of the pre-Newsplex setup in 1989. You can see, the newsroom was adjacent to the area that served as the backdrop for the set/main studio. Another set in the newsroom was used for the 5:30 and 6:30 newscasts (at least in the late 80s). Does anyone know what happened to this studio? Was it transformed into today's newsplex? Is the old newsroom used at all today? I know WSVN has limited space at the North Bay Village property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I'm surprised no one has brought up WSVN. The Plex debuted in 1994 and has seen many refreshes since. I found this gem on YouTube of the pre-Newsplex setup in 1989. You can see, the newsroom was adjacent to the area that served as the backdrop for the set/main studio. Another set in the newsroom was used for the 5:30 and 6:30 newscasts (at least in the late 80s). Does anyone know what happened to this studio? Was it transformed into today's newsplex? Is the old newsroom used at all today? I know WSVN has limited space at the North Bay Village property. It looks like that pre-Plex setup is too small to hold today's Newsplex studio. If anything, its probably part of the newsroom now and I think they still have that newsroom look as of today. Its hidden behind the Newsplex and today, they never show the Newsroom now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnews 344 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 KCRA's set debuted 10 years ago tomorrow, February 12, 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncsuwxman 6 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Since I came out of a ~decade-long posting hibernation... WSET's current set dates to at , and I think more like '01 or '02, with very little change. It debuted with a "complete makeover" that included their current logo. It looks terribly outdated now with the recent set makeovers at WDBJ and WSLS. WSET definitely seems to have taken over the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" mantra in the market from WDBJ over the past decade, and I'm not sure how much can be expected from Sinclair now. The CRT's along the top of the set are kept off-shot now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Since I came out of a ~decade-long posting hibernation... WSET's current set dates to at , and I think more like '01 or '02, with very little change. It debuted with a "complete makeover" that included their current logo. It looks terribly outdated now with the recent set makeovers at WDBJ and WSLS. WSET definitely seems to have taken over the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" mantra in the market from WDBJ over the past decade, and I'm not sure how much can be expected from Sinclair now. The CRT's along the top of the set are kept off-shot now. Not to mention its several years of use at sister station WJLA before being handed down to WSET... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=FkXj4-zpyRA;m=21;s=56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1805 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I'm surprised no one has brought up WSVN. The Plex debuted in 1994 and has seen many refreshes since. I found this gem on YouTube of the pre-Newsplex setup in 1989. You can see, the newsroom was adjacent to the area that served as the backdrop for the set/main studio. Another set in the newsroom was used for the 5:30 and 6:30 newscasts (at least in the late 80s). Does anyone know what happened to this studio? Was it transformed into today's newsplex? Is the old newsroom used at all today? I know WSVN has limited space at the North Bay Village property. That "studio" looks more like an office with a news desk and cameras in it... I would assume that the current "Newsplex" is actually a studio that, at the time this was filmed, was used for other things. Newsroom sets like this were popular in the 80's because technology (the cameras mostly) was finally small enough that they could throw two or three cameras in a corner and free up the actual studio(s) for more lucrative work like commercial production. But the 90's came along, commercial production started to require less room (keep in mind many special effects were still "practical effects" in the 80's, especially at the local level) and people decided everything had to be bigger, thus the Newsplex as we know it came to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadStar 363 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Since I came out of a ~decade-long posting hibernation... WSET's current set dates to at , and I think more like '01 or '02, with very little change. It debuted with a "complete makeover" that included their current logo. It looks terribly outdated now with the recent set makeovers at WDBJ and WSLS. WSET definitely seems to have taken over the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" mantra in the market from WDBJ over the past decade, and I'm not sure how much can be expected from Sinclair now. The CRT's along the top of the set are kept off-shot now. Wow. That set is way, way past it's sell-by date, even for a small market. That set would be embarrassing for a school news set at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 is still being used by KSNT down the road and in a highly bastardized form. They donated it to KSNT in 2008 after they went HD, and once KSNT went HD they updated the set twice by keeping the bare frames and replacing everything else with duratrans. update to it several years ago, and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 So in the likely 15+ year old sets at the same station with basically the same underpinnings, in top 100 markets, we have, at least: WJZ WSET WISC KXRM WSVN's recent refresh was way too transformative to count it IMO. Same "newsroom set" principle but different set IMO. KTUL's seems quite old. Not sure it's that old though. Now that I remember, WWSB in Sarasota has had the same basic set since it moved into its then-new building in 2001. The color scheme/duratrans have changed, but it's the same desk, same wood-grain, etc. But whether that really qualifies as being in a Top 100 is up for debate. Not sure where Sarasota/Bradenton would rank if it were it's own market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I wonder where WNYT would qualify. The background on the main set dates back to 1995 but just about everything else is younger. The weather center dates to 2004, the desk and stand up area to 2012, and the interview/kitchen areas saw slight updates when they went HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the one station that still has the same old set since mostly around WJZ's time... WJXT The One and Only Channel 4. Other than refreshes, the same old set since the late 90s during CBS' time. The only thing that was really new since that time were the backdrops and maybe some new lighting here and there. Other than that, stilp the same old set. EDIT: Even with a change in desk and adding video boards, the set is still old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the one station that still has the same old set since mostly around WJZ's time... WJXT The One and Only Channel 4. Other than refreshes, the same old set since the late 90s during CBS' time. The only thing that was really new since that time were the backdrops and maybe some new lighting here and there. Other than that, stilp the same old set. EDIT: Even with a change in desk and adding video boards, the set is still old. There is a picture I remember seeing in Broadcasting & Cable back when Frank and Karmazin had their little tiff showing an area at the back of WJXT's studios where all the "eyes" were dumped. It was really surreal especially given the pettiness of why the switch happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 280 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Surprised No One has mentioned WJAC-TV's set. It looks 10 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared DiCarlo 53 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I wonder where WNYT would qualify. The background on the main set dates back to 1995 but just about everything else is younger. The weather center dates to 2004, the desk and stand up area to 2012, and the interview/kitchen areas saw slight updates when they went HD. Here's what the weather center looked like prior to 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 KFOR-TV their current set for the most part hasn't changed a whole lot (the only thing that has changed to the set has been the addition to the duratrons setting as a divider between the newsroom and the set) and that's about it. The good news is that old outdated set will only remain until sometime in August as they're moving into the new building and they're going to get a new set based off of sister station WPIX in New York (btw who designed that set for WPIX?) if someone can tell me let me know, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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