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Pictured here is the control room of the KABC television station. Here, television monitors show the videos that are being shot from every camera that contributes to the story. The director, center with the white hair, gives cues to the anchors: when to begin the stories, when to stop; the cameramen: when to begin shooting at another angle.

This man controls the audio levels for all anchors, reporters and taped segments. There are many people to take care of jobs regarding the sound, the cameras, live anchors, and the script that the anchors will read. To broadcast a live news show takes much work.

Here, in the transmission room, there are television screens set to every network channel. These track the news stories that other channels broadcast, and are there just so that ABC can keep an eye on how the other stations are functioning. Also in the room are computer screens where various news stories are tracked on the Internet.

Weatherman Jonny Mountain delivers the weather, and usually with a lot of humor. As you can see, the images of the weather are not directly behind him, but rather on a television. Jonny stands in front of a blue screen and looks into a monitor to view the maps he uses dueing his weathercast.

 

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