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  1. David R. Busse

    TV sports pioneer Robert Trachinger dies.

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i677c428c4dc16c2c07427384bcf34933
  2. David R. Busse

    Flyin' the fault line...

    I was proud to have shot a few elements in this fine Wayne Freedman story from KGO-TV, San Francisco. Believe Dean Smith shot the rest of the story (much better than the old guy in LA)... http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7274888&pid=7274311
  3. David R. Busse

    When the rookies are in charge over the holidays...

    ...stories like this one have a way of getting on the air, or in this case, getting on a section front and the newspaper's web site. BTW, that guy mentioned in the first paragraph is an old fraternity brother of...
  4. David R. Busse

    Here's something I'm kinda proud of.

    This was not done for television and never aired anywhere. For the past few years my brother (a machinery salesman who dabbles in video now and then), occasionally assisted by myself and an ABC colleague named Martin Orozco, have been visiting the Ozark country retreat of an old family friend...
  5. David R. Busse

    Anybody here at WTVJ?

    Pm me...trying to contact somebody on your desk.
  6. David R. Busse

    Remembering Skip Caray

    He died in Atlanta a few days ago, the voice of the Atlanta Braves. He was in his late 60s and had a bad liver. A friend of Skip's told me, politely, the veteran announcer had lived a "full life..." and it took it's toll. He was the radio voice of the old St. Louis Hawks when I was a kid; also...
  7. David R. Busse

    I guess this means I'm getting old...

    NPR today reported the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Bakke decision. This was the landmark ruling that disallowed racial quotas for college admission. Politics aside, it was a landmark ruling in my life. "Reaction to Bakke decision..." was the first story I ever shot on ENG. I'd been...
  8. David R. Busse

    Good news at ABC?

    From the NABET/CWA website. This contract covers technical personnel (staff and freelance) at ABC News, ABC network bo&e, WABC-TV, KABC-TV, WLS-TV and KGO as well as certain writers, producers and other behind-the-scenes personnel. NABET-CWA/ABC Negotiations Bulletin 45 BULLETIN 45 December...
  9. David R. Busse

    Please Come Prepared

    This last rash of Santa Ana winds and wildfires in Southern California brought a huge influx of local station tv crews from afar...more than I'd seen on previous fires. The winds are calm (now), but we are into November, which is traditionally the worst fire month of the year, and we in the...
  10. David R. Busse

    New clothing discoveries

    Thanks to friends at the FBI and BATF, I recently was steered to the 511 clothing line. The 511 all-cotton tactical pants have suddenly become my all-time favorite pants for news field work, and I think I have seven pairs in the closet. You can buy them on line or at uniform stores, and they...
  11. David R. Busse

    WNYW Chopper had familiar problem

    You probably heard about the publicized emergency landing made by New York's Fox5 helicopter the other day. The pilot and photographer heard a metal banging noise and looked up to discover one of the engine cowlings, unlatched and flapping upward, toward the rotor blades. They put the ship down...
  12. David R. Busse

    Robert "Skip" Jennings

    Veteran ABC News Los Angeles Bureau cameraman Robert "Skip" Jennings, a fixture of the network's coverage for more than 30 years, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Las Vegas today. I had the pleasure of working with Skip on many assignments. He was the first west coast network cameraman...
  13. David R. Busse

    Airline travel tip

    I try not to do much travel anymore. But this latest tip comes from my brother, who is on the road a lot selling/installing/servicing industrial machinery. He just got about $10,000 worth of tools stolen from pilfered luggage on an international trip, and his investigation found a huge problem...
  14. David R. Busse

    You would have liked Robert Altman

    Normally, the passing of a Hollywood notable rates little or no mention on this board. That’s why I want to tell you a little story about a morning I spent 14 years ago with film director Robert Altman. He died this week at age 81. I was assigned to meet our entertainment reporter at a West...
  15. David R. Busse

    Hey Oldman

    Your guys happy with our service Saturday?
  16. David R. Busse

    Churchill Downs next Saturday

    Anybody on this board gonna be there? It'll be my first Derby since Gato del Sol won in 1982...
  17. David R. Busse

    Another challenge in sports coverage

    I won't tie this to the "banned from the sidelines" thread earlier, but the whole discussion brings up some side issues that might be of interest in this forum. To wit... -Wiring of sports venues. Most modern sports venues are pre-wired in some form, allowing easier electronic media access for...
  18. David R. Busse

    Class Act

    We newsies have often used this forum to complain about working conditions, pay and how we are treated by the media conglomerates who employ us. I'd like to pass along a little story about something that happened to me Friday night. May 19 was my 25th anniversary of employment with my station...
  19. David R. Busse

    Interesting Job Opening

    Maybe a place for the KRON VJ's if things don't work out with Young Broadcasting... NEWS JOURNALIST NOW HIRING Experienced TV News Photojournalists Needed! Enjoy Desk Jockey Hours Without The Desk Jockey Work! Tired of the unstable run & gun life of TV news, but worried that switching to a...
  20. David R. Busse

    Back from vacation

    Just back from a week "with the guys" in the wilds of Montana...an annual pilgrimage for me. No TV, phones, radio, newspapers, internet, newsrooms, reporters. Funny what a great shot in the arm it is. Make it a point to do this if you plan to spend an entire career in this biz.
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