Courtesy of our longtime client in Puerto Rico, RGB Broadcast, here’s a view we rarely get to see: the happy crew at TeleOnce TV enjoying our RACKBLOCKS consoles in their new PCR…! Eastboard and RGB have worked together for 25 years, building out Puerto Rico’s broadcasting infrastructure, and in this project, we turned a small space into TeleOnce’s new …
At Eastboard, we’ve added two 3D-printed plastic parts to our RACKBLOCKS consoles; these simple components have upgraded and simplified the assembly process, while also improving the strength and appearance of our consoles. We’re producing these in-house, on an as-needed basis. The ability to make small-batch, end-use parts, without up-front tooling costs, is still kind of amazing. And having the relatively …
The Jerome Schottenstein Center at Ohio State is the well-known local home to sporting events, concerts, and a wide variety of family shows and touring productions. This complete renovation has made the control room a true state-of-the-art facility. The room now includes two slightly modified RACKBLOCKS consoles; a 9BAY front console with an extended switcher position, and a 7BAY rear …
Eastboard Consoles takes it to the edge!
The INLINER bullnose connector is our proprietary, exclusive design, invented here. We 3D printed the final version in house, using PETG with 20% carbon-fiber content, to produce a strong, end-use part. We then used the INLINER connector immediately, on our next project (shown below).
The INLINER fits tightly into and between nosings on …
Our new standard console line, RACKBLOCKS:ELEMENTS, debuts with three popular straight-line models, in 4-bay, 5-bay, and 6-bay lengths, perfectly-sized for standalone positions, small control rooms, and security desks; workspaces can also be expanded by combining consoles. Each easily-assembled unit features enclosed bases with wireways, outlet strips, and sliding access panels. All equipment turrets, base racks, and monitor arms are included, …
Working with Sirius XM, Eastboard Consoles designed, fabricated, and installed new control room furniture at the Jazz At Lincoln Center facility in New York. This renovation of four combination production / on-air studios took place sequentially, with our staff installing one room about every two weeks, depending upon our client’s changing schedule. Design development relied extensively on 3D modeling and …
KFOR in Oklahoma City, OK recently upgraded their facility by adding a wing to their existing building, creating four new control rooms and the DTV technical core. Our RACKBLOCKS in-line consoles, expanded with coordinated switcher workstations, outfitted the two large production control rooms.
In master control, a slightly curved console, formed by combining angled wedges with 2BAY RACKBLOCKS frames, positioned …
In Wichita Falls, TX, the media department of Midwestern State University’s new Fine Arts building now includes a complete video production facility for teaching and preparing university media projects. This control room features two RACKBLOCKS consoles: a 9BAY, “L”-shaped front console with a custom switcher frame, and a 7BAY straight rear console with a matching 16RU equipment rack positioned alongside. …
For the flagship station of this major east coast network, Eastboard Consoles recently designed and built a fully-functional newsroom Assignment Desk, the centerpiece of the station’s unique on-air news set. Comprised of two large, dual-sided, mirror-image workstations, this desk combines the critical operational elements required by daily news operations with the aesthetics and quality necessary in sets for today’s high-definition …
Eastboard has been selected to provide production, master control, and audio consoles for Tribune’s KFOR. Working closely with station staff early on, we designed custom switcher workstations and other cabinetry for the new building, fitted to our RACKBLOCKS system consoles, and were able to meet budgetary requirements. Plus, the ability to easily reconfigure the equipment layouts, or add new components …
Continuing our work with broadcasters in Puerto Rico, Eastboard Consoles has been awarded the contract to outfit the new production control room at WIPM, the national public television station, with RACKBLOCKS system consoles and a custom modular audio desk. Pre-fitted components and complete video instructions make it easy and simple for station staff to assemble the furniture and proceed with …
Eastboard has been selected to outfit the newest radio studio at WEOS with a customized on-air desk. Our curved design elegantly fits the host and four guests into a control room adjacent to the student union, and visible through a large window. The wide, sweeping surfaces provide ample work areas for host and guests, with convenient, integrated power and data …
Working under a very fast-paced timeline, Eastboard Consoles recently completed the new production control room for WTTV in Indianapolis. By utilizing our RACKBLOCKS© modular console system, we were able to take the project from first contact to a completed installation in just under four weeks, an exceptionally quick turnaround for a multiple-console control room. All consoles were fully outfitted …
Shown here in a design rendering, this new Ignite control room for KIRO mimics the room we designed, built, and installed at sister station WFTV in Orlando FL. This one has a mirror-image layout, a longer rear console, and the same five-panel, pivoting monitor wall that allows for precise adjustment of viewing angles. The …
For this project, we expanded our exclusive, two-sided newsroom workstation design from sister station WFTV’s project, by adding a second row of equipment turrets along the workstation’s outer face. Editors and producers sit facing one another, separated by a three-track-wide, T-slot mounting rail, so that monitor arms can be positioned wherever desired, with monitors facing …