T.L. Hughes 752 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Griffin Communications' Tulsa duopoly of CBS affiliate KOTV and CW affiliate KQCW is in the waning stages of constructing a new 57,000 square foot studio facility that will house both stations. The new studio would place KOTV not far from its longtime home in Downtown Tulsa, the new facility is being built on North Boston Avenue in the Brady Arts District, less than one mile northwest of its current facility on South Frankfort Avenue, where the station has been housed since it signed on in 1949. Construction began on the studio in April 2008, but eventually was halted due to the recession, resuming in early 2011. The station's new news set is being designed by FX Group, which also developed KWTV's current news set that has been used since 2006. It's likely that the station will transition its newscasts to HD once they begin broadcasting from Boston Avenue on January 19 (KOTV/KQCW's newscasts have been broadcast in widescreen standard definition since October 2010, when it adopted the red and white logo - that is a right side-up version of the logo shown in my profile pic at left - and Hothaus-designed graphics used by Oklahoma City sister station KWTV since that same time). Here's a TVNewsCheck article about the new digs, including the "green" aspect of the new space: http://www.tvnewsche...-new-tulsa-digs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderJay27 27 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Any timetable on completion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Any timetable on completion? There is a billboard near the new building saying "January 2013." That's the closest to a date that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderJay27 27 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 There is a billboard near the new building saying "January 2013." That's the closest to a date that I know of. Nice. Of all the stations in Tulsa, they really could use an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Good for KOTV—this is a long time coming. I remember first hearing about this in 2007, and then it was back-burnered "indefinitely" during the 2008-2009 recession. I still can't believe they've been able to work out of that tiny space for so long. Here's a story from August that documented some of the progress to-date. Looks like it's going to be a very nice facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 752 Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 Any timetable on completion? There is a billboard near the new building saying "January 2013." That's the closest to a date that I know of. According to an article in Broadcast Engineering, KOTV/KQCW's master control facilites will begin operating out of the new studios by December, a few weeks before newscasts officially begin being produced out of the new building: http://broadcastengi...playout-systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 KOTV has been posting some classic videos from their archive online to promote the move. Included is this is a blooper reel they aired over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I found what might be the best treat in the Vault: a KOTV early-80s open (possibly 10pm?) without voiceover or added graphics! (This is the Corinthian era — you know, the one with those funky stripes.) Some of the clips are different from the 5pm open. http://www.newson6.com/category/121535/video-page?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7547205 That blooper reel even has a fake open voiced by Doc Morgan AND proof that they used the KSD 1981 theme in the LATE 80s, not the EARLY 80s. That had bugged me for more than two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 On Wednesday, they aired an update on the new studios' progress, including a peek at the set and newsroom. "Mid-January" is the latest closest we have to a date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Bonus points for building an actual full control room and not shoving an Ignite console in a closet and calling it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Earlier this morning, master control officially made the transition to the new studios. Understandably, it wasn't exactly a smooth transition, there were a few technical glitches, with KQCW airing a breakdown slide at one point. Things went back to normal once the Baylor/Kentucky game started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 KOTV will be moving into the new studios Next Saturday, Jan. 19th. Staffers are already cleaning out their desks in preparation for the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Here's an article from last month that shows a bit more of the building, including a shot into the new studio from what I'm guessing is the newsroom. At least from the back, it looks like a relatively standard-issue FX Group set. The open production control room looks pretty nice, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I've found the first pic of the new studio from facebook, and set is designed by FX Group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Looks a lot like sister KWTV's set. They announced at 10 tonight that they will be airing a week of reports starting Monday on the stations' history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 This was the end of last night's final broadcast from the old studios. http://www.newson6.com/story/20630723/6-on-the-move-saying-goodbye And here are the retrospective reports from this past week. http://www.newson6.com/category/255136/6-on-the-move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trev57 46 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I don't think the weather center is big enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I don't think the weather center is big enough. This is Oklahoma, where a weather center is never "big enough." I'm honestly surprised it's not even larger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I don't think the weather center is big enough. This is nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR3SKHLGwTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev57 46 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 This is nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR3SKHLGwTY I'm afraid to ask..how many meteorologists do these stations have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm afraid to ask..how many meteorologists do these stations have? KOTV (Tulsa CBS): 4 KAKE (Kansas ABC): 5 KWTV (Oklahoma City CBS): 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Here's the full tour of the new weather center, as well as a look the basement "tornado shelter" (looks like it's just the fire riser room), the Skynews 6 hangar/helipad and the oh-so-fascinating breakroom balcony they can do live shots from (not novel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 743 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 KOTV (Tulsa CBS): 4 KAKE (Kansas ABC): 5 KWTV (Oklahoma City CBS): 7 Hold that thought for one second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hold that thought for one second. In KWTV's defense, they are the top station for severe weather coverage in what is arguably the top market for severe weather in the country. Their weather department is stacked right now since they wanted to lock up David Payne when his contract expired with KFOR, who will replace Gary England when he eventually retires. You could say Gary England is a bit of a legend in TV meteorology (to the point where he has Severe Weather Babes), so they had to make sure the heir apparent was waiting in the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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