It did remind me of one of my favorite days in college. We had a TV station on campus, and every Friday we did a one-hour news broadcast. On one Friday, the draconian building manager decided to turn off the air conditioning. Even in a low-light TV station, this was a bad idea. When the second $150 light bulb overheated and exploded, we packed up the equipment and moved it outside. It was a rare sunny day in Washington state; we set up in the center of the campus, dragged a 500 ft cable to connect to the building with the router (a building that still had functioning AC) and did the whole show live. By the end of the newscast, we had amassed an audience, and the show finished as the sun set beautifully in the distance.
I miss those days. My alma mater's student media has a YouTube channel and I've poked my nose in to see their current offerings. It makes me sad. So sad I won't even link to it here. Looking back, we were able to do quite a bit at our cheesy rinky dink facility. Covered all the football games, home and away. Two hour-long newscasts every week. Talk shows, game shows, sports shows, and my humble comedy show. All on no budget. All on 20-year-old equipment (we used Amigas for graphics!). I really do miss those days. On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty sure ITV has more options, and had it not been Good Friday they > might have tried something else. They have their main news studios about > half a mile away and could have decamped there. > > My old radio station used to have a reciprocal arrangement with another > station that we could use each other's facilities in an emergency. > > To be honest, it's a useless programme so nobody missed out! > > Adam > On 25 Mar 2016 15:27, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> American networks have a few more options when studios become ablaze, >>> but security concerns preclude them from even token reportage. >>> >>> I still recall watching Tom Snyder becoming the entire CNBC network when >> the Ft Lee studios caught fire. That week I called to try to become an >> intern at the LA bureau. >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
