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I have always been a fan of Action News and have been watching them for most of the years I have been living. I have to say though, I have been watching NBC10 the past few months way more than 6ABC. There is just something about it that I like more than 6. I did a studio tour this past August at NBC10 and all the anchors, behind the scenes people, and meteorologists were much more friendly and hype to talk to their guests. I went to 6ABC in August of 2010 and the people there were friendly but didn't care for you as much. The only people that actually said something were David Murphy (who gave me the tour), Rick Williams, Sarah Bloomquist, and Matt O'Donnell. The control room people didn't say two words at 6ABC. The lady at NBC10 got right up from her seat and showed me everything they do in the control room).

​It looks like a small confined area and it looks cheap. I think they should just get rid of it and make the sports anchors sit at the news desk. Why can't these news stations just do their own thing instead of copying off of every other station in the market?

Yes. I noticed that too. The video wall behind the anchor desk reflects the studio lights on the ceiling. Kind of distracting and stupid looking

I watched NBC10 News at 6pm tonight and found it kind of annoying that you could hear the studio construction going on in the background during Hurricane Schwartz weather report. There was low banter and things banging in the background. I'm surprised somebody didn't tell them to stop working during the newscasts or when weather/traffic comes on

Bill Henley just gave me a tour last Friday of their studio. It's big but tiny since they have a lot of stuff in there. There are 4 robotic cameras, the anchor desk, 2 green screens (one gigantic one and a small one), and the big weather center. There is a lot of space between the anchor desk and the glass wall. They could move the desk back about 2 feet.

Bill Henley told me their installing a video wall behind the anchor desk and their adding 113" monitors around the studio. All he said was "we're revamping the studio" so I don't know if that means their getting a new set as well or not. They will continue using the street side studio until the renovations are finished and weather and traffic will still be done in the regular studio.

I'm wondering what's going to replace Katie at 3pm on weekdays. I read that some ABC markets are moving General Hospital back to 3pm again. Something would still have to fill in the 2pm time slot though