It’s interesting and cool for some reason that the 7 logo is still there.
I think I saw the guard rail the news ticker sat in when I was there.
I went there start of July 2024. There was a random chair at the main viewing window (When 7 was still there).
Was interesting to see it all empty in person.
Also got a photo of the newsroom now completely empty.
Would be interesting to see if anyone / anything ever moves into there and how they use the space.
Looking at just how small that space is they (especially Sunrise) did really well with their sets.
Absolutely! I’m amazed at how they got some of the huge set pieces into the studio (especially the last set they had) with how big they all were and how small (potentially) access to the studio was.
Unless they were able to bring it all in, in pieces and then construct it somehow.
I thought I remembered the big wooden screen for the soft set was multiple screens patched together to make 1 big seamless screen.
Probably assembled on-site like an Ikea flat pack?
IMO at the time that Seven moved their news divisions into Martin Place in 2004, it was seen as a game changer as passers-by could see the 6:00pm bulletin and Sunrise among other programs being produced live.
This is/was similar to how New Yorkers could see the Today show and NBC’s news bulletins be produced live from their studios in Rockefeller Plaza.
But as the years progressed it became obvious that some passers-by could act idiotically in the background (AFAIK no such major incidents ever occurred, apart from the Lindt cafe siege in 2014); from that I can recall, Sunrise installed some glass in its set that could shield off such behaviour.
But who could ever forget those chaotic scenes when Justin Bieber appeared on the show in 2010?
Would probably require possibly closing the street and maybe a crane, so probably isn’t worth it atm unless it becomes a structural issue.
I did wonder that, the more I thought about it 
Step 1 of the site history wall, we’re still trying to find some good old photos of the tower, we know there’s one around somewhere that was taken back in the late 70’s or early 80’s from somewhere over the West side of the Pacific Hwy that shows the tower with 2 microwave link dishes which have the logo’s of TEN & 7 painted on them, but none of the TXA staff can find that photo anywhere on the internet, if anyone knows where it is or has a copy of it, would be good if you could share?
yeah that’s the one, many thanks for that @Mechsta
that’ll be printed out & put up on the wall.
I thought 7 had left by July 2024
They have - building is still vacant, and the Seven logo would require a fair bit of work to be removed (road closures, etc). Not worth it unless any new tenant is paying and organising it’s removal.
Why would removal of branding be part of the make good when the lease ends?
Isn’t it located in a plaza with a good 20 metres of room between it and the road? Surely a couple cherry pickers on a weekend would suffice.
They probably just want to make whoever takes over signage rights pay for the removal in the process.
It isn’t - it’s less than 10 meters.
Not the greatest photo, but “Radio City 96.7” tower in Liverpool UK from when I was there yesterday. Station is now Hits Radio.
The new ABC Sydney TV studio in Parramatta. It’s an interesting set. Has some curves while copying the whole BBC style with a large LED Wall in the middle of the studio. Also it is quite small too and next to the main entrance.
