Eat News 4738 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 They’re already doing it. NBC has NEWBERT controlled from Stamford and most of PAC 12 games are punched back at their HQ. dannnnnnnggggg! Amazing....reading about it now...tks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak 269 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Is it me or WJZ seems like they are afraid of change? Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Is it me or WJZ seems like they are afraid of change? Hahaha No. It’s not you. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Why would they send their news to the hub only to have the hub send it back to the transmitter? When the NBC O&Os were hubbed from 30 Rock each station's production control sent the signal from the control room directly to the transmitter. The hub could monitor it, but the signal did not go to the hub first. Each station also had a router panel (or panels) located in the control rooms and (in some cases) the station's original master control areas so the stations could have local control. I'm not saying you're wrong, but that doesn't sound correct. That is how Fox does it as well. In fact, their master control automation has a hub mode and a spoke mode in which the local station can take control away from the hub if need be, and when they are done give control back to the hub with a click of a mouse. So let me get this straight. There are no longer local MCOs at each CBS O&O station, but Encompass is controlling equipment that is still located at each station (also called centralcasting). Given that it's an O&O, they should still have the equipment and personnel to take control away from the hub during breaking news or other high value programming. "Local Control"? HA! Like they will have some fat-ass union chump sitting on his butt just waiting to "take back" the network so they can run B2W programming? I'm sure the equipment will be in place...but the "personnel" part just got his pink slip (to go with his nice matching handbag)... and is on his way to the CWA Union hall to be re-trained as an Amazon driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan 24 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Is it me or WJZ seems like they are afraid of change? Hahaha I think they are afraid to change but thanks for the new News Director, or GM (Forgive me) I can't remember. But she's doing a great job slow but surely getting a CBS o&o standard graphics. I'm just wondering if they will get enforcer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It is amazing what you find on IG. 3rd photo. [MEDIA=instagram]BkBjrV5l7kO[/MEDIA] Also looks like they have updated the lobby logo. [MEDIA=instagram]BjqzuCYnSGa[/MEDIA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 I do not know why they don’t fit the third camera in there. When they start the show or do a two shot they shoot off axis. They don’t need the camera to travel just stay in place - the most movement the cameras ever did back in the old studio is move from the smaller desk to the larger one (and was never seen on air) and pan the head to the anchor (they did this one shot where the show starts off with the center camera doing the introductions and then quickly moving to one anchor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 At least they used the right logo, even if it has its own problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1805 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I do not know why they don’t fit the third camera in there. When they start the show or do a two shot they shoot off axis. They don’t need the camera to travel just stay in place - the most movement the cameras ever did back in the old studio is move from the smaller desk to the larger one (and was never seen on air) and pan the head to the anchor (they did this one shot where the show starts off with the center camera doing the introductions and then quickly moving to one anchor). They might be using the other camera for shot blocking on the new set. Generally you want to keep a camera available once it's mostly complete so you can see what the set looks like through the camera, and for shot blocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 They might be using the other camera for shot blocking on the new set. Generally you want to keep a camera available once it's mostly complete so you can see what the set looks like through the camera, and for shot blocking. I get that. But they have about seven or eight robot cameras. One of which was based in the newsroom which has not been seen since they moved to the first temp set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 529 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 It is a damn shame that JZ got rid of that Chroma Cues theme. They should've got rid of that awful graphics package instead :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 It is a damn shame that JZ got rid of that Chroma Cues theme. They should've got rid of that awful graphics package instead Chroma Cues isn’t 100% gone. It’s still being used in bumpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 One thing it appears they’ve never come around to updating - the door signage it still says Group W without the CBS eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 One thing it appears they’ve never come around to updating - the door signage it still says Group W without the CBS eye. [ATTACH=full]6249[/ATTACH] That’s understandable, TBH. Maybe they want to be reminded of their heritage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 That’s understandable, TBH. Maybe they want to be reminded of their heritage? True, I get what your saying. Just surprised they didn’t add the Eye. They have a neon sign on their roof that is just the 13 and WJZ in anklepants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4159 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 True, I get what your saying. Just surprised they didn’t add the Eye. They have a neon sign on their roof that is just the 13 and WJZ in anklepants. The Group W font was and remains proprietary, but there is a freeware rendition titled “Westinghouse.” Anklepants is ... not that, not even close. Don’t the doors to the Fox Broadcasting Center in New York City still sport the “MM” from MetroMedia on the door handles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4159 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 That’s understandable, TBH. Maybe they want to be reminded of their heritage? In all fairness, today's CBS Corporation used to be Group W, and IIRC "Group W" is still an active trademark. Maybe that door sign is how it's still active... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFizzle21 39 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Hey guys, new to the forum here. Been lurking a bit, but boy, I might have news: I just saw a brief commercial teasing something new coming in 9 days (August 9)...must be the new set for WJZ, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBAL 93 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Looks like we got a date everyone - 8/9/2018 - The brand new set will be revealed! Check out WJZ's Facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 43 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Why would WRC, KDKA and WSB give up their hour-long 6pm newscast for 30 minutes 6pm news? Now having several hours of local news from 4-7pm, yes it sounds like an over kill. However in 90s in D.C. market both WRC & W*USA both had a 4-7pm news block. Now in W*USA case ratings did fall dramatically. In this climate where TV stations are adding more news it likely highly they won't break away from a lot of news. KTLA airs news 4am-11am, 1pm, 3pm, 6pm (hour), 10 & 11pm & over KABC has afternoon/evening news from 3pm-6:30pm. However WRC, KDKA, and WSB will never dropped that hour-long 6pm news. All (3) win their 6pm time slot. WJZ in Baltimore has moved to #2. WSB believes the 6pm is all local and network at 7pm. Also, you're messing with these stations ad rates dollars, because I guarantee these stations are raking in some big $$$ at the 6pm hour. Me personally see nothing wrong with an hour-long 6pm news. KDKA's 6:00 newscast still gets big ratings.its a local tradition. My house would watch NBC (sometimes ABC) news at 6:30 then flip over to 2 for the CBS News at 7. We had no interest in game shows so having national newscast at 7 was always a welcome choice. WTAE had a one-hour 6pm news until around '89 when they shifted to a 5:30 start time after M*A*S*H. KDKA was the last local to expand into 5 and the only one to enter the 4pm hour. Plus in KD's case, they never seemed to have a syndicated show that could really compete with Wheel and ET at 7:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 KDKA's 6:00 newscast still gets big ratings.its a local tradition. My house would watch NBC (sometimes ABC) news at 6:30 then flip over to 2 for the CBS News at 7. We had no interest in game shows so having national newscast at 7 was always a welcome choice. WTAE had a one-hour 6pm news until around '89 when they shifted to a 5:30 start time after M*A*S*H. KDKA was the last local to expand into 5 and the only one to enter the 4pm hour. Plus in KD's case, they never seemed to have a syndicated show that could really compete with Wheel and ET at 7:30. Plus, Stacy Smith anchors that hour. Its hard not to watch a legend in that market and personally, I like KDKA and WJZ having that hour-long news at 6pm. Most (not all) of them that still have it today are either #1 or #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 431 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Looks like we got a date everyone - 8/9/2018 - The brand new set will be revealed! Check out WJZ's Facebook page. The standard set, I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Looks like we got a date everyone - 8/9/2018 - The brand new set will be revealed! Check out WJZ's Facebook page. Willl they finally debut the O&O graphics too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNews 285 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Willl they finally debut the O&O graphics too? Yes. It is on the monitors too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Hey guys, new to the forum here. Been lurking a bit, but boy, I might have news: I just saw a brief commercial teasing something new coming in 9 days (August 9)...must be the new set for WJZ, right? Looks like we got a date everyone - 8/9/2018 - The brand new set will be revealed! Check out WJZ's Facebook page. The standard set, I see. Willl they finally debut the O&O graphics too? Yes. It is on the monitors too. All I gotta say is, all of this had better been worth the wait. Anything less than perfection at this point and WJZ FAILED. I also expect to hear CBS Enforcer and not some stupid ass production track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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