panewswatcher69 28 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) After a long 10 years (top picture is previous news set), is Nexstar's Altoona, PA station getting a new news set finally? Is the news set with the blue background pictured a temporary set? The set with the blue background pictured started being used on Friday, September 1st, 2023. Edited September 11, 2023 by panewswatcher69 Added previous news set 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottSchell 355 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 7 hours ago, panewswatcher69 said: After a long 10 years (top picture is previous news set), is Nexstar's Altoona, PA station getting a new news set finally? Is the news set with the blue background pictured a temporary set? The set with the blue background pictured started being used on Friday, September 1st, 2023. Yes the blue background is what they typically use at their stations for the temporary set. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-289938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
panewswatcher69 28 Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) New WTAJ news set. Debuted 4 pm, Wednesday, October 18th, 2023. Edited October 20, 2023 by panewswatcher69 Corrected date 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-290990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 915 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I also see they switched from the "CBS" Nexstar graphics to the KOIN graphics 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-290996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 915 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 .... and Aerial 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-290997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3950 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 They should have gotten a new logo while they were at it. But this is typical Nexstar.... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-291003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1714 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 18 hours ago, panewswatcher69 said: New WTAJ news set. Debuted 4 pm, Wednesday, October 18th, 2023. This is what you would expect for a market of this size. This isn't what you'd expect for Denver... Yet that is exactly what we got and it looks like crap. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-291007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3950 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I cringe to think what's next for some of the former Tribune stations out there that got some "last minute" changes before Nexstar took over. Hopefully for stations like WGN and WJW, these changes are years away...but others like KWGN/KDVR and WTTV/WXIN were converted pretty quickly from some of their Tribune looks/packages... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-291013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
panewswatcher69 28 Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 Now, after 15 years, time for Sinclair's WJAC Johnstown new news set. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-291017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1439 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 22 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said: This is what you would expect for a market of this size. This isn't what you'd expect for Denver... Yet that is exactly what we got and it looks like crap. The thing that irks me about that is that the set it replaced was only 3(!) years old, and (at least imo), looked newer and more polished. It’s one thing if they were replacing a 10-20 year old set, but to throw away a perfectly functional set after only 3 years? What a waste. KDVR didn’t need to replace their set; they needed to replace the (metaphorical) revolving door of talent. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-291019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1714 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 10/21/2023 at 4:29 PM, nycnewsjunkie said: The thing that irks me about that is that the set it replaced was only 3(!) years old, and (at least imo), looked newer and more polished. It’s one thing if they were replacing a 10-20 year old set, but to throw away a perfectly functional set after only 3 years? What a waste. KDVR didn’t need to replace their set; they needed to replace the (metaphorical) revolving door of talent. And even their previous set was only about 6 years old. They keep replacing sets like that is going to improve ratings. Honestly, Byron Grandy needs to be fired. He and Joan Barrett haven't a clue what they are doing. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19840-wtaj-news-altoona-pa-new-set/#findComment-291050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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