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WTMJ got the "KDKA desk" brand new a few years ago, so perhaps it's just popular within the company. I wouldn't be surprised if that set order was paired back with the "neighborhood news" initiative. The studio looks huge. I will hold my judgement until we see more, but at the end of the day, so what if the set is more "minimalist"? The whole "neighborhood news" initiative is supposed to get talent out of the studio, invalidating the need for the massive sets with 1000 video screens (that consultants, set designers, and bloggers love to claim are for "storytelling", but how much "storytelling" is happening when a reporter is standing in place, fronting a package with a "BODY IN A BOX" graphic behind them?)

This fandom is so out of touch with real life if you're judging a news set to be a dud because it doesn't have all the bells and whistles and zooming graphics like the Fucking WSVN Newsplex. It's always, always, always fucking style over substance.

Tallahassee is about as backwoods as a state capital can be, especially for Florida. Sinclair could have capitalized on that, but they didn't. Instead, you have WCTV and whatever's left of WTXL when Scripps stops stripping it (and their sister stations) for parts. Meanwhile, the less media, the better for all of the state politicians who bow down to Lord DeSantis and his regime over Florida.

A few years back, Scripps sold KMGH's building on Spear built in the 1970s (https://denverprblog.com/2022/07/14/denver7-planning-move-to-rino/). The new studio, located at 2323 Delgany Street, Denver, CO is ready, as indicated by these pictures: I've noticed that KMGH is using the original anchor desk from their DDG set from 2014 - as demo'd in Brian Sander's Exit video. Although the anchor desk was replaced for a seated desk (KDKA's design) in 2015, as you can tell by this photo, it was moved to the new studio. So that anchor desk is already 9 years old. That's more so commentary on Scripps willingness to spend money on any new set. Also, in comparison to the anchor desk from 2014, from the 'other website', it looks like the two front monitor panels were replaced with seamless LED video panels, which provides it a sold, horizonal flow, and no vertical break where I center logo might be cut in half with a black line (seen below). However, it seems like this new set has fewer architectural elements than many other sets have. Where here, video walls are the focal points for standups, with only a few duratrans or flats are designed to hold the monitor panels. So quite minimalist. What are your thoughts on what we see so far? I'll add more visuals as they become available.

And as of the 19th, KNTV has made the graphics yellow for the morning broadcasts.

Better than "the Shart", I suppose.

I was looking at the DDG website, and realized WAGA is also using the same general design, just with more plexiglass: Kind of just seems to be a stock design for them. From the top, it kind of looks like a shard of broken glass, so if we're going to give it a name, I propose "the shard"

Niceeee!

Believe it or not it has almost been a year since Elise's sudden passing. With that in mind, it does seem like John is permanent on weekday mornings (with Tony) since there are promos with them; and just within the last week, Craig Allen was officially added as a bio on the website so I would say he is a permanent member of the weather team. His bio hasn't been officially added but there is a placeholder for him: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/cbs2/ There's still no bio for Elaine Quijano and Andrea Grymes is still listed, although she hasn't been seen on-air since her demotion in February.

They could wait till the Winter Games in 2026 (also a Super Bowl year for NBC). There's some prescience for that. Look F was rolled out leading up to the 2012 games which also were a Super Bowl year. I agree Look S still looks very good and on par with the other O&O designs. I just hope they don't plan on waiting till then to update their stations' logos to the new Peacock design.

Hadn't seen this announced anywhere but NBC Sports completely overhauled their app. Gone is the clunky old app that was a mess to navigate and stream in the background to one that looks like it takes the best elements of Peacock and Xfinity's Streaming app. Here's some screenshots: