Weeters 1666 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 FIST FIRST on TVNewsTalk... The TVNewsTalk On Your Side I-Team Investigators have obtained building plans that appear to show NBC is in the process of renovating and dividing Studio 3B (last major use was NBC Nightly News/Rock Center up until 2017). The plans show two similar looking studios (however, the plans are marked "Scenic Fabrication by others, shown as reference for coordination purposes only") named as "3B-1" and "3B-2". The plans appear to show a 360 degree track camera in each, possibly similar to what BBC News uses. Could these be for WNBC and WNJU once Telemundo moves to 30 Rock? DEVELOPING... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 442 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Someone mentioned a couple of months ago in the WNBC thread that new studios for both stations would be built on the 2nd Floor at 30 Rock. Dividing 3B in half would probably result in two small studios. Currently 3C is listed at just over 4000 sq ft. 3K where News4NY broadcasts from is 2668 sq ft, so it would be smaller if that is the case. I would hope the days of a cramped studio for WNBC are long gone thinking back to 7K conference room disaster as well as when they were in 3C (1310 sq ft). I still miss the days of 6A. Lots of room, multiple sets.... But until they make some announcements, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 730 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I wonder if this has anything to do with it? https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/nbc-to-launch-daytime-national-news-program-in-former-days-of-our-lives-timeslot/511965/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 324 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 18 minutes ago, Mrtraveler01 said: I wonder if this has anything to do with it? https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/nbc-to-launch-daytime-national-news-program-in-former-days-of-our-lives-timeslot/511965/ I believe that NBC News Daily will be produced from the studio currently in use for the rest of NBC News Now is produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1136 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Hmm 360° track like BBC isn't really something that's ever been done before in the US, is it? On the surface it would be very unique (especially if it was used for local news - hypothetically). I still miss that Rock Center studio. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcnewsjunky 14 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 37 minutes ago, MidwestTV said: I still miss that Rock Center studio. Same here… the OG Rock Center, not the bastardized later version 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1454 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 hours ago, MidwestTV said: Hmm 360° track like BBC isn't really something that's ever been done before in the US, is it? On the surface it would be very unique (especially if it was used for local news - hypothetically). I still miss that Rock Center studio. KKTV in Colorado Springs has such a thing already: https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/kktvs-new-digs-small-in-size-big-in-tech/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1666 Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Since they were nice and credited us: NewscastStudio has confirmed the split is for WNBC/WNJU. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 442 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Back to a small studio for WNBC. What a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1214 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, NowBergen said: Back to a small studio for WNBC. What a shame. Hopefully it at least looks better than what they have now. The current studio is big, but it has lots of wasted space and it even looked a bit outdated when it was new. The set it replaced was small, but it at least looked better imho. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrogo 177 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Just my opinion but I'm expecting these sets to be similar to the NBC Boston and Telemundo Boston sets, small but versatile, heavy use of video walls/big tech. If either of them need a bigger set (debates, special events, whatever) they can use one of the other sets at 30 Rock or even CNBC if needed, my guess is they'll have a permanent newsroom flash cam & desk similar to set up NBC Boston and NBC Philadelphia use. Anyone else thinking Nightly News to Studio 3K? It would be a good use of soon to be empty space, plus 1A's recent update feels temporary and it could really use full redo again, 3C is being used by MSNBC but is thrown together, 4E is used by News Now which is working but won't as they expand coverage. Seems NBC is in the same situation it was in 2017 when they switched studios around. Edited September 14, 2022 by jrogo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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