Chicago News Boy 34 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 ^if you look at prior comments on this thread, it tells why they don't utilize the entire space. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 They don't like the views, reflections from the sun allegedly caused a reflection on the set. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1915 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 But is there any reason why they do not use the full studio? Because at this point it's been damaged beyond the point of having an easy fix. The fake monitor wall backdrop has been gone since the ill-conceived "Monsters and Money in the Morning" debut. The OTS monitor that was on the right side was ripped out around the same time they first started experimenting with the desk in it's current spot. This is an old picture, but it probably still looks like that. Notice the lack of lights hanging anywhere above the old anchor area. CBS put a lot of money (Jack Morton PDG ain't cheap) into a set that local management utterly destroyed while simultaneously deciding they just didn't like the studio at all. So not only is it unlikely that they'll want to improve the set, corporate probably worries that whatever money they get to fix/build a new set will be squandered when someone else comes in and decides they don't like the set. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Because at this point it's been damaged beyond the point of having an easy fix. The fake monitor wall backdrop has been gone since the ill-conceived "Monsters and Money in the Morning" debut. The OTS monitor that was on the right side was ripped out around the same time they first started experimenting with the desk in it's current spot. This is an old picture, but it probably still looks like that. Notice the lack of lights hanging anywhere above the old anchor area. CBS put a lot of money (Jack Morton PDG ain't cheap) into a set that local management utterly destroyed while simultaneously deciding they just didn't like the studio at all. So not only is it unlikely that they'll want to improve the set, corporate probably worries that whatever money they get to fix/build a new set will be squandered when someone else comes in and decides they don't like the set. I'm just having a hard time visualizing other areas / layout of the set and the studio. From one of the photos it looked like they had a plasma mounted cart in front of the windows. Is there anything there stopping them from doing that now or are the windows damaged? You know while WJZ is the step child of CBS it amazes me at how well they kept their set up over the last 16 years. I do realize they made some changes for HD like new news desks but it still looks good on TV (aside from the corner they do the morning show grok with all the tchotchkes which I don't care for.). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1915 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 This is a (very poorly drawn, not to scale) diagram of the studio as it is used today and what I saw last time I saw it (a little over a year ago). The plasma cart used to live in the area that's marked "storage chairs and tables and junk". I think they still use the windows along Dearborn as a presentation area, so it's possible the cart is still in there for those. I think there was an additional static camera somewhere in there, too. The riser really cuts the studio in half as robotic cameras can't maneuver around it without an operator controlling them manually. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 On the (perhaps only) upside of using half of a studio, there's some nice depth of field in that main anchor shot. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
19news 3 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Hopefully this helps in giving perspective to the layout of the set at WBBM. Taken this summer on a trip down to Chicago. http://imgur.com/a/lW10t Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 This is a (very poorly drawn, not to scale) diagram of the studio as it is used today and what I saw last time I saw it (a little over a year ago). The plasma cart used to live in the area that's marked "storage chairs and tables and junk". I think they still use the windows along Dearborn as a presentation area, so it's possible the cart is still in there for those. I think there was an additional static camera somewhere in there, too. The riser really cuts the studio in half as robotic cameras can't maneuver around it without an operator controlling them manually. Thanks now I got a good idea of how it looks. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-119112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/7205-news-notes-evelyn-holmes-pamela-jones-csn-chicago-bruce-dumont-jim-lynam-wfxf-tom-morgan-wind-wyll Chicago Radio And Media is reporting that Reporter / Fill-In Anchor Pamela Jones's contract at WBBM was not renewed. She joined WBBM in 2005 after spending 6 months at CLTV. It's the second story down in the linked article. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-124053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 That station is a total joke. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-124062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex979 119 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 And now Feder is reporting that Robin Robinson is in talks with WBBM. http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/02/25/will-cbs-2-say-back-to-you-robin-robinson/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-124065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Kate Sullivan Back from leave tommrrow Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-124647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5575 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 No, she came back tonight. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-124649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Well that's an innovation; I've never seen a live toss to the anchor of the network news for a preview of upcoming stories, but I just saw a toss to Scott Pelley on the 5:00 (wound up watching channel 2 this time). Then again I don't usually find myself in the Central/Eastern time zones. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-125058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5575 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah, that's pretty regular, though I frequently forget about it. WLS and WMAQ only do prerecorded teases. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-125059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBC 5 Chicago 191 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 WMAQ Tuesday did a live toss to Lester Holt for a preview of Nightly News. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-125065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1047 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 WMAQ Tuesday did a live toss to Lester Holt for a preview of Nightly News. As of late (a couple of weeks), it has been a live toss. It may be something they're trying to help keep the numbers here in Chicago (Lester's former hometown) and in other key markets stable following the Williams thingy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-125067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Chris Martinez has been promoted from reporter for CBS 2 to a correspondent for CBS Newspath. He has been at WBBM since 2012. His promotion moves him to LA starting May 4th. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Good for him! I wish I could move to LA lol. On a side note, does anyone know when the contract with the streetside studio ends? I feel like WBBM is wayyyyyyyy overdue for a total overhaul of everything (more reporters, news structure/presentation, and an update of that miserable set). The set makes me so irritated. That set was perfect and they just let it be destroyed. Okay, sorry, end of rant. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1047 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Good for him! yes. ish I could move to LA lol. On a side note, does anyone know when the contract with the streetside studio ends? I feel like WBBM is wayyyyyyyy overdue for a total overhaul of everything (more reporters, news structure/presentation, and an update of that miserable set). The set makes me so irritated. That set was perfect and they just let it be destroyed. Okay, sorry, end of rant. Conventional wisdom would suggest 2018 would be the end date (10 yrs. after the studio debuted). I still believe that if they wanted out, they probably could get out of it. The city has bigger issues to deal with plus with the entire Gallery 37 complex on a upswing, I doubt there would be anything/anyone standing in their way. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Interesting. I don't understand why they aren't doing anything to boost ratings. Maybe it's my opinion but I feel as though CBS 2 is lagging big time in all aspects... Idk Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1448 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Their studio was so beautiful when it debuted why they made all those changes to bring it to its current state I don't understand. They need something new. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Does anyone happen to have any pictures of studio B? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 wbbm is now live streaming Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-126540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I love the pitch black s**t bucket set look tonight. You would think they can at least replace some lights in the 2 broadcast center. No wonder their the armpit of 10pm! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14041-random-wbbm-thread/page/2/#findComment-129013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now