WLUC New Set & Graphics

[roscoryan 21]

WLUC in Marquette, MI has a new set and graphics package, and it's a HUGE upgrade over what they had! They reported the upgrades were over $1 million.

 

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/TV6-airs-largest-studio-upgrade--442928123.html

 

 

Not bad at all for #180!

 

Below is a Facebook Live tour of the new studio. I'll try to post the new open later tonight.

 

[RCA TK47 277]

It looks like none of the $1,000,000+ went toward a new logo. What a shame.

[Viper550 292]

If the website is any indication, they're still using those tubes on the weather.

[RGSJenkins 435]

They're using In-Sink V.5, the Gray standard graphics and the tubes are gone.

[TheRolyPoly 2592]

They're using In-Sink V.5, the Gray standard graphics and the tubes are gone.

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But they're still forecasting the weather as it if was the '70s... Highs in the 70s, Lows in the 50s. Meteorology and weather forecasting doesn't do that anymore.

[ChesapeakeTV 312]

I suppose that also means the end of their brief flirtation with Curves...

 

[FiveNews 379]

What kind of cameras are those? Never seen those before.

 

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/TV6-airs-largest-studio-upgrade--442928123.html

 

 

Not bad at all for #180!

 

Below is a Facebook Live tour of the new studio. I'll try to post the new open later tonight.

 

[rkolsen 1686]

The cameras are Panasonic PTZ ones. There was one out of the five that looked odd to me.

 

The set looks good.

 

Edit: I believe the cameras are Pivot from Ross.

 

Edit 2: The strange one appeared to be the Pivot. The rest look Panasonic.

[Rbulger23 2]

Doesn't look bad and for the market size it gives a larger market feel. I think WICU in Erie could take a lesson if Lilly would loosen the purse strings.

[TheMassMediaGeek 98]

Gray has made WLUC great again!!

[nathannah 2503]

It looks like none of the $1,000,000+ went toward a new logo. What a shame.

 

Still holding out hope the 'rainbow 6' will return in all of its 'designed on an Apple II' glory.

 

But they're still forecasting the weather as it if was the '70s... Highs in the 70s, Lows in the 50s. Meteorology and weather forecasting doesn't do that anymore.

 

It's a large geographical area, and the audience often influences what they say as far as temperatures, so they might stick with the estimates rather than precision (especially near the lake, where it's often 5-10 degrees cooler than inland). I just saw one of my local meteorologists Facebook-poll their followers to see if a current conditions map rundown was needed; they said the corporate tinkerers asked them to cut some chaff from their segments (the universal answer among the poll was 'of course are you crazy for removing that?!', by the way).

[tw-804 194]

It looks like none of the $1,000,000+ went toward a new logo. What a shame.

 

Their current logo's been around since 2015, replacing the 2008 logo with 'TV6' in an oval.

 

But it's a cool looking set, though.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 949]

They're using In-Sink V.5, the Gray standard graphics and the tubes are gone.

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I'm surprised they didn't get the updated Gray graphics like sister station WILX in Lansing -- but a 1,000,000,000% better looking appearance as a whole.

[roscoryan 21]

Here is the new open:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uIyv_NKse4

[WestleyWolf 122]

Here is the new open:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uIyv_NKse4

 

they seem to be using a modified version of the L3's that WHBQ is using.

[NEOMatrix 1307]

Also, seems like the graphics are STILL trying to be 4:3 safe.

[MidwestTV 1244]

It is a definite improvement. That said, y'all do realize this is a standard Gray set right? Not trying to burst any bubbles or anything. KOLN in Lincoln has the same gigs. (More or less. The main monitor array is oriented vertically than horizontally)

 

It looks like none of the $1,000,000+ went toward a new logo. What a shame.

 

What's wrong with their logo? Certainly better than, say, WEWS.

 

But they're still forecasting the weather as it if was the '70s... Highs in the 70s, Lows in the 50s. Meteorology and weather forecasting doesn't do that anymore.

 

Seriously. They can't even give a set temperature for the next day? Talk about a way to cover your asses. "Well temperatures today were in the 50s, so our forecast was right on the money!" Ok, sure, yeah, of course it is when you allow yourself a 10 degree spread to be right.

[who?cares 255]

Talk about the world's longest preshow.