WVUE's new set

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Its still months away. However, WVUE has already shown you its new home right here. Reminder: WVUE sold their old building to Xavier University as they'll move to mid-city near I-10.

 

Unfortunately, its still not ready before the New Orleans Super Bowl.

 

https://www.fox8live.com/video/2025/02/06/take-sneak-peak-fox-8s-new-home/

 

EDIT: It shows both their new studios on this one: one for main news and weather, another for NOLA NOW and GCSEN.

 

Edited February 7, 2025 by TheRolyPoly

[TennTV1983 870]

1 hour ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Its still months away. However, WVUE has already shown you its new home right here. Reminder: WVUE sold their old building to Xavier University as they'll move to mid-city near I-10.

 

Unfortunately, its still not ready before the New Orleans Super Bowl.

 

https://www.fox8live.com/video/2025/02/06/take-sneak-peak-fox-8s-new-home/

 

EDIT: It shows both their new studios on this one: one for main news and weather, another for NOLA NOW and GCSEN.

 

 

You misheard that, as the anchor said their new studio is just a few blocks away [from their soon-to-be-former home near Xavier University of Louisiana]. The intent was always to have the place ready in time for Super Bowl Sunday, and by the looks of things, they're set to start broadcasting from there no later than after the game is over on Sunday.

 

EDIT: From political analyst Robert Collins' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BBp7qV5nz/

Edited February 7, 2025 by TennTV1983

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

1 hour ago, TennTV1983 said:

 

You misheard that, as the anchor said their new studio is just a few blocks away [from their soon-to-be-former home near Xavier University of Louisiana]. The intent was always to have the place ready in time for Super Bowl Sunday, and by the looks of things, they're set to start broadcasting from there no later than after the game is over on Sunday.

 

EDIT: From political analyst Robert Collins' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BBp7qV5nz/

 

Well that was the 5pm report. Here's the 4pm report where Lauren McCoy said in just a few short months. I should've included this too for reference.

 

 

Edited February 7, 2025 by TheRolyPoly

[mouseboy33 137]

Wow that is a nothing set. Yawn. And the lighting is Yeesh. But i guess for them....congrats on the new building.

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

3 hours ago, mouseboy33 said:

Wow that is a nothing set. Yawn. And the lighting is Yeesh. But i guess for them....congrats on the new building.

Sort of a lateral move for them since the other set was on the "blah" side. 

I think the lighting will be better on this one since you could see the glare of the lights on the monitor array during dark images.

At least it's not the bus-station/bank branch look of some of their past sets....the "Gray-Hound" look....

Edited February 7, 2025 by tyrannical bastard

[SFTV 567]

The set screams BDI with the 2014 era KCNC/KFMB anchor desk

[MetroNews 28]

Yeah. BDI for sure. 

[ABC 7 Denver 1889]

On 2/7/2025 at 9:31 AM, SFTV said:

The set screams BDI with the 2014 era KCNC/KFMB anchor desk

 

I'm sorry. Gray is literally everything but creative and innovative. It saves them money. New to a market is cheaper than a world's first.

[MediaZone4K 2661]

On 2/7/2025 at 2:46 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Well that was the 5pm report. Here's the 4pm report where Lauren McCoy said in just a few short months. I should've included this too for reference.

 

 

From working in a newsroom, they push you to be innovative and think outside of the box with stories so that we aren't just doing the same thing as the competition. Why doesn't that apply to design standards?

 

The majority of newscasts in this country feature bland video walls with no physical set pieces, and some generic white box design for their lower thirds. Somebody switch it up please.

Edited February 11, 2025 by MediaZone4K

[MorningNews 1711]

I get that sentiment and agree with it but it’s probably unlikely that viewers determine who they watch based off of set design. 

[MediaZone4K 2661]

40 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

I get that sentiment and agree with it but it’s probably unlikely that viewers determine who they watch based off of set design. 

True. We always have to strike a balance between being critics who have a more acute eye for certain things and assessing what the audience actually cares about.

 

But If the news station dedicated a segment to draw attention to their new set it shows that they want the audience to care about it. 

Edited February 11, 2025 by MediaZone4K

[ScottSchell 423]

Apologies for bumping this but is there any word on how much longer it will be before they officially move and start broadcasting from the new building?

[TennTV1983 870]

1 hour ago, ScottSchell said:

Apologies for bumping this but is there any word on how much longer it will be before they officially move and start broadcasting from the new building?

 

The new studio is finished as of February. It's just a matter of finishing up some technical stuff before they can fully broadcast from there.

[LocalNewsNerd7000 159]

Just a few days away (and there’s a look at their new primary logo)…

Edited May 1, 2025 by NWA_TV_guy

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Tune in tomorrow... first day in their new digs.

 

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1137370445084228&id=100064338505464

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

Please don't tell me they're rebranding as WVUE 8.....
Come on Gray....

"FOX 8" is what put them on top of the ratings, WVUE is branding of an also-ran ABC affiliate that was pounded by WWL and WDSU 30 years before Fox came calling.
These Fox stations don't quite have the ability to stand on their own like their other affiliated stations.  Anything else would be foreign to their viewers.

 

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1158]

17 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Please don't tell me they're rebranding as WVUE 8.....
Come on Gray....

"FOX 8" is what put them on top of the ratings, WVUE is branding of an also-ran ABC affiliate that was pounded by WWL and WDSU 30 years before Fox came calling.
These Fox stations don't quite have the ability to stand on their own like their other affiliated stations.  Anything else would be foreign to their viewers.

 

That and their iconic FOX 8 with the Fleur de LIs O

Edited May 7, 2025 by MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie
spelling error

[GodfreyGR 812]

12 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Please don't tell me they're rebranding as WVUE 8.....
Come on Gray....

"FOX 8" is what put them on top of the ratings, WVUE is branding of an also-ran ABC affiliate that was pounded by WWL and WDSU 30 years before Fox came calling.
These Fox stations don't quite have the ability to stand on their own like their other affiliated stations.  Anything else would be foreign to their viewers.

 

The comment section on @TheRolyPoly's FB link has some people calling out the dropping of FOX for the call letters already... And most are not kind. Hopefully someone is reading the early speculative feedback! Agree that when you're on top of the mountain, you need to indeed innovate and stay ahead of the game, but don't blow up what you're known for (read- the branding, the logo)

 

5 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

That and their icondic FOX 8 with the Fleur de LIs O

Isn't a Fleur-De-Lis in NOLA like hiving a lone star on just about anything in Texas? Lots of local and regional pride that goes along with it.

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

29 minutes ago, GodfreyGR said:

The comment section on @TheRolyPoly's FB link has some people calling out the dropping of FOX for the call letters already... And most are not kind. Hopefully someone is reading the early speculative feedback! Agree that when you're on top of the mountain, you need to indeed innovate and stay ahead of the game, but don't blow up what you're known for (read- the branding, the logo)

 

Isn't a Fleur-De-Lis in NOLA like hiving a lone star on just about anything in Texas? Lots of local and regional pride that goes along with it.

The Fleur de Lis is probably the most sacred of all above being referred to "Fox 8".  It was a brilliant move by the Bensons when they bought the station, and carried on to this day.

 

And after reading the comments, potentially losing the "Fox" branding is causing some viewers to lose their minds, because they tie it with a certain "news" channel.

Edited May 7, 2025 by tyrannical bastard

[T.L. Hughes 958]

56 minutes ago, GodfreyGR said:

The comment section on @TheRolyPoly's FB link has some people calling out the dropping of FOX for the call letters already... And most are not kind. Hopefully someone is reading the early speculative feedback!

Let’s not exaggerate. Unless some were deleted, of the 41 comments on that post (as of this post’s writing), only four make reference to this, and two are from people confusing the Fox network and Fox News Channel.

 

That said, I don’t know if they’re going the WBRC route with the branding (switching primarily to a callsign/channel brand, while keeping the network-centric branding in limited form) or dropping the Fox name entirely, since the post still makes reference to “Fox 8”, including on the standalone and desk monitors in the set pic (assuming that wasn’t taken from weeks ago, and updated graphics with the “WVUE 8” brand weren’t sent to the new control room yet).

Edited May 7, 2025 by T.L. Hughes

[GodfreyGR 812]

53 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Let’s not exaggerate. Unless some were deleted, of the 41 comments on that post (as of this post’s writing), only four make reference to this, and two are from people confusing the Fox network and Fox News Channel.

That is fair- I could have phrased my last remarks better. Indeed there are challenges for virtually all Fox affiliates getting confused for the cable network- and many ownership groups take different approaches to embracing and deflecting.

As for the FB comments, I always remember what one of my managers once told me- that for every comment on socials, there are more followers that were thinking the same thing but just didn't post it (admittingly, I am that type of person when scrolling through FB or X. Here? a bit of a different story.)

[nathannah 2792]

 

Hopefully nothing breaks in these next three hours (news or technically!).

[ScottSchell 423]

12 minutes ago, nathannah said:

 

Hopefully nothing breaks in these next three hours (news or technically!).

Well they already said if anything breaks severe weather wise while flipping everything over to the new building they are ready to go.

[ScottSchell 423]

New set and building is fully live. And good news they didn’t from the FOX from the logo.

Edited May 7, 2025 by ScottSchell

[MorningNews 1711]

Looks pretty damn good on camera.

 

Not sure where this afternoon’s speculation that they were ditching the Fox logo came from. The dress rehearsals of the new set all included the Fox 8 logo.