Vlad 325 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Yeah it's an evolution indeed from their previous set, arguably one of the nicest in the market, just well executed and placed properly. The lighting is great, the set is large and no longer cramped, overall a major much needed improvement that we've all waited years for. Cant wait to see the other one elements and how the dynamics are put it to use during their other shows. Overall it's an incredibly wonderful improvement! Gonna really miss the streetside studio, at this point only Chicago's Eyewitness News (WLS-TV) has the State Street Studio if I remember correctly. Only gripe I have is the ticker with the Eyewitness News and ABC7NY etc, I don't think having that moving behind them is necessary, its a bit too busy, but other than that, its an amazingly beautiful set! WABC now the cream of the crop with their on air presentation and product. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 681 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 My opinion, and I'm welcome to it as a non regular viewer. The lighting seems to be too bright and the faces on the set are washed out looking, Seems to need some adjustment. The microphone echo is definitely present. I find the Eyewitness News banner behind the anchors distracting, it's too large. A smaller banner would work better. 4 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2428 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Good thing is that they'll definitely have feedback from on-set and viewers and begin to adjust accordingly. The best thing about a fully new facility is that you will know in real time what to adjust and the viewer doesn't have the old set in mind to compare to the new now. Can't wait to see the newsroom flashcam if they have one. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc7 Man 47 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 They adjusted the banner in the backdrop to only be 2 lines instead of 3. The top and bottom lines were redundant. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelanceproducer 180 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Clickspring Design is responsible for the new studio. For what it’s worth, they also designed WABC’s street side studio. Here’s a rendering of both 2 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 18 minutes ago, freelanceproducer said: Clickspring Design is responsible for the new studio. For what it’s worth, they also designed WABC’s street side studio. Here’s a rendering of both Not a bad choice considering they usually put out very good quality sets. WABC's new digs remind me of the recent NBC Nightly News set in a way just before they moved everything to Studio 1A (right down to the floating 7 in the ceiling). 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 204 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Lee Goldberg did the last 5pm weather hit and first 6pm weather hit from the roof. It was a pretty cool shot with the World Trade Center in the background and the sunset. He also mentioned many more angles up there and more live shots to come. Should be pretty cool 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-303987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 490 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/26/2025 at 6:23 PM, RealNews18 said: Lee Goldberg did the last 5pm weather hit and first 6pm weather hit from the roof. It was a pretty cool shot with the World Trade Center in the background and the sunset. He also mentioned many more angles up there and more live shots to come. Should be pretty cool On the 11 he mentioned the screen behind the giant 7 in the weather center is meant to show the current outside weather (not a live shot but a representation) Wonder if they automated that or someone needs to manually select in which case take bets how long the feature lasts. I guess Clickspring doing both the prior and current set explains keeping elements like the big Accuweather repeater when the weather anchor is speaking from the main desk. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1047 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, sfomspphl said: On the 11 he mentioned the screen behind the giant 7 in the weather center is meant to show the current outside weather (not a live shot but a representation) Wonder if they automated that or someone needs to manually select in which case take bets how long the feature lasts. I guess Clickspring doing both the prior and current set explains keeping elements like the big Accuweather repeater when the weather anchor is speaking from the main desk. It’s likely just a matter of hitting the right preset button (clouds, rain, snow, etc..). Doubtful it’s any more complex than that. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2172 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) On 2/26/2025 at 5:18 PM, freelanceproducer said: Clickspring Design is responsible for the new studio. For what it’s worth, they also designed WABC’s street side studio. Here’s a rendering of both The rendering for the bottom set looks significantly better than the actual thing did. If only it were actually lit that way. That zoomed out view in the rendering would make for a great opening broadcast shot. Edited March 1 by MediaZone4K 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1448 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Have they been presenting weather in front of the video wall screen all week like Dani is doing on the 10am show? I can’t remember seeing Lee in front of it. KTRK does that as well and I’m a big fan of that look vs the traditional green screen. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 606 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 2/27/2025 at 9:58 PM, sfomspphl said: On the 11 he mentioned the screen behind the giant 7 in the weather center is meant to show the current outside weather (not a live shot but a representation) Wonder if they automated that or someone needs to manually select in which case take bets how long the feature lasts. I guess Clickspring doing both the prior and current set explains keeping elements like the big Accuweather repeater when the weather anchor is speaking from the main desk. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 325 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 2/26/2025 at 6:23 PM, RealNews18 said: Lee Goldberg did the last 5pm weather hit and first 6pm weather hit from the roof. It was a pretty cool shot with the World Trade Center in the background and the sunset. He also mentioned many more angles up there and more live shots to come. Should be pretty cool Oh wow that's exciting! Something to look forward to as the weather inevitably gets warmer! Wild to see the difference between the outgoing and new studios, glad to know that it's the same designer, at least it retains some familiarity in that way. When you see the rendering of the outgoing set, you do see the age, especially with the tiled background, which was popular in the 2010s. The new set is more refined, cleaner, and just refreshing. I also like the new Wordmark or typeface they used for "EYEWITNESS NEWS" in the new set's rendering. If they actually had switched to that, it would make WABC and KABC uniform but clearly they decided to keep their identities. Thanks for sharing those renders! 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 204 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Here’s a pretty cool transition in the newsroom https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGx4pCbg4OF/?igsh=dXdmcDI3d28wM3lz 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 606 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, RealNews18 said: Here’s a pretty cool transition in the newsroom https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGx4pCbg4OF/?igsh=dXdmcDI3d28wM3lz Interesting concept but a little weird when the majority of the shot highlights empty desks and powered-off monitors. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc7 Man 47 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) Zoomed out view of the portion of the part of the set that the floor and background can be adjusted. Posted by Ryan Field. Edited March 20 by abc7 Man 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseboy33 93 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/4/2025 at 7:53 PM, RealNews18 said: Here’s a pretty cool transition in the newsroom https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGx4pCbg4OF/?igsh=dXdmcDI3d28wM3lz That almost reminded me of the old CityPulse news program on Citytv Toronto 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21631-wabc-moves-to-hudson-square/page/3/#findComment-304480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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