Big Ol' Thingie

Today was a giant, free concert that the television station I work for was covering. This company also owns the radio station which was sponsoring the event. Our television production department, including myself, was there to cover the event in Weslaco, Texas. We worked all day long in shifts so that we wouldn't become exhausted. There was free food, live music and lots of beverage choices.

The way we covered the event was very involved. We shot footage of the hosts of the television morning show walking around talking to the various bands that performed there, plugging the sponsors. We then walked the tape over to our "remote" truck which fed the footage to our station via an over-the-air uplink feed. The footage was shot as-live and shown on the air at regular intervals to television viewers, inviting them to the free live event. It effectively gave the illusion that the hosts were being televised live from the event.

When I wasn't shooting, I was walking around with my camera phone, soaking up the sun and enjoying the free barbeque. Oh happy day. I even got to talk to Gabby about religion and stuff; setting the record straight on what the Bible tells us God thinks about sin. At the end of the impromptu counseling session, she felt a lot better about herself, spiritually.