RCA TK47 277 Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 Watching the Sunday 6pm show... Back up anchor Kristen Simoes is sitting in front of a monitor with a camera that looks locked down. The lighting is horrible too. Looks like KCRA might be the next Hearst station on the list for a new set. EDIT: Looks like they're on a portion of the soon-to-be old set with an even older pre-2007 desk.
caliwxdude 254 Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 They are, and you're right... the lighting is awful. I'm pretty sure KCRA has two studios in their building—back when they got the original standard Hearst set (2000ish?) it debuted overnight without moving to a temporary set. Can't remember what they did when they got the next Hearst set in a box from FX.
RCA TK47 277 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Posted July 31, 2017 Can't remember what they did when they got the next Hearst set in a box from FX. In 2007 they used a temp set when they got the FX set. They do have two studios... although the other studio hasn't been used much lately over the past few months, if not at all. Actually, I wouldn't doubt if this temp set is in the spare studio.
WestleyWolf 122 Posted August 1, 2017 Posted August 1, 2017 the promos/IDs still show them on their old set but their on a new temp set it seems. there is a chance it will be bigger.
jbnews 344 Posted August 28, 2017 Posted August 28, 2017 When will this set debut? It's been like a month and no anchors have made any mentions of it online or anything and I haven't seen KCRA post anything on their social media pages. Why are they being so hush-hush about this?
Weeters 1969 Posted August 28, 2017 Posted August 28, 2017 When will this set debut? It's been like a month and no anchors have made any mentions of it online or anything and I haven't seen KCRA post anything on their social media pages. Why are they being so hush-hush about this? It will probably debut in conjunction with some premiere or football game in September. Most sets built this time of year debut in conjunction with something to do with the Fall TV season. Everyone needs to get over the "one month turn" that old sets had. New sets are way more complicated than mid-2000's FX Group Set-in-a-can sets.
RCA TK47 277 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Posted August 28, 2017 It will probably debut when football starts. In the meantime, here is the temp set. Gotta love those steps! lol
WestleyWolf 122 Posted August 28, 2017 Posted August 28, 2017 Its probably going to be a glassy set with Videowalls. lately they have been on Virtual sets as well.
caliwxdude 254 Posted August 29, 2017 Posted August 29, 2017 Interesting. They took the interview portion of the now-old FX set and combined it with weather center desk from the original 2000 BDI set. I'm surprised they still kept parts of the old BDI set around for this long—usually those things go into a dumpster pretty quickly following decommissioning.
SFTV 529 Posted August 29, 2017 Posted August 29, 2017 Interesting. They took the interview portion of the now-old FX set and combined it with weather center desk from the original 2000 BDI set. I'm surprised they still kept parts of the old BDI set around for this long—usually those things go into a dumpster pretty quickly following decommissioning. Or dontated to a local university, high school or community college
RCA TK47 277 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Posted August 29, 2017 That desk has been used out in the field at fairs and such.
caliwxdude 254 Posted August 29, 2017 Posted August 29, 2017 Or dontated to a local university, high school or community college Sadly that's the exception; definitely not the rule.
RCA TK47 277 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Posted August 31, 2017 Looks like after nearly twenty years, KCRA is going to dump the Bank Gothic font. Spotted this on their Facebook page... New on the left and soon to be old on the right. Also a slight logo tweak with the peacock shoved in and moved to the bottom of the 3 in the in the Facebook video screenshot. I'm assuming this will all debut with the new set.
edladd 14 Posted September 5, 2017 Posted September 5, 2017 I don't find green to be an attractive color for a station logo. Anybody else use some shade of green?
scottk 0 Posted September 5, 2017 Posted September 5, 2017 KOCO-TV Oklahoma City, another Hearst station, did the same a few years back when they dropped the bank gothic font on "Eyewitness News 5" and went HD with "KOCO 5 News". The font is similar to the new KCRA, with a bolder text on KOCO.
jbnews 344 Posted September 14, 2017 Posted September 14, 2017 Does anybody have any idea when this thing's gonna debut? I guess is by the end of the month.
WestleyWolf 122 Posted September 16, 2017 Posted September 16, 2017 I don't find green to be an attractive color for a station logo. Anybody else use some shade of green? KCRA has always been green since the 70s. other stations that have a shade of green is KBNZ, WNEM, WISC and WOTV.
edladd 14 Posted September 16, 2017 Posted September 16, 2017 Interesting...just not a fan of the green
jbnews 344 Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 I think changes may be imminent. Noticed this on KCRA's live stream at 4pm today.
jbnews 344 Posted October 9, 2017 Posted October 9, 2017 KCRA's new set just debuted at noon! Looks just like WESH's set.
Big Country News 435 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 KCRA's new set just debuted at noon! Looks just like WESH's set. What you're really saying is that KCRA's set is one big, unimaginative dura.
Eat News 4745 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 What you're really saying is that KCRA's set is one big, unimaginative dura. Oh Burn! (insert overused Emma Stone gif here)
TennTV1983 806 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Definitely on par with KOVR in terms of quality news sets in that market.
TheRolyPoly 2573 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Definitely on par with KOVR in terms of quality news sets in that market. I can agree with that. I can also agree that KXTV is the worst in the market because they have no direction and are clueless. Even KTXL has a better set than KXTV's.
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