The TV News Story On My Camera Collection…2009
On June 18, 2014
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The TV News Story On My Camera Collection…2009
By early 2009, the rush was on for broadcasters to finish the conversion from analog to digital. To help promote their soon to come transition, Atlanta’s NBC affiliate WXIA did a piece on my camera collection. I was surprised to learn that the piece also ran on 61 other stations.
There was 40 pounds more of me then, and a few things are a tad out of context, but it’s a fun story. Enjoy and share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGXZQsYrk4o
Vintage TV Camera collector, Bobby Ellerbee is featured on an Atlanta news station. The news piece covers Mr. Ellerbee’s extensive collection of television c…
Maybe it was the cameras that added 40 pounds? Thanks for sharing.
It probably was fed to NBC’s News Channel, a distribution system intended for affiliates to share news stories of interest beyond their own market. News Channel is based in Charlotte, located near the NBC affiliated station in Charlotte, WCNC. It’s actually quite an interesting operation.
So cool !! Thank you for all that you do !
Nice, and a good reminder for us to thank you for keeping it rolling Bobby!
Very cool video!
“Where the technology will be in five years?” Funny!