Lensmith
Member
I had to share this with you people.
Yesterday I was stuck in a hotel lobby with half a dozen other crews covering a meeting of the World Boxing Association. The story subject doesn't really matter other than it was the usual news coverage where stations are shooting stories for their daily newscasts so there is constant activity.
The hotel had a big convention going on apart from the boxing meeting. Mid morning a wild eyed hotel worker comes running out wanting to know who has wireless mics. It turns out the hotel bought the same low budget wireless system sold at Radio Shack as a local tv station.
In the middle of the main convention speakers presentation the audio coming through all the speakers is audio of a long interview being done with a boxing judge. It embarassed the hotel and caused a clash between the offending news crew and hotel employees who were trying to stop them from doing any more interviews. The photog and reporter refused to stop using the wireless because they had work to do and NO AUDIO CABLE!
The local press here can get beligerant when told they can't do something. Thus the whole thing blew up into a shouting fest...solved by me when I gave the crew a spare cable I always carry on my vest.
Writing and reading this, I'm thinking it may not sound as funny to you as it was to watch but...I'll let you be the judge ;o)
Yesterday I was stuck in a hotel lobby with half a dozen other crews covering a meeting of the World Boxing Association. The story subject doesn't really matter other than it was the usual news coverage where stations are shooting stories for their daily newscasts so there is constant activity.
The hotel had a big convention going on apart from the boxing meeting. Mid morning a wild eyed hotel worker comes running out wanting to know who has wireless mics. It turns out the hotel bought the same low budget wireless system sold at Radio Shack as a local tv station.
In the middle of the main convention speakers presentation the audio coming through all the speakers is audio of a long interview being done with a boxing judge. It embarassed the hotel and caused a clash between the offending news crew and hotel employees who were trying to stop them from doing any more interviews. The photog and reporter refused to stop using the wireless because they had work to do and NO AUDIO CABLE!
The local press here can get beligerant when told they can't do something. Thus the whole thing blew up into a shouting fest...solved by me when I gave the crew a spare cable I always carry on my vest.
Writing and reading this, I'm thinking it may not sound as funny to you as it was to watch but...I'll let you be the judge ;o)