New KWGN Set

[TSSZNews 1052]

Boy, I can't wait for this to last a year then have it tossed when Sinclair completely folds the KWGN operation into KDVR!

 

That said, it is a beautiful set--but I doubt it'll last that long given...you know, things.

[KRAP-TV 146]

They went from easily having the worst set in the market to the best. This is local done very well. It makes the graphics slightly more bearable now.

[SFTV 532]

It screams NBC Colorado with that back 5 monitor window wall lol but this is awesome!!

[RGSJenkins 435]

That's one fine looking set, mmmmHMM!

[Journalist 894]

That set is so gorgeous that I'm willing to spend a night sleeping in there.

 

 

Someone get me a bed and a ticket to Denver.

[NEOMatrix 1307]

This set is awesome. I feel like I'm in a Colorado lodge, which works well for "Channel 2, Colorado's Own".

[MorningNews 1498]

Lol some people voice displeasure with how underwhelming the WGN set is, while I am in love with it. Now, everyone loves this set yet I think it's way too much for a news studio.

 

One of those eye of the beholder things I guess.

[24994J 5629]

Lol some people voice displeasure with how underwhelming the WGN set is, while I am in love with it. Now, everyone loves this set yet I think it's way too much for a news studio.

 

One of those eye of the beholder things I guess.

I like the Denver set, but I definitely don't quite get the fawning over it. Best in the market, for sure, while WGN's is not, but that's not hard in Denver. The two sets just prove that one size can't and shouldn't fit all.

[C Block 1566]

I like the Denver set, but I definitely don't quite get the fawning over it. Best in the market, for sure, while WGN's is not, but that's not hard in Denver. The two sets just prove that one size can't and shouldn't fit all.

 

I don't know if anyone's saying one size fits all or that WGN should have built this set. But I think what makes this set really stand out upon first glance is how much color it has and how much warmer it is than WGN's or many of the recent new sets we've seen in top 25 markets. Everyone is building the same thin bezel monitor walls with backlit LED walls and the same glass desk, so sets like WGN and KWGN really pop seeing as they are trying to do something different with emulating local scenic design. I do think though that BDI was more successful pulling off the mountain feel in KWGN's set than they were trying to emulate a Chicago loft in WGN's. If WGN's set had a beat up old factory wood floor like in those concept drawings, as well as more shine and depth to the metal trussing and fake brick and perhaps a rethink of the home base area, it would "pop" as well as KWGN's set. But again, it shouldn't really be a direct comparison. One station's needs in a set are different from another, especially market to market.

 

What also makes this really "pop" is that this is such a surprise to see Tribune finally give KWGN something nice after decimating the entire station, news product, and brand in 2008. Here's a reminder of the set they just got off of. Plenty of small markets have things much nicer than this:

 

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With that said, I don't know if I am quite yet willing to say this is the best set in the market. I do like the KUSA set, though I think I'm in the minority on here with that one. The graphics are still a downgrade from the green look before, and if they were going to go to the trouble of bringing Ernie back to town, they should have gone all the way and brought back the 80s sunburst logo too. But still, overall, it's amazing to see them actually put some effort into KWGN again!