KHOU on Temp Set

[WXmanTim 88]

A radio-info.com poster notes that KHOU is on a temporary set originating from their conference room. Another poster adds that they are completely rebuilding the existing studio and will debut the new set in September or October.

 

From the little bit of video on their site, it does appear to be a temporary set-up. Curious to see what the new one will look like.

[Al-SA-TX 54]

hahaha. wow that's bull...KHOU is a belo owned station, as with KENS here in San Antonio

 

KENS didn't get a new set because they were probably rushed to transition into HD to simply have all four belo owned stations in Texas broadcasting HD (WFAA - Dallas | KHOU - Houston | KVUE - Austin | KENS - San Antonio)...by the looks of it anyway.

 

I believe KENS has had it's same set for over 8 years, give or take. eh but whatever, i guess there will have to be a time where they eventually overhaul their set.

[noname_77065 0]

Other than a few redresses, KHOU has had it's current set for at least 10 years. It aged well, but it was definitely time for something new.

[WXmanTim 88]

Other than a few redresses' date=' KHOU has had it's current set for at least 10 years. It aged well, but it was definitely time for something new.[/quote']

 

Yeah, a little more than 10-years. I believe it premiered in November 1997. At the very least, they were using at Thanksgiving 1997.

 

The set received minor damage (and the morning news set was totalled) in 2001 when Buffalo Bayou floodwaters (caused by T. S. Allison) briefly inundated the station's Allen Parkway studios. I wish I could find the pictures my ex-roommate and I took of the front of the studios the day after the flooding...the front end of someone's BMW (or it may have been a Lexus) had floated half-way up the steps to the lobby in the floodwaters.

[caliwxdude 254]

This has to be one of the best-looking interim sets I've seen in a while (the set WNBC had before they moved in to their current studio was also pretty nice). Looks like more than just a conference room, too...

[CircleSeven 1960]

Here's the vid. Courtesy of Houstontvnews from YT.

 

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[Ntropolis 599]

Here's the vid. Courtesy of Houstontvnews from YT.

 

The description says they're doing the 6 and 10pm news from the main set. Has that changed?

[NewsJunkie247 1]

Wow! That is one nice set! This is only temporary!?!? When they are done with the new set in the studio, they should use this one for one or two broadcasts during the day like WNBC.

[PTVNews 196]

That is a very nice set for being HD. Did they move it from the studio or was it built just for this?

 

The moving plasmas behind the anchors was sooooo cool.

[WXmanTim 88]

You know, I recall having read somewhere that KHOU once had their studio in front of the newsroom. The source escapes me, now, as its been a few years, but I want to say that set may have just predated the old old set (the really dark one in the 1996 video on youtube).

 

Perhaps they have moved into the studio in which it was housed. The other day, when I originally read the post on radioinfo and looked at a video on KHOU.com, there were very obvious white horizontal blinds in front of the window (behind the plasmas) and the only shot was a tight close-up of Greg Hurst.

 

What's interesting is that the bank of monitors in the background hangs approximately in the middle of the newsroom. Back over the years, any newsroom stand-ups would use this same camera angle (the now wood-covered columns had the old 11News logo painted on them), so the logo in the far background is very likely a window covering (transparency skin): the newsroom has a wall of windows that front onto Allen Parkway. For years there were vertical blinds as window covers, which would often be open late at night and on weekends giving a good view into the newsroom from the street.

 

Perhaps these are pieces of the new studio, set up in this space, on a temporary basis. WWOR, if you recall, did something similar - using their future weathercenter as a temp set - while the new one was constructed.

[l14dap 1]

The moving plasmas behind the anchors was sooooo cool.

 

Wow, I didn't even notice that the plasmas move until you mentioned it (and looked closer at the last 5 seconds or so). Neat!

[DMA 135]

When they are done with the new set in the studio, they should use this one for one or two broadcasts during the day like WNBC.

 

What are you talking about?

[PTVNews 196]

Wow, I didn't even notice that the plasmas move until you mentioned it (and looked closer at the last 5 seconds or so). Neat!

 

It shows it better at 1:09.

[News4LA 0]

The moving plasmas behind the anchors was sooooo cool.

Damn, that was very cool.

[KRAP-TV 146]

Temporary? Really?? Looks pretty damn good to me...

[Oliverolang 41]

I agree, it looks great. Why would they use this as their interim set, it would work fine as their regular set. KHOU used to have their newsroom as their set from 1987-89.

[Que 73]

The set has a lot of similar elements that KTXA has. I am betting this is the new set, and it is designed by FX Group, but don't quote me on that.

[ib-td 1]

Wow -- that set is pretty nice for being "temporary". They oughta stick with it.

 

I agree. I liked the moving monitors.

[Mercedes 10]

I'm sure their new set will be very nice, But I don't think anyone in Houston or the country can beat KTRK ABC 13's new set. If anyone thinks there is another better looking set I want to see it. I think all the stations in Houston look up to ABC 13.

[Que 73]

Umm no. KTRK set is not the best, it is just another carbon-copy FX set. Want to see a nice set? Look at WFAA, WNBC, WLS, and I can name many more...

[HoustonNews 0]

KHOU has debuted the finalized set based on the look of the temp set. It was debuted this morning with the relaunch of KHOU's morning newscast. If anything, the new set looks much worse than even the temp set it replaced. It's way too bright and busy.