The existing sets at this time were in a small set adjacent to the newsroom, called studio ‘A’ and overdue for an updated look and layout since they had been in use for over 10 years. The new sets (below) were built in the ‘studio next door’, studio ‘B’. The core of the main news set was obtained from the old WLWT facility in Cincinnati because that station had recently moved to a new location and the set was not reused by them after they moved. We sent an engineer up there with a moving truck to haul it back down in pieces, which we reassembled, modified and repainted. The working weather set was crafted from an existing, but no longer used ‘election set’ that already existed in studio ‘B’. I don’t remember who said it first, but someone described the color scheme as being the same as the Burger King Kids Club!
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