breakfast was a presidential punditry session with a groupetto of politicos, namely Sam Donaldson & some dude from CNN, and a bunch of other political webbies. food=weak, conversation=better than the food.
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Let’s go to the flo-or, let's go to the flo-or, let's go to the flo-or and see some HD stuff!
went back to our new best buddies at Ross corp. (the HD switcher we demo-ed last year... or was it 2006?).
ANYWAY... although slightly revised, to the best of my analysis, the changes are for the better. So it’s still VERY in tune with what how we do our shows. We even get a FREE M/E if were one of the first 135 buyers! So, basically what we could do is order a two M/E model and get the third for free. Unless someone out there wants to give a compelling argument for us to keep track of four M/Es... (the Rachel Kisko plug-in is extra).
here’s an chyron product that prolly will be practical to us in HD land…
it’s a black box that hangs on the HD MC switcher. It will put things like school watch, sports ticker, time and temp, morning ticker, weather warnings etc. on the air. Of course, this seems to be an all in one solution. But, if a piece of gear has a limitation, we will find it.~
Have you gotten a hug from your station owner lately?
The afternoon held a meeting unique to our Morgan-Murphy media stations. All of the TV & radio stations got together, mainly to discuss the up and coming engineering needs/wants. Although I’m still new at this, I did pick up on a couple of situations where a particular station’s budget figures, shall we say, “Needs Clarification.”
We went around discussing futurevision from the NAB floor. Then came the February 19th, 2009 checklist. We’re in pretty good shape.
Chuck presented his flow-chart for WISC’s transition to HD news, then HD programming and lastly promo editing. When can we go buy the stuff on the flow chart? Well, that answer comes later.
It wasn’t all engineers there, managers of assorted responsibilities had their take on the proceedings, as well as a discrete management “language.” Here’s an example. This is Scott Chorski, General Manager at WKBT in LaCrosse. Note the position of his sunglasses:
This position= “I understand.”
This position= “Your technical mumbo jumbo has lost me.”
A very enlightening day from start to finish, indeed.
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Lastly, by way of follow up to the CNN party post: Mickey Thomas performed at the Roscor party. Hmmm, let’s see. Kool and the Gang @ LAX, or Mickey Thomas @ Imperial Palace. Defense rests.
We went around discussing futurevision from the NAB floor. Then came the February 19th, 2009 checklist. We’re in pretty good shape.
Chuck presented his flow-chart for WISC’s transition to HD news, then HD programming and lastly promo editing. When can we go buy the stuff on the flow chart? Well, that answer comes later.
It wasn’t all engineers there, managers of assorted responsibilities had their take on the proceedings, as well as a discrete management “language.” Here’s an example. This is Scott Chorski, General Manager at WKBT in LaCrosse. Note the position of his sunglasses:
This position= “I understand.”This position= “Your technical mumbo jumbo has lost me.”
A very enlightening day from start to finish, indeed.
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Lastly, by way of follow up to the CNN party post: Mickey Thomas performed at the Roscor party. Hmmm, let’s see. Kool and the Gang @ LAX, or Mickey Thomas @ Imperial Palace. Defense rests.
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Margo & Marlone, I'll be home soon. -love, me.
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