first on fox 18 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 But Draper is far from complacent. Instead, he has invested over $7 million to create a new 11,000-square-foot news production facility, the NewsPlex, which WBOC will use to launch high-definition newscasts next week. Planning for the new studio began three years ago as HD programming started to take off. Designed by The FX Group of Orlando, Fla., and integrated by The Systems Group of Hoboken, N.J., the NewsPlex features an innovative rotating anchor desk set in the middle of an open, working newsroom. moar: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6588019.html pics: http://www.wboc.com/global/Category.asp?c=143878 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
News24/7 3 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The rotating anchor desk isnt that Inovative anymore, it started With KNTV. Now CNN HN has one as well as KCRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 It's like real life FTA - A chopper and HD Newsplex in market 6,000. EDIT: Aparently $13 million dollars doesn't buy you a photog that can hold a camera steady... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsie 11 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 It's like real life FTA - A chopper and HD Newsplex in market 6,000. EDIT: Aparently $13 million dollars doesn't buy you a photog that can hold a camera steady... That gave me a nice laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Wow! That looks pretty nice...especially in market 147 where you would expect to see a kitchen table with folding chairs as the anchor desk! The entire newsplex looks excellent!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskanews 108 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 especially in market 147 where you would expect to see a kitchen table with folding chairs as the anchor desk Excuse me? I work at a station 3 markets below that and we have a pretty nice set thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 WBOC, for the last few years, has had the production capabilities of a major market. Compared to their competition in Salisbury, channel 47, which has always been outmanned in news, WBOC looks like almost a major market station, with a helicopter, nice weather graphics, and Sunday morning news. Amazing for a station that didn't even have local color cameras until 1974-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Excuse me? I work at a station 3 markets below that and we have a pretty nice set thank you. I've actually seen the anchor desk at KTVA in Anchorage and I must say it is pretty nice. Some stations that are in higher markets than Anchorage have pretty bad sets. WTAJ-TV in the Altoona/Johnstown, PA market (#99) has an OK set now, but from 1995 until January of this year, their set was pretty bad with a gray bland backdrop and it just looked terrible. So I'm not saying that all stations in small markets have bad anchor desks and I like your anchor desk A LOT more than your competitor's desk over at ABC Alaska News!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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