pool coverage of Presidential address?

[Keith_Lake]

The President will address the nation tonight from Fort Bragg NC, which is just up the road from my present location.

When the Chief Executive does a speech from a military base, who is responsible for the outgoing video and audio feeds? Is it organized as pool coverage with the local affiliates all pitching in? Or does a presidential traveling media crew take care of such matters? Does each network have its own crew on site?


KL

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[Newshawk]

> The President will address the nation tonight from Fort
> Bragg NC, which is just up the road from my present
> location.
>
> When the Chief Executive does a speech from a military base,
> who is responsible for the outgoing video and audio feeds?
> Is it organized as pool coverage with the local affiliates
> all pitching in? Or does a presidential traveling media
> crew take care of such matters? Does each network have its
> own crew on site?

I never covered a president on a military base, but I did cover Vice President Quayle at Fort Dix during the 1991 Gulf War. There wasn't any live coverage IIRC. Each station sent a crew to cover the event, but audio was supplied through a mult box (or press box). I don't know if the VP's people or the base supplied the equipment. <P ID="signature">______________
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