Dallas NBC upgrades video wall
KXAS, the NBC O&O in Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas, has updated the primary video wall on its set to a seamless LED array. Texas NBC adds ‘Lightning Truck’ The station originated its newscast from an...
View ArticleRoanoke station to move to new facility
WSLS, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, will move its newsroom, studios and offices to a former warehouse later this year. The building, which was previously a Grainger warehouse will...
View ArticleOrlando Telemundo rebrands, tweaks logo design
WTMO, the NBCUniversal owned Telemundo station in Orlando, Florida, has changed its branding from “Telemundo Orlando” to “Telemundo 31” and, along with it, updated its logo. The station still uses the...
View ArticleTelemundo begins rolling out Look N-inspired graphics package — with a twist
Telemundo O&Os have begun rolling out a new group graphics package that borrows heavily from its corporate cousin NBC O&Os’ so-called “Look N,” though with a key change that takes the network’s...
View ArticleSecond half of Phoenix duopoly gets makeover
An independent station in Phoenix, Arizona, which serves as a sister station to the market’s CBS affiliate, has debuted a complete makeover of its broadcast design. Meredith’s KTVK, branded as “3TV,...
View ArticleBoston CBS gets 70th birthday shoutouts, goes retro for IDs
WBZ, currently in the midst of celebrating its 70th anniversary as Boston’s first television station, is using a mix of IDs that combine greetings from celebrities and old promos culled from its...
View ArticleNew York’s WPIX celebrating 70th anniversary with logo
WPIX, New York City’s CW affiliate, is marking its upcoming 70th anniversary with a special logo design and programming. The station, which went on the air June 15, 1948, was the city’s first...
View ArticleN.Y. station creates image campaign for its return to cable after retrans...
Delaware based media production firm West 24 Productions has produced a brand-new image campaign for WICZ, Fox 40, in Binghamton, New York. The production was comprised of over a month of planning,...
View ArticleSpokane station debuts updated look
KREM, the Tegna owned CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington, has unveiled a refreshed set with upgraded technology and backlit surfaces along with switching to the group’s new graphics package. The...
View ArticleGray breaks ground on Augusta broadcast facility
Gray Television has broken ground on a new 30,000 square foot facility in Augusta, Georgia, for WRDW News 12 and WAGT NBC 26. The new facility will house the company’s CBS, NBC, CW, MyNetworkTV, and...
View ArticleWichita station debuts new set, group graphics package
KSNW, the Nexstar owned NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas, has debuted a new set and switched over to one of the group’s graphics packages. The station, which brands on air as KSN, installed a new set...
View ArticleSan Diego forecaster dumbs down map for ‘the guys in the back’
KUSI meteorologist Mark Mathis thought he was being perfectly clear about flash flood risk in the San Diego market — but after some crew members expressed confusion over a map, he decided to call them...
View ArticleTo sit or stand — that is the question on WKRG’s temp set
The anchor team at WKRG, the CBS affiliate in Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida, has quite a debate on its hands as it readies a new set — do we sit or stand on the temporary set? Behind the...
View ArticleGeorgia station shows creepy skull image above survivor headline
A Facebook post showing an image of a skull and the lower third “Both girls in boat accident now back home” is getting attention for the odd juxtaposition — though it turns out it isn’t a case of the...
View ArticleChicago viewer: Stop thanking reporters — it’s their job
It’s a longtime fixture of TV news — anchors thanking reports after they toss back to the studio from a live shot. But one Chicago viewer doesn’t understand why the reporters needed to be thanked for...
View ArticleYou won’t believe the name of this guy a Pa. station interviewed about a...
WNEP in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, set out to cover a grocery store moving into a local mall — and, naturally, opted to get some local opinion — but wasn’t prepared for ironic name of a man...
View ArticleSomeone just give this producer an Emmy for ‘best use of boxes’
One Omaha producer found a way to use those little boxes with reporters’ pictures in them in a very lovely way. When it came time to cover HGTV’s purchase of the “Brady Bunch” house, Tanner Kahler, a...
View ArticleBaltimore CBS debuts new set with ‘glass box green room’
WJZ, the CBS O&O in Baltimore, debuted a new set that, while based on the solid design already installed at some of its sister stations, also adds some new and unique elements. The new set which,...
View ArticleNBC building new media center for Boston properties
NBCUniversal will break ground on a new, combined media center for its Boston area properties next week, reports Patch. The new location, located in Needham, a Western suburb of Boston, will take over...
View ArticleFlorida station moves to temp set — that’s better than a lot of station’s...
WPEC, the Sinclair Broadcast Group owned CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida, has moved to a temporary set as it prepares its studio for a new look. The station is broadcasting from a full set...
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