WNBC opens doors of new newsroom; phase one of three-step upgrade now complete. (New York, NY, television station)(Technology)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 1996 by Dickson, Glen

Phase one of three-step upgrade now complete WNBC-TV, the NBC owned-and-operated station in New York, has moved its news operation into a new high-tech newsroom, the latest of $18 million in capital improvements made at the station over the past four years. A.F. Associates handled the technical integration for the job, which involved the complete renovation and rewiring of 30,000 feet of WNBC-TV'S old newsroom space.

According to Joe Berini, WNBC-TV director of engineering and operations, the work completed so far represents only phase one of a three-step newsroom makeover to be completed by December. Phase one included nine new edit rooms, a new signal acquisition area, a new playback area and a new assignment desk and facilities for all producers and...

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