KUSA Set Work

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KUSA is temporarily in the former Daily Blast Live studio. Kyle Clark said there was some work being done on the main set.

 

Aside from the atrocious white balancing on one camera and awful lighting in one shot, I actually don't think this looks that bad....

 

Edited December 17, 2024 by C Block

[mouseboy33 60]

I like that they are wearing 9 pins. Reminds me of the Circle 7 pins the ABC affiliates used to wear. I think only KABC still does this

[MidwestTV 1208]

There's a LOT more depth in the DBL studio compared to the main studio. Talent over there just sit in front of a giant LED wall with close up shots of downtown which eliminate any depth.

[newsteam13 382]

You know what? THIS news set - that was used by Daily Blast Live - is actually really awesome. Hope they NEVER leave this set in favor of the new one being built.

[GodfreyGR 591]

I get fire code... But that Exit sign behind the 3x3 distracts the heck out of me. If they use this for anything long term, I would hope they can reframe the shot to eliminate that.

[newsteam13 382]

5 hours ago, mouseboy33 said:

I like that they are wearing 9 pins. Reminds me of the Circle 7 pins the ABC affiliates used to wear. I think only KABC still does this

 

Station Logo lapel pins. A sweet fashion accessory for every on-air talent. You gotta love em!!!

Edited December 17, 2024 by newsteam13

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3 hours ago, newsteam13 said:

You know what? THIS news set - that was used by Daily Blast Live - is actually really awesome. Hope they NEVER leave this set in favor of the new one being built.

I don’t think they’re building a new set. I saw Kyle Clark say on Twitter that it’s only for a week.

 

With that said, if they don’t replace Daily Blast Live with anything, then it would be nice if they down the line moved Colorado and Company and the Denver Huddle back to Studio B (perhaps even just using the DBL set) and make the main news set in A the full size of the studio again. Probably not anytime soon, but someday.

[ScottSchell 324]

They are back in the studio. 

 

Edited December 23, 2024 by ScottSchell

[newsteam13 382]

That's one of them lipstick makeovers of existing things.

KUSA took an existing set and made it even more cool.

 

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More of a refresh than I was expecting, though it's still pretty minor. The angled peacocks everywhere are a little odd. 

[mouseboy33 60]

the angled peacock logos are awful. it seems like it would be in violation of the NBC Style guide to use the NBC peacock that way. Those sets are nothing much to begin with but it guess they could only work with what they had. Bit of meh makeover to me.

[Junk Junk 5]

Very underwhelming refresh. It’s a shame they couldn’t stay on The Daily Blast set. I miss sets with depth.

[MidwestTV 1208]

At least they appear to have an actual (but very dark) weather center in studio now. Not a fan of those angled peacocks either. Would've looked better on the desk if they did what some NBC shops do and split the peacock in half.

 

Speaking of the desk, it's overall an improvement from the standard Tegna desk that was the horribly awkward three-arm round shape.

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5 minutes ago, MidwestTV said:

At least they appear to have an actual (but very dark) weather center in studio now.

 

It's been in there ever since they installed this set, what, 8 years ago? It wasn't perhaps as noticeable before this refresh as it didn't really have any weather branding around it. I think it's kind of a shame they don't do weather from the backyard anymore – that was unique.

[MidwestTV 1208]

12 minutes ago, C Block said:

 

It's been in there ever since they installed this set, what, 8 years ago? It wasn't perhaps as noticeable before this refresh as it didn't really have any weather branding around it. I think it's kind of a shame they don't do weather from the backyard anymore – that was unique.

They do weather from the backyard all the time.

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25 minutes ago, MidwestTV said:

They do weather from the backyard all the time.

 

When? Whenever I tune in, they're clearly inside these days. It's not like the days long ago when the main second block weather hit was always outside (or started inside and ended outside).

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5 hours ago, C Block said:

 

When? Whenever I tune in, they're clearly inside these days. It's not like the days long ago when the main second block weather hit was always outside (or started inside and ended outside).

MidwestTV is right, they do it all the time outside.  Usually when it's in studio it's for the A-Block hit on the newscast, TODAY Show Weather Updates & NBC News Daily weather Updates.   What they don't use as much anymore is the camera shot from the main Weather Center that's out in the Information Center.

[MediaZone4K 1937]

The DBL set was better

On 12/17/2024 at 12:38 AM, C Block said:

KUSA is temporarily in the former Daily Blast Live studio. Kyle Clark said there was some work being done on the main set.

 

Aside from the atrocious white balancing on one camera and awful lighting in one shot, I actually don't think this looks that bad....

 

 

On 12/17/2024 at 11:48 AM, newsteam13 said:

You know what? THIS news set - that was used by Daily Blast Live - is actually really awesome. Hope they NEVER leave this set in favor of the new one being built.

 

[Dave Lampstein 56]

What I appreciate about using the DBL space is it’s not a set that’s a desk pushed up against a big monitor. Even more idiotic are the number of big monitors that just have a still graphic skyline in them. 
 

Here we have dimension, texture, and some halfway decent lighting. All of those are lost arts these days in local news studio design.

 

What is interesting about this space is that a lot of sets use flats for their walls so the exit sign would never really appear on a set wall, but that must be the actual exterior wall of the studio space. I was in here in 2020 but barely remember it, but appreciated it for what it was and how well they used the space they had.  

Edited December 24, 2024 by Dave Lampstein