KMBC's new digs: First look

On Friday I visited the new home of KMBC-TV and KCWE-TV, in an office park next to Swope Park. (Well, near Swope Park and next to Time Warner Cable.) Later this month, KMBC is scheduled to start broadcasting the news in high-definition from there — the first HD newscast in Kansas City.

The stations are in the process of moving out of downtown, where Hearst-Argyle had to spread out operations over six floors  of the Lyric Opera offices and a second building across the street.  Here they'll be on two floors, and much more efficiently arranged.

I took these pictures as visual notes. They aren't very good and the two I've chosen don't include the newsroom — we'll have much nicer pics in the paper in a few days — but these will give you a taste of what you'll be seeing in the background on Channel 9 news in the near future.