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FX Group wins two Broadcast Design Association Awards

NEW YORK — FX Group, a Florida-based set design and construction company, was recently honored with two 2006 Broadcast Design Association North American Design Awards.

FX Group received a gold honor for its set design for Philadelphia’s WTXF-TV and a silver recognition for its work at WESH-TV in Orlando, Fla. The awards were announced at BDA’s annual conference held in New York City June 20-22.

WTXF’s windowed, streetside studio includes elements of the city’s famed Benjamin Franklin Bridge, interchangeable, lighted plexiglass panels and several flexible standup locations. The set also includes a flat panel screen that rotates to allow for multiple-angle shots and an interview and demonstration area.

WESH’s set boasts multiple rear projection and large-scale digital light processing screens used as both background and storytelling elements. The set also includes a large, working weather center with large-screen monitors, work areas and several anchor positions.

Both sets were designed and built at FX Group’s 50,000-square foot design and production facility in Ocoee, Fla. The facility allows for close communication between the company’s design, account management and fabrication teams and includes an in-house wood shop, metal shop, sign department, paint shop and laminating department.

With these two awards, FX Group’s résumé now includes a total of five Emmy awards and five BDA awards.

• 2005 BDA Award: KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City
• 2004 Emmy Award: KUSA-TV, Denver
• 2003 Emmy Award: KRON-TV, San Francisco
• 2003 BDA Award: KRON-TV, San Francisco
• 2003 BDA Award: WCPO-TV, Cleveland
• 2002 Emmy Award: WGCL-TV, Atlanta
• 1997 Emmy Award: “Where in Time is Carmen San Diego?”
• 1996 Emmy Award: WWOR-TV, Secaucus, N.J.

For more information about FX Group, call Kathy Mosher-Boulé at 407-877-9600 or