Archive for the ‘Local News’ Category

Colorado Springs station refreshes set

KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colo., has debuted a refreshed set from FX Group. See the before image and read more after the jump.

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ABC, Fox duop debuts new set, graphics

WGXA-TV, the Fox affiliate serving Macon, Ga., added ABC programming to its digital subchannel and launched newscasts with shared facilities and talent under the “NewsCentral” banner. Along with this, a new set and graphics debuted.

Another photo and commentary after the jump.

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Barrington Broadcasting rolls out new Web design to its stations

Barrington Broadcasting Group has rolled out a new design to 26 station Web sites around the country.

The new design, based heavily off of its previous layout, has a much cleaner look, dropping the different colored news categories.

The new site design was also built heavily around search engine optimization. (more…)

WRC-TV updating for HD with a new studio?

WRC-TV, the Washington, D.C. NBC O&O, have moved to a temporary set while work is done on its main studio, shown above from earlier this year.

According to News4 Today’s Facebook fan page, “We are finally going to go 16X9 HD. Our new home is going to look incredible.”

‘News doctor’ Frank Magid dead at 78

Frank Magid, a veteran television consultant often dubbed the “news doctor” has died at 78, reports the Washington Post.

Magid, who founded Frank Magid Associates, a top research and consulting firm for a wide variety of industries, is known for spreading the “Action News” format to counter the success of the “Eyewitness News” brand. The first station to use the “Action News” format, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, remains a dominant station in the market today.

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WTLV-TV and WJXX-TV debut new HD studio and graphics

WTLV-TV and WJXX-TV, Jacksonville’s second duopoly, debuted a new HD set and updated Gannett HD graphics package Monday. WAWS-TV and WTEV-TV debuted in HD the previous week.

The set was designed by FX Group and is a “different look from its past work” according to the company. The set features a stand up pod which is used for some of the newscasts along with newsroom backed desk.

Thanks to Metro Jacksonville for the video captures.

Hawaii Fox affiliate to debut new set

KHON-TV, the New Vision-owned Fox affiliate in Honolulu will unveil a new set from FX Group Monday.

The new set, which was purported to cost $250,000, features plenty of local influence, according to the Star-Bulletin newspaper, including photography done by one of the station’s videographers as well as new music and graphics from local companies.

The newspaper also included a small photograph of the new set, shown at right, but it’s hard to tell what the set will actually look like.

Miami station readying for HD, moves to temp set

CBS O&O WFOR-TV in Miami is in the process of installing a new set in preparation for its switch to HD news.

The new look will debut in time for the Super Bowl. The move makes WFOR-TV the last English-language station in the market to switch to HD news.

The station has posted a photo gallery of some of the initial work in the studio.

No word on who’s behind the new set.

WCBS-TV working on updated newsroom

Via @kjohnsonnyc on Twitter, WCBS-TV is working on an updated newsroom. Will this be a content center like WNBC-TV?

Sacramento station gets refreshed look

KXTV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., has debuted HD news with a refreshed set from FX Group. See more photos and video clips after the jump.

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L.A. ‘NewsCentral’ branding gone after less than five months

Well that didn’t take long.

CBS’s duopoly of KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles has stopped using the combined moniker “NewsCentral,” just several months after adopting the name in July.

Word is that incoming GM Steve Mauldin, who comes from the CBS O&O duopoly in Dallas, axed the name.

As you many recall, “NewsCentral” was also the name of Sinclair Broadcasting’s ill-fated attempt to centralize news operations that ended in 2006.

Rhode Island station launches six hyperlocal sites

WLNE-TV, the ABC affiliate serving Providence, R.I., has taken the wraps off six neighborhood Web sites.

The blog-style sites include news updates as well as business directories and local information.

The hyperlocal Web site model has been increasing popular lately. Belo unveiled 43 sites in the Seattle area earlier this year and MSNBC.com purchased neighborhood news site EveryBlock.