KPDX 49 Vancouver, WA

(Portland Market)

Studio Tour

October 10, 2000

(The studios are located in Beaverton, OR)

The folks that own KPDX have since bought and moved KPTV 12 into the same building.

Pictures by Kent Randles, except where noted.

Captions by KPDX/KPTV Chief Engineer Ed Williams

10-10-00_0057.jpg (53359 bytes) Welcome to Fox 49!
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Chief Meteorologist Mark Nelsen working the kinks out of the not-quite-completed weather center.
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A Grass Valley Kalypso switcher makes up the heart of News Control.  GVG Profile XP's,
iNews newsroom system, Avid NewsCutters, Pinnacle and Quantel graphics round out the system.
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Master control combines comfort for the operator with a very flexible monitor wall projection system.  The system can display up to 32 separate sources and can be reconfigured with one key-touch.
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KPDX takes E.N.G. safety very seriously.  These signs are posted throughout the facility
and combine with a continuous training program to remind the van operators that safety
is always more important than any news story ever will be.
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The Chief's office always looks like this - not just during a project build.
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When the master control operator has to be "out of the room" - we want to make sure they can keep track of what's happening on-air and how much time they have left to wash their hands.
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The tech shop gets cleaned about once every two weeks - then we spend another week
trying to find all the stuff that got put away...
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News audio about half completed.  The room serves as a post suite with Protools
and so on as well as the audio control room for the news program itself.
kpdx_news_set.jpg (70490 bytes) The nearly completed news set three days to air.  (Picture by Ed Williams)
kpdx_weather_center.jpg (65677 bytes) The Fox 49 Weather Center.  (Picture by Ed Williams)
kpdx_interview_set.jpg (52713 bytes) Interview set.  (Picture by Ed Williams)

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