WAPA-TV replaced all of its conventional fixtures with LED in its largest studio (Cinema), as well as a separate broadcast studio plus a smaller studio. Puerto Rican production company Musique Xpress Lights worked with the station to supply all of the LED lighting fixtures to the network and worked with WAPA's in-house LD Juan Carlos on the lighting placement and design.
The new LED lighting was part of a complete renovation/upgrade for the network's existing building that started in 2015. The installation of the TVL series fixtures was completed by WAPA-TV in June of 2016 and is used in all three studios for a wide range of programs and productions. In all three studios TVL 4000 II dynamic white light LED array panels are used as front-fill and backlight.
A total of 130 TVL 4000 luminaires are used, each fixture housing 800 warm white and 800 cool white LEDs with variable color temperature control from 3,200K - 6,500K for adaptable shade projections of white light.
Elation TVL 3000 II white light LED fixtures are used in the main Cinema studio and broadcast studio for narrow or longer throws. The TVL 3000 II fixtures blend 3W warm white and cool white LEDs for a uniform projection of flat white light and also fulfill a high CRI requirement for more accurate colour reproduction
Also used in the install, in the smaller studio as front and back washes, are TVL 2000 II white light LED array panels, each with 450 warm white and 450 cool white LEDs for variable colour temperature shades from 3,200K - 6,500K.
(Jim Evans)
