April 2, 2025

TV Jibe: Tech support is on the way


If you're of a certain age, you can remember when technical problems arose often enough that stations had "Please Stand By" slides that they'd put up, usually with some Mantovani-style music playing in the background. I never saw this one for CBS (or one of its affiliates), but I'd love seeing it used today. 

The cameraman appears apprehensive that the technician has a handle on the situation. I don't know about you, but I think I'd be on the phone to the Help Desk. TV  
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  1. Paul MavisApril 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM

    I've never seen that one for CBS, either--just the one where another tech is crawling inside the camera, with him ripping out bolts and springs. A fast Google search revealed none of the ones I seem to remember--perhaps that kind of thing was handled in-house or locally for each station?

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