[BC] The Driveway Shot

[Ronald J. Dot'o Sr.]

Ch. 12 KPTV in Portland Or. does the same thing.  If you look past the big 
talking face wearing the headset/mic and out the windows in the background 
you can see that the chopper is on the ground and the background isn't 
moving.  Same deal with the traffic cams around town.

Ron D


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Kopp" <jeffreykopp at att.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:20
Subject: [BC] The Driveway Shot


>A couple weeks ago I was astonished to see one of my local stations' 
>traffic reporter speaking into his headset inside an obviously idle 
>(parked) helicopter while they showed dept. of transportation traffic-cams. 
>But then I noticed the titling specified "on traffic watch standby" (or 
>some such) so I guess it was honest (and I appreciate the cost of fuel, not 
>to mention the inherent and considerable risks of noodle-wing aviation). At 
>least they weren't playing SFX of turbine whine. However, it did remind me 
>of Les Nesmith's chest-slapping "helicopter traffic report." 
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