WJLA to (finally) get a new set.

[TriangleTriadMediaNews 267]

DCRTV reports that WJLA is FINALLY getting a new set, after 17 years on their current set which was moved over from their old digs on Tilden Street in Northwest.

 

All WJLA newscasts will originate from the News Channel 8 set until construction is complete which should be in September.

[24994J 5629]

'Bout damn time.

 

Let's see what Sinclair has in them for a large market.

[tyrannical bastard 4033]

Let's hope it's a Devlin unlike their other recent efforts (which may be more related to space, market size and budget...)

[Breaking News 839]

 

Let's hope it's a Devlin unlike their other recent efforts (which may be more related to space, market size and budget...)

 

I hope it not like the small market sets Devlin has created for i.e WTVC, WRGB, WKEF etc. For DC I hope it a big market set.

[A3N 1002]

 

I hope it not like the small market sets Devlin has created for i.e WTVC, WRGB, WKEF etc. For DC I hope it a big market set.

 

I agree. This is not the time for Sinclair to get cheap...

[tw-804 194]

FINALLY is right. I didn't know they're using it for THAT long.

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I know we're dealing with Sinclair, but you'd think they would update the WJLA set before the News Channel 8 set...

[bhratbrat 437]

I will say, for seventeen years, that set actually aged well and was still a great set.

 

Also was from the same company that did KHOU's skyline set that lasted over a decade

[Breaking News 839]

With WJLA getting a new set do we all think it time for KOMO 4 & KATU 2 to get a new set and being in big markets for Sinclair?

[evwalker0901 39]

Here is a pic of the new WJLA set. Very underwhelming.

[NEOMatrix 1307]

Here is a pic of the new WJLA set. Very underwhelming.

What a disappointment! Looks ok but wouldn't look out of place at WSYX, WOAI, KEYE, or even WEAR.

[jbnews 345]

I don't like it. I was hoping for something more modern. That will not age too well.

[Hexagonal10 84]

BOORINNNGG

[LexTVandRadio 418]

Bring back the old one at this point.

[MidwestTV 1244]

It's a lot better than what they had though. Does it look the best for a market that size? No. Is it a tad bit plain and boring? Yes. But again, it's *a lot* better than what they had. Perhaps some of us have been spoiled by the magnificent things we've seen so far this year that we expected something even better for WJLA.

[Ntropolis 599]

And here we have a photo of the new WSET set!

 

[TennTV1983 807]

Here is a pic of the new WJLA set. Very underwhelming.

That is one generic-looking set for a market as big as DC, but then again, we probably shouldn't have expected much from Park Place, which I'm guessing designed this.

[Mrtraveler01 738]

It's a lot better than what they had though. Does it look the best for a market that size? No. Is it a tad bit plain and boring? Yes. But again, it's *a lot* better than what they had. Perhaps some of us have been spoiled by the magnificent things we've seen so far this year that we expected something even better for WJLA.

 

For me it's more looking at their competitors in their own market. In this case WRC and WTTG and how much money their owners invested into a very nice and detailed news set.

 

This set is a visual example of how Sinclair is trying to go the cheap route which may work in their smaller markets but it definitely doesn't work in the bigger markets where the owners have deeper pockets.

 

It's a lot better than what they had, but that is such a low bar considering that set should've been replaced a decade ago. And as others have said, this set will date itself pretty quick because of how cheap it looks.

 

A set like this will look like crap on KOMO or KATU.

[bhratbrat 437]

I feel bad for WSET getting that. Geez

[mike91 67]

Just watched their livestream. Looks worse on air than in the pics above. Cheap.

[Ntropolis 599]

I feel bad for WSET getting that. Geez

 

They're not WSET's current and previous set are WJLA's past two sets.

 

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[Daybreak 289]

My first thought was:"Who approved this?" It not what I pictured and someone previously said, that with all the neat new sets around the country and WJLA not having a new set since 98? that they would have done something spectacular. This set already looks aged. If they get enough viewer complaints, I could see them tweaking there set again.