KPIX had a MAJOR technical foul-up Monday night on its 6 PM newscast, forcing the station to go to over ten minutes of commercials and lost the show entirely.
The problem began with anchor, Ken Bastida, introducing a segment about free parking with Consumer reporter, Julie Watts.
Bastida went to the video package --no sound and a bunch of garbled air.
Eventually, weatherman Paul Deanno managed to do his weather report, then back to 10 minutes of commercials. Clearly, something was wrong and really nasty taking place in the KPIX studio--enough to wipe out the studio shots plus co-anchor Veronica De La Cruz. Bastida abruptly cut off the newscast and went straight to Scott Pelley with the CBS 'Evening News.'
Someone is having a really bad night at 855 Battery.
Might be a good idea for all stations to have backup prompter at newsroom flashcam ( if they don't already) so program can continue in modified form. Of course, if the issue is in the control room the show will tank.
ReplyDeleteI work at KPIX and it wasn't the prompter buddy, it was the audio board that died in sections. This is what happens when there is no preventive maintenance!!
DeleteKPIX budget dilemma: Equipment maintenance, VDLC's hair....Hmmm...
DeleteGo with the hair!
DeleteWhat? They didn't have an "All in the Family" re-run cued up???
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm looking forward to NightBeat tonight. if there is a meltdown then this train wreck will probably go off the rails for good. Let's see if Miss Schertz can perform under pressure of if she pulls a Charlo Greene.
What's your address so we can send the WAAAHHHHHHMBULANCE to save you?
DeleteRich, it's great to be with you in the Bay Area.
ReplyDeleteTonight, sadley we lost a half hour of a simulated news program yet the world still exists. Go figure.
Tune into CBS This Morning tomorrow for feigned concern from Charlie, Nora, and of course "the queen of concern", Gail
I wish they would pull the plug on Gayle King. She's a fucken train wreck
DeleteThey could never get rid of Mrs. Oprah!
DeleteThe only thing that could have made it better would have been to have the cannabis-club owner reporter from Alaska quitting profanely right before it happened.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a control room crash. In fact, I am 99% sure this is a control room issue. If they were automated they wouldn't have made it as far as they did. My best guess is either the switcher went down or their audio board went in the tank. I didn't see it but based on the description that is the most likely scenario.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sign. Pull the plug on all of those local TV newscasts. They all suck.
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ReplyDeleteI watched the newscast. It was an EPIC FAIL. A loud screeching sound came over the air. The best was when the Caveman (Ken Bastida, who is no longer co-anchering with the Princess, Elizabeth Cook) went into the newsroom to chat with Deanno about the upcoming rain - stilted and uncomfortable. I did laugh when Kenny bluntly said they were joining network programming. Live TV, gotta love it.
ReplyDeleteRosenberg and Sharp ran Kron into the ground and are doing their best to make pix look the same. It's a joke. I'm sure after a few more epic fails they will get hired for more money at a better station and ruin that too.
ReplyDeleteNew server, old problems..very little training!
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