[Medianext.MX]

More Gray affiliates are joining the new set extravaganza: WCSC in Charleston is set to debut a new set in just a few weeks' time. It is going reportedly to be a new standardized set design for their middle and small-market stations, dumping the existing FX Group designs. Although, in the recent examples of remodels for WTOK, WDAM, WLOX and WHSV, they have been certainly upgrades for these markets, the overall designs are looking quite dated for 2023.

It is also being told the new set will see the debut of the new standardized Gray graphics package. According to TVNewsTalk sources, the new designs are being made by Matt Quinn, who is now Gray's senior designer, leading a new graphics hub based out of WANF in Atlanta, and would be based on the current Atlanta News First designs, with elements of the Meredith and WOIO packages (WOIO itself will reportedly adopt the new graphics in March).

Here's how the news studio looked in December:



Gray has also formed a so-called triopoly in Phoenix. After buying low-powered TV station KPHE-LD 44, affiliated with minor bilingual-speaking network LATV, from radio station operator Lotus Communications, Gray announced plans to integrate its operations with sister KPHO and KTVK, and announced its reconversion to an English-speaking local sports-oriented station, Arizona's Family Sports and Entertainment Network, starting March 1. It also bought rights to telecast USL Championship team Phoenix Rising FC matches, plus additional college sports rights; it will also air Raycom Sports and PowerNation programming, plus KTVK breaking news programming when needed.

www.azfamily.com