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Discovered by TVNewsTalk: A glimpse of the new set in WPIX New York, with the background screen and overhead bar mimicking that of KTLA's.

It's coming in a few weeks, according to anchor John Muller:
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Discovered by TVNewsTalk: A glimpse of the new set in WPIX New York, with the background screen and overhead bar mimicking that of KTLA's.

It's coming in a few weeks, according to anchor John Muller:
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TVNewsTalk is also reporting the Tribune graphics and music are being retired, with standard issue graphics from Rey Rodriguez/Linear Drift and music from Stephen Arnold Music in their place. However, TVNT insiders are being told the new music package will be a custom package for WPIX, similar to what they did for Queen City News, with syndication opportunities coming later.

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WWJ's CBS News Detroit, although starting low in the ratings, is already making an impact on local audiences. Still, in an attempt to lure viewers after the Grammys, there was a one off 11pm Sunday newscast, with Jeff and Shaina anchoring.

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Since launch, they have been quickly expanding, with 5pm newscasts debuting two weeks ago due to severe weather affecting the city, and a 4pm programme starting today.

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[W. Knight]

WWJ's CBS News Detroit, although starting low in the ratings, is already making an impact on local audiences. Still, in an attempt to lure viewers after the Grammys, there was a one off 11pm Sunday newscast, with Jeff and Shaina anchoring.

Since launch, they have been quickly expanding, with 5pm newscasts debuting two weeks ago due to severe weather affecting the city, and a 4pm programme starting today.

There's an in-depth article on TVNewsCheck on the new editorial:
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It’s not often a network launches a new newsroom at one of its O&Os, so the …
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Moving on: WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina (MyNetwork, ABC/Sinclair)  is switching to a temp set, while the old one is being torn down:

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30 years ago on February 4, KIRO launched its infamous News Out of the Box experiment. The rationale for this was declining ratings for KIRO's longtime Eyewitness News format, given KING's recent investments by The Providence Journal, which had just bought the King Broadcasting group from the Bullitt family. As a result, under the initiative of KIRO, Inc. president Ken Hatch, who worked with Radio News director Andy Ludlum and veteran executive producer Carrie Krueger, the TV and radio sides, then owned by Bonneville International (the commercial arm of the LDS Church), merged their newsrooms by June 1992 into a single operation, promoted under the KIRO News Network.

Behind the scenes, the staid Eyewitness News format was being dropped in favour of a walk-and-talk format deliberately stolen from CityPulse. The changes were promoted with a massive advertising blitz which mocked indirectly its rivals. On the day of the relaunch, the final ten minutes of the noon news were used to preview the new format and expansive newsroom studio before debuting at 5pm.

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All of the walk-and-talk activity came from the expansive newsroom studio designed by Robert Bovill, which alluded to Mount Raniere, with an assignment desk with a nine-screen video wall which ressembled a ferry boat, and a rotating platform with soft sets. That desk also served as home base for all news operations. KIRO management wanted also a piece of cake of the lively Northwestern arts scene, so they asked the Pacific Northern Ballet director Kent Stowell to help anchors roam around the newsroom, and even they had paintings in the newsroom walls. The music, composed by Mark Haffner, was performed by the Seattle Symphony, under conductor Gerard Schwarz. Alongside the changes, news anchors were completely shuffled, with longtime sports anchor Steve Raible being moved to anchor the noon news with stalwart Susan Hutchinson.

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The merged newsroom also meant the introduction of radio news to TV. Immediately after the relaunch, KIRO began simulcasting the morning drive radio show on current Fox O&O KZJO (KIRO had a news share agreement with the station, then known as KTZZ).

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However, the "revolutionary" experiment backfired almost immediately: viewers quickly complained about the moving anchors and the constant distracting noise in the newsroom, helping KING to boost its audience in the process, but also helping KOMO to formally overtake KIRO in some slots. Reporters from the radio side and even many anchors even complained they felt uncomfortable with the new settings, which was not wasted by KING's original comedy show Almost Live to mock the changes.

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The death knell for the experiment came as Susan Hutchinson threatened to resign after her contract was up. As a result, Ludlum and Krueger promptly resigned and Gail Neubert was replaced by veteran news executive Bill Lord, which quickly undid the changes. Lord returned to a straightforward news format, including sitting anchors in a desk and placing Raible as its evening news anchor; the remains of the newsroom were used to build a new set and Mark Haffner composed a new, more conventional theme based on his Seattle Symphony package. The brand was also changed to News Channel 7, but was reverted to KIRO News shortly after KIRO dumped CBS for UPN. The Eyewitness News brand returned in 1997, after Cox bought the station and KIRO reverted to the Eye.

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KCAL showed the State of the Union address this evening complete with KCAL News lower thirds. Sister station KCBS is simulcasting the CBS network feed and graphics.

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I found it interesting to see Norah O'Donnell do the CBS Evening News from Studio 47 in New York on Monday night. I know one day a week of the Weekend News comes from here, and I'm sure Norah has done the show from here in the past, but I found it notable to see what it was like with the current look.

Not much to see for the whole broadcast besides a tight shot in the same spot where Dan Rather sat for all those years, plus an occasional OTS, but more people were working in the newsroom backdrop than I would have expected.

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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).

An update on this: the new look and set debuts Monday. Additionally, TVNewsTalk insiders have confirmed the new standardized Gray graphics package is an adaptation of Atlanta News First's graphics. The fact it is such and Matt Quinn's involvement in the new design will be certainly a big upgrade compared to the existing designs made by WNDU and KOLN/KGIN staff. Additionally, the package will allow to have Gray a network-style presentation on its stations compared to Sinclair's standardized graphics and the Rey Rodriguez/Linear Drift packages used by Nexstar stations, even in their smaller markets, according to the TVNT insiders.

Given this is a complete package redesign, with a major overhaul on all the components (straps, full-screen graphics, sports, weather...), there will be a complete graphics workflow change for the stations. Gray stations already using Vizrt for graphics, as well as the former Meredith stations, would start getting the new package by next summer; the legacy Raycom/Quincy stations still working on old workflows (Raycom used Chyron CG, whilst Quincy used Avid Maestro) will also be migrated to it once graphics hardware is upgraded over time to Vizrt.

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WZVN-TV, Fort Myers, the ABC affiliate owned by locally owned Waterman Broadcasting as part of a duopoly with WBBH which is the NBC affiliate. More in the Morning open with a Super Bowl themed bit of fun. (Three of the four main stations are locally owned and operated)

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A new set is coming on KEYE in Austin (CBS/Sinclair) tomorrow, after being in a temp set since September last year:
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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.

An update on this: the new look and set debuts Monday.

The new set is on the air, an adaptation of Atlanta News First's set; however, the new graphics launch has been delayed. Still, an impressive upgrade for WCSC and hoping this is the way forward for Gray's smaller-market stations from now.




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As Hallie Jackson leaves MSNBC to focus on her NBC News Now primetime show, the new (rather altered) MSNBC daytime schedule will see Chris Jansing's hour expanding to two hours from today.