Here are a few pix from Devin's kid party at our local NBC affiliate WVIT Channel 30. Our host was daytime anchor, Brad Drazen. We got there a little early and between commercial breaks they brought us right into the actual studio. We stood behind the programmed-motion camera (very cool) and got to watch the whole thing. I'm still reeling that all those kids were able to stay as quiet as they did. We got to check out the control booth in action too. The few of us adults that were there thought it was VERY cool.
After the live broadcast Brad talked with us, answered our questions and let the kids sit behind the anchor desk. We saw the teleprompters in action, the cameras, the green screen and the news room. In addition to the live broadcast we watched them tape 3 "Topicals". Those are the brief little snippets you get during commercial time that tells you what's coming up on the nightly news.
Devin got a remote control tarantula from one of his friends. It's pretty realistic and he's been scaring the cats and his mother all afternoon with it. Yuck! I have to say, it's a pretty great boy gift, so keep that in mind as the holidays come up.
After the tour we came back to the house for pizza and cake and lots of outdoor play. All in all a very "newsworthy" day!
2 comments:
What a fun party idea!! How did you know they did that?
We won it at a silent auction. It's really the newscaster that does it, the station just cooperates I think.
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