Greggo 320 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 13 hours ago, caliwxdude said: Curious what's going on over at KXAN. They're still using the temporary studio, going on a full month after the new set's cameo during the Austin mayoral runoff debate. Guess now they're just waiting for the February book before moving in? The project is pretty substantial … it’s not just the set. Other parts of the building are being worked on as well, including moving some offices and even relocating some restrooms. Everything has to be sequenced. With regard to the set, they had to remove a load-bearing wall to enlarge the studio. That’s quite a task. Last estimate for completion that I heard from one of their anchors was “early 2023.” The shot they used during the debate was super tight because not everything was done. Just a couple months earlier, they had to do the farewell for their longtime evening anchor in the parking lot because of all the construction. The temp set was too small to crowd everyone in. It looked just as bad and cheap as you’d imagine. With February sweeps less than a month away, that’s probably a good guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 320 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Update: One of their anchors posted on Facebook that rehearsals on the new set started today. So … soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 235 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/9/2023 at 10:42 PM, Greggo said: The project is pretty substantial … it’s not just the set. Other parts of the building are being worked on as well, including moving some offices and even relocating some restrooms. Everything has to be sequenced. With regard to the set, they had to remove a load-bearing wall to enlarge the studio. That’s quite a task. Last estimate for completion that I heard from one of their anchors was “early 2023.” Ah yeah, I forgot this was part of a greater remodeling project on the building. As someone who's currently scoping out some home renovation projects, totally get how the dependencies and phasing work! Looking forward to seeing how all the work turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 320 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 One of their anchors announced it will debut Monday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByChaseMcP 1 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 It hasn’t yet. I expect the ice storm put the brakes on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottSchell 208 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Set debuts today at 4PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinanews4 241 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 After seven months of construction, KXAN has unveiled their new studio. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskanews 102 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 35 minutes ago, carolinanews4 said: After seven months of construction, KXAN has unveiled their new studio. There are a lot of textures happening on this set in general, but this wide shot.. my eyes don't know where to look. I think the plexiglass panels on the desk flanks (which create six vertical lines on either side) are what tips this into too-busy territory. Also seems like they need to re-level their camera. Horizontal lines at the top make it very apparent that the shot is lopsided. Edited February 3 by alaskanews 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 419 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 So Nexstar is retiring the set in a corner design for this mini KTLA/WPIX window backdrop with another monitor in front? I’ll take it… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1335 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, carolinanews4 said: After seven months of construction, KXAN has unveiled their new studio. I wish KXAS (NBC 5) had a set like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1462 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 5 hours ago, alaskanews said: There are a lot of textures happening on this set in general, but this wide shot.. my eyes don't know where to look. I think the plexiglass panels on the desk flanks (which create six vertical lines on either side) are what tips this into too-busy territory. Also seems like they need to re-level their camera. Horizontal lines at the top make it very apparent that the shot is lopsided. To your point, those plexiglass panels on either side of the desk are the debate podiums they used earlier. Also these red lines support the camera leaning to the Left: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupwfan 93 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 22 hours ago, TexasTVNews said: I wish KXAS (NBC 5) had a set like this. Since 5 and 36 used to be sister stations during the LIN era... Makes sense that an O&O like 'XAS should have the same sets as their (now) stepsister station ('XAN) cross State... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRAP-TV 121 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I quite like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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