KFOR News Set

[jsibelius]

Am I seeing straight? Did KFOR finally get a new background for their news set?

[soonerliberal]

Am I seeing straight? Did KFOR finally get a new background for their news set?

Yeah... and it still looks like a junior college news set. Compared to KOCO and especially KWTV, it is very amateur looking.

[jsibelius]

You're right. But at least it doesn't look all blurry anymore.

[drumsncode]

Isn't it funny how the background can make such a difference? I haven't seen the background the post refers to, but I'll watch and see. Everyone talks about journalism when they advertise the stations, but it all boils down to how much we actually "like" to watch the show, and the journalism is only a small part of it.

I like KOCO's background, with its blurred view of "stuff" on the wall, and I like all the variety I get from KWTV, with its custom-designed, "rock everyone's world" set, but I also like FOX25, with its "people milling around in the background" set.

Sometimes I look over Jaime Cerreta's shoulder and see Lisa Monahan or Britten Follett staring intensely at their screens. It's always fun to wonder what they're up to.

Set designers should just make it a changeable backdrop, so the colors and patterns can be changed at will. KWTV has the ability to pull this off, just using some of their existing backdrops and sneaky angles.

[jstanthrnme]

Looks like a logo change too, along with some different graphics.

[Thunder]

Am I seeing straight? Did KFOR finally get a new background for their news set?

It been that way for several months.

[drum4no1]

Actually it hasnt been that way for months. It was brought out today to coincide with the olympics

[Thunder]

KFOR remodeled their sets months ago. As for specific omplyic sets, I got no clue. I'll watch the newscast tonite, if the omplypic is cut off at 10pm.

[jstanthrnme]

The graphics when they go to the remote feeds are a lot better, I think. But the way they've shaded the new 4 logo, well, I'm not to wild about it.. It seems like it needs more color than blue fading to white. It is better than the K4 one they had a while back though.

[Joe Kimball]

It actually reminds me of the set they used to have before they went to the open newsroom. The camera positioned facing stage right assisted in my recollection.

Honestly, at first glance it just looked like blue foamboard tacked up over the nasty blurriness. But even THAT'S an improvement.

[Thunder]

WOW! They rolled out the new sets several months ago and now they changed the sets again slightly. The only major changes was the graphics all over, every bit of graphics shown was changed. I like it, cuz it shows the station more advanced on the technological side. The blue 4 at the cornor is a refreshing change from years of yellow 4. I hope they keep everything like this, not just during the olympic. They had gone thru a lot of work to do this, so I don't think it is temporary.

[okctvnewsguy]

I really can't help but echo what some of my fellow newsies have all concured on, it certainly looks like Channel 4 is trying to themselves look like the number one station (at 5 and 6) in the market. "Maybe if our logo is blue also, they will forget who they are watching." I still think they were ignorant to ever get rid of the newsroom set. Fix the lighting in the newsroom, and put some desks from 1990 in the newsroom, and you will have a good looking set again. The arts and crafts news set look is so 1994.

[drum4no1]

I agree that 4 needs a complete visual overhaul. Basically all they did was put new tires on an old pinto. But Local TV is way to cheap to do things correctly.

The set wasnt really changed too much. Just some different back panels and color accents along with new graphics.

KFOR lighting is atrocious.

[okctvnewsguy]

...KFOR lighting is atrocious.

I know that they will say they have to light badly for Linda, but COME ON, I know you can light well for the more seasoned anchors. 20/20 does it EVERY week. They light Barbara very well, and KFOR could easily do the same.

[okctvnewsguy]

I also hate to tell the this, but it isn't because of the graphics or the set that no one is watching... nobody cares what dirty job Meg Alexander is doing today...How about this one, be a journalist for a day?

[drum4no1]

Yeah things need to change and bad. But as long as we are owned by a piss poor low cost company , nothing will

[okctvnewsguy]

Yeah things need to change and bad. But as long as we are owned by a piss poor low cost company , nothing will

It's a terrible shame that investment groups are buying up tv stations, and as long as they are making money they don't care where they place in the ratings. It's a shame to go back and look at some of the newscasts from KFOR/KWTV/KOCO from the early 90's and late 80's when Oklahoma City set the standard for journalistic excellence. Now it's becoming more about making money, and how flashy you can be. I think deep down inside at the core of the tv stations in OKC they still want to do great work, but it sometimes is dictated to them what kind of work they have to do. I think that "It's a great state" is an example of good journalism. It tells a story that is interesting, and means something to the viewers.

[Thunder]

The sets is fine to me. I dunno why anyone would complain.

[jbrown84]

Yeah... and it still looks like a junior college news set. Compared to KOCO and especially KWTV, it is very amateur looking.

Completely agree. It's awful. Nice try KFOR, but I'll stick with News9 and KOCO as my backup.

[kimard]

Looks as if KOCO has changed their set up a bit as well...

[Bobby821]

Completely agree. It's awful. Nice try KFOR, but I'll stick with News9 and KOCO as my backup.

Ok, if you want to watch the 2 looseing newscats then be my guest because there is nothing better than channel 4's newscast and people.

[rwood8]

Looks as if KOCO has changed their set up a bit as well...

That's been in the works for quite sometime...it just took longer than expected for the backgrounds to be delivered.

[Luke]

I like my news boring and factual. OETA does a pretty good job. NPR does too.

[jsibelius]

Looks as if KOCO has changed their set up a bit as well...

Have to check that out...

I like watching both KFOR and KOCO.

[okctvnewsguy]

Ok, if you want to watch the 2 looseing newscats then be my guest because there is nothing better than channel 4's newscast and people.

Well, I hate to burst your bubble Bobby, but Neilson ratings show that you are watching the losing newscast. KOCO is strong at 5 and 6 and now took the number two spot away from KFOR at 10pm, now that the Olympics are over, it is back to being number 3 for KFOR.