A Dumb technical question..

[FreddyE1977]

There was a terrible incident in Canada years ago involving former NHL hockey player
Brian "Spinner" Spencer. He was called up from the minors and scheduled to play his
first NHL game for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The game was to be shown on Hockey
Night in Canada, and his father was very proud and looking forward to seeing his son's
NHL debut.

Unfortunately his dad lived in British Columbia, and the local CBC station was running
a regional feed of a Vancouver Canucks game instead. Spencer's dad, by all accounts a
guy who was always a bit nuts, drove to the station and took it over at gunpoint! He
forced the tech on duty to switch over to the Maple Leafs feed, which he watched from
the control room. As soon as he stepped out the door the RCMP, who had responded to
the emergency, shot him in the head and killed him. One of a number of tragedies to affect
this particular player (he was murdered in a drug related incident in Florida years later).

 

[davect]

Speaking of security: I was at CBS headquarters in New York City a few years ago. Once past security at the front desk I asked to use the restroom. They just pointed me in the general direction. I had free run of the place and had access to an unsecured rack room. However, I was there recently and had an escort everywhere.

 

[notalkallstatic]

I would think that the most secured building in cable television is the Weather Channel HQ in suburban Atlanta, pretty much because of the female OCM's, and I've read a couple stories where they talk about CIA-level security to even get in the lobby. I don't blame them there, it's money well spent.

I would actually say it's the Techwood Turner campus. CNN on the other hand, is a different story...