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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sat. 11/7)
Producer Caitlin intended to bring you this morning's promo, however, she was interrupted and Julie at the Desk had to take over mid-promo. Anyhow, here's what you'll see this morning at 9am!
Don't forget to join the live web chat with Kim, Bruce & the crew during the show.
Director Matt & Producer Cait... er... Producer Meg I mean, bring you a quick look at a few of the stories you'll see coming up on Channel 3 News Today beginning at 9am!
Share your thoughts with us during the show in our live web chat above!
Producer Caitlin and Director/Prop Guy Matt bring you a look at some of the stories we'll be covering this morning on Channel 3 News Today. Don't forget to join the live chat... see you at 9am!
Producer Caitlin and Director Matt bring you a highly produced, way over budget production featuring some of the stories you'll see this Sunday morning on Channel 3 News Today!
Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and share your thoughts on whatever's on your mind in our live weekend web chat from 9-10:30am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!
By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc
Kim Wheeler and Producer Brooke (filling in for Caitlin this morning) bring you a look at this morning's abbreviated edition of Channel 3 News Today. We'll only be on from 9-10am due to NBC's coverage of Senator Kennedy's funeral.
Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and share your thoughts on Senator Kennedy, the Browns, or whatever else is on your mind in our live weekend web chat from 9-10am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!
By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc
Kim wanted a new team photo of the weekend morning crew... so here we are.
From left to right... Production Assistant Bethany Fox, Anchor Kim Wheeler, Editor and Graphics Guru El Edwards, Producer Caitlin Kollar, ?????, Assignment Editor Julie Ocepek, and TD/Director Matt Babb.
Not pictured...Production Assistant Jess Starr. It's Derby Day so Jess was not with us this morning.
To see the rest of Kim's photos from Saturday morning... CLICK HERE.
Here is a recording from our control room during the Sunday, January 18th show. Here, you can see what goes on in our control room during a typical broadcast. The guy to the left of the screen is me, TD/Director Matt Babb, and the woman on the far right of the screen is Caitlin Kollar, our producer. Enjoy!
Producer Caitlin and TD/Director Matt give you an inside look at what is coming up on this morning's show from the Channel 3 control room. Don't forget to join the live webchat with Jeff, Bruce and the crew beginning at 9am! Kim is off this morning.
Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "A Somber Sunday"
Following the unfortunate fatal shooting of an officer over night, we decided to send Jeff out to cover a press conference to find out more details. Kim held down the fort in Studio A. With Dawn directing the last hour of the show, director Matt was able to post video to the web and stream the press conference live with the help of Julie at the desk. Producer Caitlin did a nice job of pulling together the changes for the show at the last minute. Great job to the weekend morning show team for pulling together to get the coverage on the air and web so our viewers were able to find out the latest information.
During the show, we had our live webchat up and running, as well as a live stream of the press conference. Jeff and Kim did a great job with covering the story in a respectful and professional way, as WKYC always does. The mood in Studio A was somber and serious today. Some of you may have been watching the live video from Studio A and could see all was calm here. Anytime we have a fallen officer, the newsroom is aware of the impact on the community and the atmosphere here shows this. We stay busy and bring you the latest coverage, but we all keeping the situation in perspective.
Although we didn't have too much time to chat here at WKYC with all of the breaking coverage, we appreciate all of you who logged on to share your thoughts and feelings on this tragedy, especially the family and friends of this fallen hero.
Here is a clip that Dawn shot of Matt calling and switching during the 10 o'clock half hour.
10:30 a.m. Well, we had a couple of rocky moments. Bruce's mic fell off. That's why you couldn't hear him during his first forecast. Also, we still ended up having issues with the "Gadget" guy despite our quick hustle. We were all set to go, and realized he still didn't have a mic on. So Dawn quickly ran up and mic'd him seconds before he was on the air.
Then he went longer than expected since his "talk to type" trick didn't work the first time, and it ended up costing Bruce time at the end of the show. That's live tv, you just have to roll with whatever is thrown at you.
We'll try again tomorrow. - Matt
9:52 a.m. It's Matt again. Dawn is wrapping up her stint as TD/Director. I'll be taking the seat in just a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, here is a clip of Dawn doing her thing as TD and director during the 9:30 portion of the show.
9:37 a.m. It's Matt. Dawn is currently switching and directing, so it gives me a chance to blog a little. We have everything set up in studio b for the "gadget guy". If you are into electronic gadgets, stay tuned for that segment coming up in the 10 o'clock half hour. I'll have to check them out after the show if he is still here. I love that kind of stuff. Also coming up at 10 a.m. I will be switching and directing.
9:13 a.m. This is Brooke, filling in for our regular producer. Great timely topic coming up this morning... a Doctor from Robison Memorial is in studio today, to talk about summer kids safety. Catch the interview at about 9:17.
By the way, here is Kim during a package with a quick wave to all of you in blog land. This is the view of Kim and Jeff that I have throughout the course of the show. I see them on TV like the home viewer only with backstage access.
9:07 a.m. Hey, it's Lauren. Like Matt said, it's been a busy morning. Caitlin's not here today. I went into studio B before the show and shot some footage of the guest in there. He showed me the things he is going to show today. I got to play with his Mac Air laptop a little.
Here is that video of "Gadget Guy's" setup as shot buy our intern Lauren...
8:45 a.m. Good Morning, it's Matt. Wow, busy morning. I just found out that one of our guests needs much more space and setup time than we had anticipated. Due to this, we had to light up studio b, white balance 3 more camera, get microphones ready, and a demo table set up all in about 10 minutes and be ready for the show to start right at 9. Gotta love live tv.
Good Morning from the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center. It's currently 7:40 a.m. and I'm waiting to tape our blog exclusive show promo with Jeff. We try to tape it right after we do the 7:25 live cut-in during the today show and before the 7:55 live cut-in so that I can post it to the blog by 8 a.m. Currently we're trying to figure out a fun place to shoot the promo. I like to not only tell you what's coming up on the show with this promo, but also show you different parts of the building and different people in the building who are working hard to get ready for today's show. Check back soon for a show promo with Jeff from somewhere in the building.
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Wow, it is soggy out today. I feel bad for all of those folks out in front of our building braving the conditions to run (or walk) in today's marathon. That's dedication.
On to today's show...as promised, the laptops are on set and ready to go. Kim and Jeff will be once again be able to take your emails live during the show. Today's topic of discussion will be "What do the Cavs need to do to win the series on Boston's home floor?" Game 7 in the "New Garden" comes up today at 3:30. Jeff and Kim like to make a game out of who gets more emails, so help your favorite anchor win bragging rights by sending your comments, Cavs or other, to kimwheeler@wkyc.comor to jeffmaynor@wkyc.comor you can reach both if you don't want to take sides by sending your comment to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com .
Also on today's show, Tom Beres will be live in studio today (if he can get here through all of the marathon runners) for "Between The Lines", Bruce will have your soggy forecast, which means more Cavs and Indians watching and less lawn mowing, and the return of Kim's glasses.
Good Saturday Morning, Cleveland! We have a big show coming up at 9am today. We will be live at Cedar Point to show off the brand new "Planet Snoopy" and we're live at the Barnes and Noble in Woodmere, where a Channel 3 news story has sparked a drive to help.
It's also a big sports day in Cleveland. LeBron James and the Cavs face a must win situation at "The Q" in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals tonight a 8pm and the Cavs will most likely be without Ben Wallace. The Tribe looks to make it 2 in a row over the Blue Jays at Progressive Field at 7:05. Aaron Laffey will be looking for his first win of the season.
Be sure to refresh our blog regularly during the show. We'll be updating the blog constantly throughout the show, and if anything of note happens in the studio, you can be sure that we'll tell you all about it here on the Weekend Morning Show Blog. We'll see you at 9am.
Good Saturday morning Cleveland! Despite the rainy weather, we have a lot to be excited about today as the Cavs disposed of those pesky Wizards last night in Washington. Now we can relax for a couple of days while the Celtics and Hawks fight it out in Game 7 on Sunday.
I'm just finishing marking my scripts for today's show, and in about 10 minutes I'll be heading into the control room to check all of our graphics and finish my preparation for the "big fun show" as Dawn likes to call it. We'll see you at 9am!
"Standby to blog" (pause) "3, 2, 1 and we're blogging"
I'd like to welcome all of you to the WKYC Weekend Morning Show Blog! My name is Matt Babb and I'm the director of Channel 3 News Today on Saturday and Sunday Mornings. I also direct the noon news on the weekends and then a wide variety of shows during the week. In fact, I direct nearly every show we produce at Channel 3 at some point or another. Some of the shows I've directed include Channel 3 News at 6, 7, 11, Midday & Channel 3 News Today. I direct "Golden Opportunities" regularly and "Good Company" on occasion. I'm the director of "Browns Pre-Game Huddle" and occasionally "The Point After" and "Browns Tonight" during football season. I also get my opportunities to direct "Indians On-Deck" and "Tribe Report" for SportsTime Ohio. I've also been the director of WKYC's "Susan G. Komen For The Cure" coverage the past two years, and look forward to directing it again this year.
I'm a 1999 graduate of Kent State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication where I received a degree in Radio/TV Production. After college, I worked as a production technician at WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio for 6 years. There I worked my way up the ladder and with the help of some great people, was able to learn what it takes to be a good director.
I was very excited for the opportunity to then return home and work at the station that I grew up watching, WKYC. I've now been at WKYC for 2 1/2 years, and what a time it has been. In my time here, WKYC has converted to high definition, became the home of the Cleveland Indians with the birth of SportsTime Ohio, and also re-established its position as Cleveland's home for the Browns.
Now, as we continue to build our presence on the web, we bring you this unique look at Channel 3 News Today with our weekend morning show blog. We hope you enjoy this new venture, and we'll be talking with you soon!
Please email me with any questions or comments that you may have about our new blog, the weekend morning show, WKYC, High Definition or whatever else may be on your mind at...
