Clarice Tinsley led the countdown Tuesday as FOX 4 KDFW Dallas—Fort Worth broke ground on a new state-of-the-art studio building in Irving's Las Colinas.
The FOX-owned station first announced the building project at 2203 West Royal Lane in August 2024. Construction is expected to take two years to complete. With its FOX 4ward construction webcam, the station's website lets you watch the building process live.
I'd love to see the finished studio if I'm still around in two years!
The station says the new two-story, 60,000-square-foot building won't have the usual towers or antennas because it will broadcast via fiber. There will also be minimal satellite dishes. In addition to a modernized studio space and a new newsroom, the new FOX 4 operation will also house podcast studio suites and other necessities for a TV station to operate.
My guess is that the new FOX 4 studios won't have the longest hallway I have ever seen, which you can find at FOX 26 Houston KRIV. I'm serious, it is the longest hallway I have ever seen in a business!
As Heather Hays, Steve Eagar, and Tinsley on the evening news, they are excited to have windows in the newsroom, which the longtime current downtown Dallas station on 400 N. Griffin Street does not have. Believe it or not, many other stations around the country don't have a source of natural sunlight either.
(credit FOX 4): L-R - Clarice Tinsley, FOX 4 - Matt Michel, VP real Estate, Fox - Jerry Reis, Property Advisers Realty - Jeff Gurley, SVP/GM KDFW - Rick Sopfer, Mayor of Irving - Al Zapanta, Irving City Council - Mark Cronenwett, City of Irving - Beth Bowman, Irving Business Development - Granger Hassmann, A & P Construction (he's behind Chris) - Chris Hillman, City Manager of Irving - Jim Corbin, KDFW engineering
(credit FOX 4) FOX 4 managers - L-R - Nicole Robles, HR - Jenniver Owen Scott, Sales - Brian Kaefer, Finance - John Kukla, Creative Services - Jeff Gurley, SVP/GM of KDFW/KDFI - Jim Corbin, Engineering - Corbin Lewis, IT - Robin Whitmeyer, VP of News - Tim Joyce, SVP Engineering for all Fox Television Stations
