sfomspphl 453 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Any guess on whether they will hold off on a new set for WABC until this is complete. Could be 3 or more years. https://nypost.com/2018/04/17/abc-shopping-for-new-building-downtown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Any guess on whether they will hold off on a new set for WABC until this is complete. Could be 3 or more years. https://nypost.com/2018/04/17/abc-shopping-for-new-building-downtown/ Now would be the perfect time to spend a few million dollars on a new set...in a building that they are leaving...that has rats. (to be continued) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Now would be the perfect time to spend a few million dollars on a new set...in a building that they are leaving...that has rats. (to be continued) For real, though, they completely renovated the newsroom just 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webovision 202 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Any guess on whether they will hold off on a new set for WABC until this is complete. Could be 3 or more years. https://nypost.com/2018/04/17/abc-shopping-for-new-building-downtown/ there is a reason they haven’t gotten a new set yet.... and this is it... it will last another 3 years no problem... how long did the old set last anyways?? and that one started on fire and wasn’t replaced... For real, though, they completely renovated the newsroom just 3 years ago. remodeling a newsroom is different than building a new set.... all the pieces are “off the shelf”... a news set is custom built... and you can sell the office furniture and fixtures after you’re done with them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 ... a news set is custom built... and you can sell the office furniture and fixtures after you’re done with them... Old newsroom furniture... GROSS! Ewwwww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Yeah, i'm sure by the time they lease and get everything complete with the relocation their current set will probably be out of date, as crazy as this may sound. I believe WABC has been in the street-side studio since 2011. So thats about almost 7 years already. They moved to the studio in September 2011. Their current set is beautiful though, no complaints about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewsnerd 0 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Official confirmation of Disney's purchase of 4 Hudson Square for WABC. They retain the lease rights for the UWS studio over the next five years while they build the new place. The old place is going to Silverstein for $1.2 billion and Hudson Square cost $650 million before reconstruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Nice! Looks like they made a profit too. . This means, the days are numbered for WABC's Street Columbus Ave / W 66th Street Studio. The ETA of Completion is 5 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Nice! Looks like they made a profit too. . This means, the days are numbered for WABC's Street Columbus Ave / W 66th Street Studio. The ETA of Completion is 5 years? It could be shorter. They have up to 5 years to vacate the UWS buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Maybe then, we will finally see some mind blowing overhaul in graphics, on-air presentation, and looks since they are under new head management now. Correct me if I'm wrong of course, but this will be an interesting precedent set, because it will be one of the few if any, New York Area's tv stations that are located this far south of the Empire State Building. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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