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Ill communication

For those of you not aware, television thrives on communication.  A radio system, typically made by a company called RTS, is the television’s nervous system.  For instance, lets say a producer needs to kill a story because they’re majory over their allotted time.  A producer would typically radio the director, the tape room, the graphics department and of course the anchors, letting them all know that a story is dead.  Imagine what happens if that doesn’t work… yeah, it’s a melee.

This morning, my tv station’s RTS system reset without warning.  Hilarious for me, since my job in graphics rarely requires being notified.  For everyone else, it made their job impossible.  Conducting a live interview becomes impossible.  For that matter, all live shots become impossible.  It’s a pretty big nightmare, and I’m just watching the chaos ensue.  So far, they’re coping pretty well, now that we all know the radio is dead.  It’s a different experience to watch a newscast without the director blaring in your ear for a change.