Weeters 1749 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 After much anticipation, Rochester, NY's ABC affiliate WHAM debut in HD this morning from a new set with new graphics featuring a new logo. [yt]8ocMgzGJqaQ[/yt] The blue and red graphics designed by Hothaus have hints of the WABC graphics package designed by Giant Octopus. The graphics also feature a new circle 13 logo similar to WTVG in Toledo and KTRK in Houston. The very modern set, designed by Devlin Design Group, features wood surfaces, lots of LCD screens, blue light panels, and a large projection screen behind the anchor desk. All in all, these changes give a big market feel to a station in DMA market 80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsRI 4 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Looks very good for a market of that size. The time lapse video in the background is reminiscent of WFSB's current open, and it also resembles of the WABC graphics and the WTXL/WWSB/WAAY graphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliverolang 41 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 134 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 It's really nice, better than some of the stuff down in the five boroughs! The desk reminds me of WCBS's desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 490 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Very nice graphics ... The L3's look very much like the Hearst stations however. I wonder how they can do that ... -- Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson 13 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Nice update for WHAM. KTRK and WABC could take some pointers on the style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilium 0 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The graphics were designed by HotHaus. They have redone all the graphics for Newport television stations. HotHaus also does the graphics for a lot of Hearst stations. The set is either done by FX Group or Devlin. Those were the two set design companies that Newport had contracts with. It appears to be a Devlin set. It has similar characteristics to KTVX in Salt Lake City where I used to work. The logo is a rip-off of KTRK TV 13 in Houston. I am sure that was a management decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1365 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 My guess by looking at the the beautiful set, it must be Park Place Studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1749 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 The graphics were designed by HotHaus. They have redone all the graphics for Newport television stations. HotHaus also does the graphics for a lot of Hearst stations. The set is either done by FX Group or Devlin. Those were the two set design companies that Newport had contracts with. It appears to be a Devlin set. It has similar characteristics to KTVX in Salt Lake City where I used to work. The logo is a rip-off of KTRK TV 13 in Houston. I am sure that was a management decision. I thought it was Hothaus, but wasn't sure because it was so WABC-y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 293 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 272 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Its really disappointing and kind of sad how a station in Upstate NY, has a better set than all of the stations here in the Tri-State Area, unbelievable. I'm jealous of them!!, lol. I guess they have more room since Rochester is a pretty big land area, compared to the condensed NYC, lol. Anyway I'm not too blown away by the graphics though, since they are very similar to the Giant Octopus graphics that WCBS and WABC use but they are a bit better and sharper (HotHaus is typically way better than Giant Octopus anyway considering that WLS and KTRK's graphics simply never get old), but nonetheless the set is probably one of the nicest most intuitive news sets in New York. I hope WABC or WCBS looks up to them and follows suit because that would be a nice set to have here in the Tri-State Area. Their new set definitely beats all of those down here. Now I'm not sure if the two logos that nickp are showing are the previous and current for WHAM, but nonetheless the new logo reminds me of WTVG's logo (The 13 ABC in Toledo, OH). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilium 0 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I take back what I said about it ripping off the KTRK logo. It rips off the WTVH logo. I do kinda miss their old logo. It was at least unique branding. I would change the call letters before I did anything at that station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1749 Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 I guess they have more room since Rochester is a pretty big land area, compared to the condensed NYC, lol. Their studio isn't very big at all. You can tell by looking through this photo gallery. It appears to be slightly larger than WDJT's studio. AND it has a support beam oddly placed in it (which they used to their advantage and mounted one of the weather center plasmas on it). Also, had I looked closer, I would have seen the Devlin logo on this picture they posted back when I was writing the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliverolang 41 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 How does it compare to WABC's set, which shares the same studio and Regis and Kelly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 134 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I take back what I said about it ripping off the KTRK logo. It rips off the WTVH logo. I do kinda miss their old logo. It was at least unique branding. I would change the call letters before I did anything at that station. Why would you change the call letters? They're historic, George Eastman named WHAM-AM in the 1920s. The previous logo looked pretty awful, as did the set. It's an all-around good update for WHAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev57 46 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Their studio isn't very big at all. You can tell by looking through this photo gallery. It appears to be slightly larger than WDJT's studio. So maybe there is hope for WDJT...then again, maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nice update, it's funny they are using the logo and the inspiration of the graphics of the ABC O&Os yet beating them at their own game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13WHAMfan 5 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I live in this market and I have yet to see it on my TV set at home (I went off to college for my freshmen year this year about six hours away... majoring in Broadcast Journalism by the way), which I cannot wait to see in a few weeks. I have actually been to the studio a few times and the building itself is not very large. It is in a suburb of Rochester, Henrietta, which is where I live. The plot of land it is on is at the bottom of this hill, and is pretty much surrounded by a neighborhood on one side, a commercial property on another, a elderly home on the other, and on the fourth side, the street. The room that holds the set is actually not very large, which is why I'm surprised about how they utilized the space in the studio so well. Before, everything seemed to be sort of old and not up to date with their last style... but now that they upgraded virtually everything in the studio, the control room, and maybe the field cameras, I'm sure it is a lot more modern now (all they have to do now is replace the decades old carpet in the newsroom that they joked around about when I visited there for a job shadowing experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 After much anticipation, Rochester, NY's ABC affiliate WHAM debut in HD this morning from a new set with new graphics featuring a new logo. [yt]8ocMgzGJqaQ[/yt] The blue and red graphics designed by Hothaus have hints of the WABC graphics package designed by Giant Octopus. The graphics also feature a new circle 13 logo similar to WTVG in Toledo and KTRK in Houston. The very modern set, designed by Devlin Design Group, features wood surfaces, lots of LCD screens, blue light panels, and a large projection screen behind the anchor desk. All in all, these changes give a big market feel to a station in DMA market 80. HEY WHAM, Hearst called, they aren't happy you're copying their lower thirds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13WHAMfan 5 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yeah, I have to admit. The L3's are very very similar to the Hearst L3's, as seen on WESH-TV and some other Hearst stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSDTVGal 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 My guess by looking at the the beautiful set, it must be Park Place Studio. Park Place Studio? Seriously??? Not in this lifetime! The WHAM set was done by Devlin, here is a link to it on their site: http://www.ddgtv.com/projects/wham-tv/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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