IT’S A HISTORIC DAY FOR US HERE ON 10 NEWS....OUR
FIRST DAY IN A NEW
BUILDING IN MORE
THAN 63 YEARS.
WE’RE UNVEILING
OUR NEW SET THIS
MORNING ON
VIRGINIA TODAY.
IT’S TAKEN
MONTHS OF HARD
WORK AND MORE
THAN A YEAR OF
PLANNING.
AND WE’RE SO
EXCITED TO SHARE
WITH YOU A FIRST
LOOK AT ALL OUR
NEW SET HAS TO
OFFER.
WELCOME TO OUR
NEW HOME HERE
AT 10 NEWS.
FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.... "READY IN 3...2...1"
ROANOKE’S FIRST
TELEVISION NEWS
STATION HAS A NEW
LOCATION.....AND A
BRAND NEW STATE
OF THE ART
SET...WITH ALL THE
LATEST TELEVISION
BROADCAST
TECHNOLOGY.
BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY. AS EMILY BARR --
CEO OF OUR
OWNERS GRAHAM
MEDIA SAYS....IT’S
AS MUCH AS YOUR
HOME AS IT IS OURS. 10:46:04 THAT’S
GOING TO BE THE
BENEFIT TO THE
VIEWER. SO THE
BUILDING BY ITSELF
IS GOING TO BE THE
KEY. IT’S THE
MAGIC THAT
HAPPENS INSIDE
AND THERE’S A LOT
OF MAGIC
HAPPENING THESE
DAYS ON SCREEN
AND BEHIND THE
SCENES.
"GUYS WE’RE JUST
GOING TO DO THE
A-BLOCK WITH
DARREN
DIRECTING."
DARREN DIRECTING." OUR TEAM HAS
SPENT WEEKS
EXTENSIVELY
TRAINING ON THE
NEW SET.
DOING REHEARSAL
AFTER REHEARSAL.
OUR PRODUCTION
DEPARTMENT HAS
PUT IN A LOT OF
LONG DAYS AND
NIGHTS LEARNING
THE IN’S AND OUT’S
OF THE NEW
ADVANCED
SYSTEM.
ADVANCED SYSTEM. WITHOUT THIS
TEAM....THE
NEWSCAST
TEAM....THE NEWSCAST COULDN’T HAPPEN.
BUT THEY’LL ALL
TELL YOU IT’S
WORTH IT IN
ORDER TO GIVE
OUR VIEWERS THE
BEST.
AND IN CASE YOU
WERE
WONDERING.....IT
WERE WONDERING.....IT TOOK AT LEAST 15
MILES....YES MILES
OF CABLES TO
MAKE THIS SET
COME TO LIFE.
"THIS SET
EMBRACES A LOT
OF NEW
OF NEW TECHNOLOGY, A LOT OF DISPLAY
TECHNOLOGY
THAT’S JUST BEING
DEVELOPED."
MICHAEL WRIGHT
IS THE MAN WHO
METICULOUSLY
DESIGNED EVERY
SQUARE INCH OF
THE SET.
"IT’S LIKE HAVING A
BABY..BUTTED...IT
REALLY IS GIVING
BIRTH TO
SOMETHING AND
IT’S A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS, A
LOT OF
INTERRELATED
PIECES SO I AM
SUPER PROUD OF
IT."
AND SO ARE WE!
SOME OF IT’S NEW
FEATURES....
"THERE’S A THING
CALLED THE NEWS
CUBE WALL WHICH I
PUT INTO THE SET.
IT’S A 90 DEGREE
TURN IN VIDEO
WHICH IS
SOMETHING YOU
DON’T NORMALLY
SEE. WE SPENT
QUITE A WHILE
DEVELOPING SO
WE CAN MAKE THAT
CORNER WITHOUT
ANY PIXELS
STOPPING"
CHANGING THE
WAY WE SHOW YOU
THE NEWS.
CONT: "SO THAT’S
KIND OF
INTERESTING IT
WILL OPEN UP THE
WAY WE SHOOT
NEWS DIFFERENTLY
INSTEAD OF
EVERYTHING
STANDING IN FRONT
OF A FLAT
WALL....THE TALENT
CAN WALK AROUND
IT."
AS MICHAEL
EXPLAINS -- IT’S THE
TINY DETAILS THAT
REALLY MAKE THE
SET POP
"THE HARD
SCENICS ON THE
SET ARE
FABRIC...PRINTED
FABRIC. LIKE YOU
PRINT SHIRTS IN
THE STORE, THEY
NOW CAN PRINT
FABRICS FOR
SCENERY AND
THAT’S BUILT WITH
INTERNAL LIGHTS
SO THAT INSTEAD
OF THE OLD DAYS
THAT YOU FRONT
LIGHT FROM THE
STUDIO, THIS IS
INTERNALLY LIT SO
IT HAS MORE OF A
LUMINOUS FEEL
AND THAT IN TURN
MAKES TALENT
LOOK GOOD."
"AND THAT IS WHY
WE LOVE MICHAEL."
"WHICH WE
APPRECIATE
THAT.....WELL,
APPRECIATE THAT.....WELL, LISTEN THE JOB OF
A GOOD SET IS TO
NOT GET IN THE WAY OF TALENT. IT’S TO MAKE THE
TALENT LOOK
GOOD"
OUR NEW SET
ENHANCES STORM
TEAM TEN’S ABILITY
TO TRACK STORMS
FOR YOU.
TECHNOLOGY THAT
HELPS US BETTER
GIVE YOU
INFORMATION
ABOUT SEVERE
WEATHER...AND
WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW TO PLAN
YOUR DAY.
THIS IS WHERE WE
WILL BE WORKING
FOR YOU....
JUST AS YOU
INVITE US INTO
YOUR LIVING
ROOMS EVERYDAY
WE WANT TO
WELCOME YOU TO
OUR NEW HOME.
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NOW TO JONATHAN FOR A LOOK AT OUR
FORECAST.