When a News Test is not a Test

WCVB (Channel 5) in Boston was testing its new High Definition set with a dummy newscast. Anchors Ed Harding and Natalie Jacobsen were pretty much sailing along when Nat’s cell phone went off. Kudos to the person who happened to find this video on WCVB’s website and posted it on YouTube last month.

By the way, WCVB is part of a group of Hearst-Argyle TV stations that will have its video available on YouTube. Right now, WCVB, WBAL in Baltimore, WMUR in Manchester, NH, WTAE in Pittsburgh and KCRA in Sacramento are storing news stories and promos on their own YouTube sites. Hearst-Argyle expects to have all of its stations, close to 30, on YouTube in the near future.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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