With windows on three sides—which go from clear to opaque with the flip of a switch—viewers are encouraged to stop by the Avenue of the Americas plaza where inside Fox News stars will be counting the votes under the glow of a 31-foot-long, 9-foot-tall curved LED video display.
"It's a nice toy to have," said Jay Wallace, FNC's evp of news and editorial. "I hate to say toy because it cost millions of dollars." In fact, including a new control room to power the studio, the cost is "in the high $20 millions," said Warren Vandeveer, svp of engineering and operations. There are two touchscreen monitors and a separate glass-enclosed room for producers, and the Lucite-topped news desks include, wisely, USB and power ports for easy anchor phone charging.
The ground floor of Fox News Channel’s new street-side Studio F includes three news desks, a circular LED video floor, a 360-degree video chandelier (inset) that can be raised or lowered, a news ticker, four direct-view monitors and a 31-foot-long LED curved video wall.
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