SnellKrell

I worked there! Did you? You call it hyperbole; I call it a deep disappointment in what I'm seeing on air.

I refuse to accept the bar continually being lowered - especially when it comes to news. Why should we accept standards/quality on the descent? You might, I won't and never have in all of my years in broadcasting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, there is concern! It's rank amateur that things keep changing depending upon who's in the control room. After a newscast, that's when you experiment and settle upon a shooting style/pattern, you don't do it on the air. This is market #1 and the Flagship station of the NBC Television Network!

Not only that, the station seems to have abandoned using the high shot (as above) that it promoted when they moved into 3B-East. Also, it appears that each director and/or producer is shooting the weather as he/she sees fit - no established shot pattern. Sometimes we see the weather presenter walk from the desk to the large video wall, other times the walk is covered by a graphic. There are times the master shot of that large video wall is head-on, other times the camera is farther to the left. Then there's a difference in now tight that shot it. Sometimes I can see shoes and then there are shots from the calves up. Who's running the store? No one!

Bingo!

You're right. Monday indicates 4:00 a.m. start, then, as of Tuesday, it's 4:30 a.m.

My FiOS guide (05) shows 4:00 a.m. as the start time for tomorrow morning.

Two wars in full bore - death and destruction! If you want to spend the holiday with your family, work somewhere else!

Little should be surprising in these days when the green-eyeshades rule and responsibility to the audience has been dreadfully diminished! Bah, humbug!

Let's not forget that the "from before (3K) " had been cut down and cut back due to Covid. I agree the severe 90-degree angles are awful - corners should have been rounded. I also don't like the gray used around the "4" on the anchor desk. I continue to believe the flagship station of the NBC Television Network deserves a more substantial and better-looking set!

From what I've been able to research - 3K is 2,668 Sq. Ft. 3B (Total) is 4,060 Sq. Ft. So, if Miss Gussow's math class did its job, half of 3B is about a 1/3 smaller than 3K.

From what I can see - What a yawn! No life, no color, no imagination!!!! Reminds me of my maiden aunt - Perfectly respectable, but not too exciting. Wish that Val Staab had also thrown this one out! UGH!

Will they use the same set? Will they go back to the pre- Covid desk? It already looks small and inconsequential; and now it will be moving into a smaller space.

Although the portion of 3B that WNBC will be using will be smaller than 3K, I do hope that there's a new and more substantial, stylish set. Let's not forget that when Covid hit, the set that had been used was downsized. It was functional and that was about it - hardly what would be expected from the Flagship station of NBC!

You mean "co-located in 3B." 6B is "Fallonland."

WNBC has never taken this broadcast seriously! When the station first announced the program, the promos told the audience that this half-hour would allow WNBC News to dig deeper into stories that affected the Metropolitan Area. Sounds good doesn't it? Then what does WNBC do? The Friday telecast is cut in half. And what goes into the other 15 minutes? Can you believe it? Sara Gore and New York Live. How ludicrous!!!!!!! So much for a deeper dive into issues. It's a joke!!!!!!

Yup! No one at the station cares about the wonderful tradition that has been part of New York broadcasting for so many decades. Last year, when Covid restrictions had already began to ease, WNBC chose not to produce the "Holdiay Song" outdoors. When I questioned management about this, the excuse was that the Prometheus Fountain area was in the midst of alterations. Surely, there were other outdoor locations that could have been used. But no one seemed to care! Also, last year, was the first and only time that the music chosen was a "Christmas Song," not the longstanding policy to only use "Holiday Songs." When I pointed this out to management, the response was "Really?" Ignorance and Apathy rule supreme at 30 Rock!

This is getting confusing - the two Chucks - Scarborough (WNBC) and Henry (KNBC)!

Yes!

No. She never seemed comfortable at the station.

Try to replace Sue Simmons working with Chuck at 11 - lotsa luck! Absolutely no chemistry!!!!!!

All I can report is that when I asked my friend who works at the station if he looked forward to the new 2nd Floor setup, he told me he wouldn't miss 3K! Infer what you want!

The point made about 2-story studios at 30 Rock by carolinanews4 no longer pertains to the way NBC designs television studios. Let's not forget that that the studios in the building were originally radio studios. They had the ability to accommodate a studio audience and their control booths and client rooms were one flight above the studio floor. In later years, TV control rooms were on the studio floor level and client rooms were abolished. Just look at New York's Studio 1A. When it was first built, I wondered why NBC designed it with such a low ceiling? But the network preferred to use the second floor as an additional production/storage area. And the recent design of Washington's Studio N1 on Capitol Street bears this out. N1's ceiling is only 14' high! Productions from both 1A and N1 now use the lighting grid as a frequent element in shots - no longer a mistake. And although I haven't been on the second floor for many years, I remember that the ceiling was quite high - not office height. So, the second floor at 3o Rock should be able to accommodate modern television news studios.

NewscastStudio - https://www.newscaststudio.com/2022/01/14/wnbc-wnju-combined-facility/#:~:text=NBC-owned WNBC and WNJU,New York City metro area. and a friend who works for the station. Those are my sources!!!!

3K will be history for WNBC! The station along with WNJU/Telemundo will be moving to newly constructed studios on the 2nd Floor of 30 Rock. Not sure of the date for the move.