RCN-TV does a large number of broadcasts.\u00a0 The viewers at home get a glimpse of the announcers and they, hopefully, enjoy listening to them.\u00a0 Fans often come up to those same announcers to tell them how much they enjoyed the broadcast, offer some trivia, and converse about the event.\u00a0 That\u2019s all well and good, but don\u2019t forget the people who do the really hard, physical work behind the scenes \u2013 THE CREW!<\/p>\n
This past week sure proved that.\u00a0 As many of you know by now, RCN-TV is the production team for PCN (Pennsylvania\u2019s Cable Network) when they broadcast the PIAA state baseball championships held in State College at the Penn State athletic complex.\u00a0 That was true again this past week.<\/p>\n
The crew arrived on Thursday to set up the wiring, the cameras, the announcing booth, the video connections, and the audio lines.\u00a0 They left our studio in Bath at 7:00 AM and registered at the hotel after their work was done at @ 6:00 PM.\u00a0 It was a ridiculously hot and humid day and they worked those hours in the heat and humidity.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the day that the four games would be played, we all awoke to such humidity that when the crew arrived at the ball field at 7:00 AM, the air was so thick and heavy, that you could not see the scoreboard.\u00a0 The saving grace for them, early on, was that the sun was not shining and there was a slight breeze.\u00a0 That would change over the course of the day.<\/p>\n
Despite three well-played games that fit the time frame quite nicely, the sun did come out and was searing for most of the day.\u00a0 The temperatures reached the nineties; there were two rain-delays (one for ninety minutes that was accompanied by very dangerous lightning), extreme humidity, and one game that just seemed to last forever.\u00a0 Suffice it to say that the conditions for the entire day were just awful.<\/p>\n
I mentioned the crew arrived at 7:00 AM.\u00a0 The last gold medal was awarded and we signed off the air at 10:15 PM \u2013 15 hours and 15 minutes later!\u00a0 My day was done.\u00a0 The crew\u2019s day was not.\u00a0 Now they had to retrieve all the equipment they worked so hard to put in place the previous day \u2013 add another hour and a half \u2013 almost 17 full hours.<\/p>\n
Four baseball champions were crowned on Friday at Medlar Park at Labrano Field. Unlike the baseball teams that played one game, the crew \u201cplayed\u201d every game.\u00a0 The players and coaches all received gold medals and a championship trophy.\u00a0 There should have been twenty more gold medals passed out that day.\u00a0 Each member of the RCN-TV crew deserved one.<\/p>\n
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