Don't WPLG/WSVN share a Helicopter?

[kmetz 5]

Good Morning All, 

(Sorry if this isn't the correct place to post this) 

 

This morning Miami sadly had a major building collapse. I noticed that CNN credited WSVN for the helicopter feed. Don't WSVN and WPLG share a chopper? Just curious.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[TheRob 940]

I don't know about today, but at one point WPLG, WFOR and WTVJ all shared a helicopter. WSVN had its own.

[kmetz 5]

I was not expecting the non stop coverage that's for sure. They didn't even switch over to GMA. 

[JosiahCubed 288]

12 minutes ago, kmetz said:

I was not expecting the non stop coverage that's for sure. They didn't even switch over to GMA. 

To be honest, I don't blame WPLG for bypassing GMA for non-stop coverage.

[kmetz 5]

1 hour ago, JosiahCubed said:

To be honest, I don't blame WPLG for bypassing GMA for non-stop coverage.

Do they have a legal obligation to keep broadcasting? I know they usually do during severe weather. 

 

[WCX-TV 17]

WTVJ has had continuing coverage since 4:30a as well, no stop commercial free. Never switched over to the Today show at all this morning.

[kmetz 5]

1 minute ago, WCX-TV said:

WTVJ has had continuing coverage since 4:30a as well, no stop commercial free. Never switched over to the Today show at all this morning.

Commercial free is a surprise. Need to cover those broadcast costs somehow. 

[bhratbrat 437]

In terms of the copter share

 

WPLG/TVJ/FOR share a helicopter

 

WSVN has their own.

 

They are both based out of N Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines

[MediaZone4K 2303]

Yeah they're still going on WSVN and WTVJ as of around 7pm ET. Haven't checked Local 10 and CBS 4 yet but I know that as of around 1pm ET the major 4 stations had non stop continuous coverage. Somewhat surprisingly the coverage wasn't that extreme in the very nearby West Palm Beach market which some of the Miami stations signals carry over into.

[tyrannical bastard 4068]

This building collapse is major news, even NBC carried a Special Report displacing Days of Our Lives at 1pm Central time. 

The story is just unfolding with all of the unaccounted people.

[Requiere 51]

So I checked WPLG. It seems ABC programming is being shown on 10.2 MeTV. 

1 hour ago, iron_lion said:

Somewhat surprisingly the coverage wasn't that extreme in the very nearby West Palm Beach market which some of the Miami stations signals carry over into

I live in West Palm Beach and most of the coverage for WPTV that I have seen has been through Michael Williams, a former WTVJ and WFOR reporter.

[kmetz 5]

I wonder if they will continue coverage overnight like they do during hurricane coverage? Not really the same but I'm curious if they'll continue with nonstop coverage... and for how long.

[who?cares 255]

WPLG will stay on until 1:30am.

We're told they'll then be in continuous coverage from 4am - 1pm.

[JosiahCubed 288]

WTVJ pre-empted Today for continuous coverage this morning.

[kmetz 5]

I'm surprised the cell towers are holding up so well. Congestion  of LTE networks must be pretty heavy. They always have Microwave/satellite trucks to fall back on though I assume? As an IT guy I'm wondering, what is the typical speed of a microwave truck connection? I assume each package is 100-200MB at least? 

 

[qunewsguy 379]

1 hour ago, kmetz said:

I'm surprised the cell towers are holding up so well. Congestion  of LTE networks must be pretty heavy. They always have Microwave/satellite trucks to fall back on though I assume? As an IT guy I'm wondering, what is the typical speed of a microwave truck connection? I assume each package is 100-200MB at least? 

 

Microwave/sat is still a linear feed even with digital editing.

[kmetz 5]

1 hour ago, qunewsguy said:

Microwave/sat is still a linear feed even with digital editing.

I was talking more LiveU packs and the alike. 

[tyrannical bastard 4068]

LiveU is blended cellular that uses spectrum from multiple providers' networks so heavy traffic can cause bandwidth issues.  If it's a sparse area with limited cell coverage, something like a packed high school football game with everyone on their phones can eat up good signal causing a bad picture.