these are coverage plans for the Funeral Services for President Gerald Ford
ABC
The State Funeral Services at the Capitol Rotunda.
ABC’s World News Saturday will be pre-empted in ET/CT/MT on
this date. ABC’S World News Saturday (Both Feeds) will air
as scheduled in PT at 6PM and 6:30PM PT.
NOTE:
For stations choosing to air local news at 6PM ET, there will
be a hard reset (graphic with pause) at 6:30PM ET in order to
join ABC News coverage at this time.
Following coverage, the following procedures will apply:
If news coverage concludes:
1. Prior to 7:50 PM-ET / 4:50 PM-PT, Local programming will
be joined in progress on the full network.
IMPORTANT:
There will be no MT feed of ABC’S WORLD NEWS SATURDAY.
Stations will have to fill the time with local programming.
2. Past 7:50 PM ET / 4:50 PM-PT and prior to 7:58:53PM ET /
4:58:53 PM-PT, News will provide programming to the hour
concluding at 7:58:53 PM-ET / 4:58:53 PM-PT with a :03 ABC
ID/1:04 station break. Then:
In ET/CT – UGLY BETTY will air as scheduled at 8:00PM-ET.
In MT – Local programming will begin. UGLY BETTY will air
as scheduled at 7:00PM MT.
In PT – Local programming will begin. ABC’s World News
Saturday (Both Feeds) will air as scheduled in PT at
6PM and 6:30PM PT.
3. Past 7:58:53 PM-ET / 4:58:53 PM-PT, News will conclude
ASAP with a :03 ABC ID/1:04 station break. Then:
In ET/CT - UGLY BETTY (having started at 8:00 PM ET) will be
joined in progress.
In MT – Local programming will be joined in progress. UGLY
BETTY will air as scheduled at 7:00PM MT.
In PT – Local programming will be joined in progress. ABC’s
World News Saturday (Both Feeds) will air as scheduled in PT
at 6PM and 6:30PM PT.
Tuesday, 1/2/07
Aprx. 10AM ET - Aprx. 12:00 N ET/Aprx. 7AM - aprx. 9AM PT
The Funeral Mass at the National Cathedral.
If news coverage concludes:
1. Prior to 11:50AM ET / 8:50 AM-PT, News will conclude with
a Special Report Close. Then:
In ET/CT - THE VIEW (having started at 11:00 AM-ET) will be
joined in progress.
In MT – Local programming will be joined in progress.
In PT – News will fill out the hour until 8:58:38 AM PT
concluding with a :03 ABC ID/1:19 station break. Local
programming will then begin.
2. Past 11:50 AM-ET /8:50 AM-PT and prior to 11:58:38 AM-
ET / 8:58:38 AM-PT, News will fill out the hour until
11:58:38 AM-ET / 8:58:38 AM-PT concluding with a :03 ABC
ID/1:19 station break on the full network. Then:
In ET/CT - THE VIEW will be pre-empted in ET/CT only.
Local programming will begin.
In MT – THE VIEW will air on time.
In PT – Local programming will begin
3. Past 11:58:38 AM ET 8:58:38 AM-PT, News will conclude with
a :03 ABC ID/1:19 station break. Then:
In ET/CT - Local programming will be joined in progress
In MT – THE VIEW (having started at 10:00 AM-MT) will be
joined in progress.
In PT – Local programming will begin
Wednesday, 1/3/07
ABC News coverage (if any) of the burial services will be
advised.
CBS
* * * *FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION* * * *please note revised section
below--VERY IMPORTANT
President Gerald Ford's Funeral Coverage--Saturday, December 30, 2006
The following lays out our plans for Saturday’s Coverage.
Our coverage on Saturday will be fluid. Please alert your News, Operations and
Master Control personnel to monitor the Network, BAS, EVA, Hotsheet and
Spacemail for continuous updates to our coverage plans. Since e-mail delivery
can be slow, it is imperative that you make sure both EVA and BAS are operating
properly. These systems should be considered your first vehicle of
communication between your Newsroom and the Network.
CBS News coverage will be sustaining with no Network Commercials or Local
Station Breaks. Katie Couric will anchor this coverage with reports and
analysis from Chief Washington Correspondent, Bob Schieffer; Ford Historian,
Doug Brinkley; Jim Axelrod at the White House; Joie Chen at the World War II
Memorial; Thalia Assuras at the Capitol and in California, Bill Whitaker at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church.
NEWSPATH will have a clean feed of all of the events taking place – please be
sure to check NEWSPATH Spacemail and live menus for where to find those
events.
CBS Special Report Plan: (ALL APPROX TIMES) ****revised
12:00noon ET/9:00am CPT: President's Ford's casket departs St. Margaret's
Episcopal Church for the Palm Springs airport. At this time there will be a
brief departure ceremony which we will carry as a special report.
12:40pm ET/9:40am CPT: There will be a brief ceremony at Palm Springs Airport
with the family as the casket is being brought aboard the airplane. We will
again carry this event as a special report.
****revised****5:20pm ET/2:20pm CPT: The casket and the family of President
Ford are expected to arrive at Andrews Airforce Base at this time. We will go
on the air with the arrival and the ceremony that follows. At the conclusion
of the ceremony it is our plan to conclude coverage, as the motorcade will no
longer be visible, BUT THIS COULD CHANGE.
If we do go off the air, we will resume coverage at approximately 6:15pm
ET/3:15pm CPT once the casket pauses at the World War II memorial for a
ceremony with bagpippers and the boy scouts, afterwhich the casket continues on
to the Capitol and then on to the Rotunda for the State Funeral.
At the conclusion of our coverage, which is expected at 8:00pmET/5:00pm CPT, we
will provide stations with a 94-second station break at 7:58:26pm ET/4:58:26pm
CPT.
CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR: AMP’D MOBILE AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES PREVIEW SHOW will be
interrupted.
OUR COVERAGE WILL BE FLUID. PLEASE ALERT YOUR NEWS, OPERATIONS AND MASTER
CONTROL PERSONNEL TO MONITOR THE NETWORK, BAS, EVA, THIS HOTSHEET AND SPACEMAIL
FOR UPDATES TO THIS PLAN.
CBS EVENING NEWS :
Stations on the New York Origination Please Note: The Evening News: Weekend
Edition will be pre-empted by CBS News Special Events coverage.
West Coast Stations Please Note: The CBS EVENING NEWS will air as normally
scheduled at 5:30pm cpt, 6:00pm cpt and 6:30pm cpt. Should coverage of
President Ford’s funeral extend beyond 8:30pm cnyt/5:30pm cpt, the 5:30pm cpt
feed of the CBS EVENING NEWS will be abbreviated.
Important Note: Any events we do not cover across the board will be available
to stations via the clean feeds NEWSPATH will provide.
PRIME TIME:
Stations on the New York Origination:
At the conclusion of Special Events coverage, approx. 8:00pm cnyt, stations
will receive a 94-Second Station Break. The cue to this Station Break will be:
“This has been CBS News continuous coverage of Gerald Ford: The Death of a
President.”
Our primetime schedule will air as normally scheduled.
West Coast Stations Please Note:
CBS News Special Events coverage will conclude at approximately 8:00pm
cnyt/5:00pm cpt.
As noted above, at the conclusion of Special Events coverage, stations will
receive a 94-Second Station Break. The cue to this Station Break will be:
“This has been CBS News continuous coverage of Gerald Ford: The Death of a
President.”
CBS News will provide a broadcast of the EVENING NEWS for West Coast stations.
All feeds will air as normally scheduled. However, should coverage of President
Ford’s funeral extend beyond 8:30pm cnyt/5:30pm cpt, the 5:30pm cpt feed of the
CBS EVENING NEWS will be abbreviated.
* * * *
Details regarding Monday, (1/1), Tuesday (1/2) and Wednesday (1/3) coverage
will be forthcoming under separate note.
NBC
NBC News will offer across the board special report coverage for the State Funerals for former President Gerald Ford. These services will take place Saturday and Tuesday in Washington, DC.
The services in California and Michigan will not be offered as across the board special reports. MSNBC will provide coverage of those events, and you may simulcast if you wish.
Saturday, 1/30/06:
NBC News Special Report will begin at 6:30 pm EST (18:30) anchored by Brian Williams, originating from Burbank, CA. Tom Brokaw will contribute from New York City and Tim Russert from Washington. This special report will carry the funeral at the U.S. Capitol. We anticipate the service will conclude before 19:45, and the Special Report will conclude by 20:00 EST, returning you to regular programming at that time.
Sunday, 12/31/06 No special report coverage. Body lying in state at Capitol.
Monday, 1/1/07 President Bush is expected to arrive at the Capitol to view the body at 2:55 pm EST. Possible brief special report at that time.
Tuesday, 1/2/07 Special Report will begin between 09:30 and 10:00 EST, anchored from Capitol Hill. This special report will conclude at the end of the service when the casket is taken away from the National Cathedral. We expect it will end by 12:15 EST.
There will be no special report for Wednesday's services in Grand Rapids, MI
FOX (sorry if it's all caps)
--FOX NEWS WILL OFFER LEVEL TWO CUTINS FOR THE EVENTS LISTED BELOW. THE CUTINS WILL BE A SIMULCAST OF
FOX NEWS CHANNEL COMMERCIAL FREE PROGRAMMING WITH ANCHORS AND CHYRONS. THE TIMES BELOW ARE
APPROXIMATE. PLEASE SEE ADVISORIES FOR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO START/END TIMES.
SATURDAY - APX 6:00PM - 820PM ET STATE FUNERAL CEREMONY IN CAPITOL ROTUNDA IN WASHINGTON D.C.
12/30/06 THIS CUT-IN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT APPROX 6PM ET AND WILL COVER SOME OF THE
MOTORCADE ARRIVAL - INCLUDING A STOP AT THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AND WILL LAST
THROUGH THE END OF THE SERVICE AT APPROX 8:20PM ET.
TUESDAY - 1030AM- 12:15PM ET CEREMONY AT NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.
1/2/07
WEDNESDAY
1/3/07 2:00- TBA ET GRACE CHURCH SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
do not e-mail this to any of your stations!
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!!!!!
i will notify if any revisons are made
ABC
The State Funeral Services at the Capitol Rotunda.
ABC’s World News Saturday will be pre-empted in ET/CT/MT on
this date. ABC’S World News Saturday (Both Feeds) will air
as scheduled in PT at 6PM and 6:30PM PT.
NOTE:
For stations choosing to air local news at 6PM ET, there will
be a hard reset (graphic with pause) at 6:30PM ET in order to
join ABC News coverage at this time.
Following coverage, the following procedures will apply:
If news coverage concludes:
1. Prior to 7:50 PM-ET / 4:50 PM-PT, Local programming will
be joined in progress on the full network.
IMPORTANT:
There will be no MT feed of ABC’S WORLD NEWS SATURDAY.
Stations will have to fill the time with local programming.
2. Past 7:50 PM ET / 4:50 PM-PT and prior to 7:58:53PM ET /
4:58:53 PM-PT, News will provide programming to the hour
concluding at 7:58:53 PM-ET / 4:58:53 PM-PT with a :03 ABC
ID/1:04 station break. Then:
In ET/CT – UGLY BETTY will air as scheduled at 8:00PM-ET.
In MT – Local programming will begin. UGLY BETTY will air
as scheduled at 7:00PM MT.
In PT – Local programming will begin. ABC’s World News
Saturday (Both Feeds) will air as scheduled in PT at
6PM and 6:30PM PT.
3. Past 7:58:53 PM-ET / 4:58:53 PM-PT, News will conclude
ASAP with a :03 ABC ID/1:04 station break. Then:
In ET/CT - UGLY BETTY (having started at 8:00 PM ET) will be
joined in progress.
In MT – Local programming will be joined in progress. UGLY
BETTY will air as scheduled at 7:00PM MT.
In PT – Local programming will be joined in progress. ABC’s
World News Saturday (Both Feeds) will air as scheduled in PT
at 6PM and 6:30PM PT.
Tuesday, 1/2/07
Aprx. 10AM ET - Aprx. 12:00 N ET/Aprx. 7AM - aprx. 9AM PT
The Funeral Mass at the National Cathedral.
If news coverage concludes:
1. Prior to 11:50AM ET / 8:50 AM-PT, News will conclude with
a Special Report Close. Then:
In ET/CT - THE VIEW (having started at 11:00 AM-ET) will be
joined in progress.
In MT – Local programming will be joined in progress.
In PT – News will fill out the hour until 8:58:38 AM PT
concluding with a :03 ABC ID/1:19 station break. Local
programming will then begin.
2. Past 11:50 AM-ET /8:50 AM-PT and prior to 11:58:38 AM-
ET / 8:58:38 AM-PT, News will fill out the hour until
11:58:38 AM-ET / 8:58:38 AM-PT concluding with a :03 ABC
ID/1:19 station break on the full network. Then:
In ET/CT - THE VIEW will be pre-empted in ET/CT only.
Local programming will begin.
In MT – THE VIEW will air on time.
In PT – Local programming will begin
3. Past 11:58:38 AM ET 8:58:38 AM-PT, News will conclude with
a :03 ABC ID/1:19 station break. Then:
In ET/CT - Local programming will be joined in progress
In MT – THE VIEW (having started at 10:00 AM-MT) will be
joined in progress.
In PT – Local programming will begin
Wednesday, 1/3/07
ABC News coverage (if any) of the burial services will be
advised.
CBS
* * * *FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION* * * *please note revised section
below--VERY IMPORTANT
President Gerald Ford's Funeral Coverage--Saturday, December 30, 2006
The following lays out our plans for Saturday’s Coverage.
Our coverage on Saturday will be fluid. Please alert your News, Operations and
Master Control personnel to monitor the Network, BAS, EVA, Hotsheet and
Spacemail for continuous updates to our coverage plans. Since e-mail delivery
can be slow, it is imperative that you make sure both EVA and BAS are operating
properly. These systems should be considered your first vehicle of
communication between your Newsroom and the Network.
CBS News coverage will be sustaining with no Network Commercials or Local
Station Breaks. Katie Couric will anchor this coverage with reports and
analysis from Chief Washington Correspondent, Bob Schieffer; Ford Historian,
Doug Brinkley; Jim Axelrod at the White House; Joie Chen at the World War II
Memorial; Thalia Assuras at the Capitol and in California, Bill Whitaker at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church.
NEWSPATH will have a clean feed of all of the events taking place – please be
sure to check NEWSPATH Spacemail and live menus for where to find those
events.
CBS Special Report Plan: (ALL APPROX TIMES) ****revised
12:00noon ET/9:00am CPT: President's Ford's casket departs St. Margaret's
Episcopal Church for the Palm Springs airport. At this time there will be a
brief departure ceremony which we will carry as a special report.
12:40pm ET/9:40am CPT: There will be a brief ceremony at Palm Springs Airport
with the family as the casket is being brought aboard the airplane. We will
again carry this event as a special report.
****revised****5:20pm ET/2:20pm CPT: The casket and the family of President
Ford are expected to arrive at Andrews Airforce Base at this time. We will go
on the air with the arrival and the ceremony that follows. At the conclusion
of the ceremony it is our plan to conclude coverage, as the motorcade will no
longer be visible, BUT THIS COULD CHANGE.
If we do go off the air, we will resume coverage at approximately 6:15pm
ET/3:15pm CPT once the casket pauses at the World War II memorial for a
ceremony with bagpippers and the boy scouts, afterwhich the casket continues on
to the Capitol and then on to the Rotunda for the State Funeral.
At the conclusion of our coverage, which is expected at 8:00pmET/5:00pm CPT, we
will provide stations with a 94-second station break at 7:58:26pm ET/4:58:26pm
CPT.
CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR: AMP’D MOBILE AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES PREVIEW SHOW will be
interrupted.
OUR COVERAGE WILL BE FLUID. PLEASE ALERT YOUR NEWS, OPERATIONS AND MASTER
CONTROL PERSONNEL TO MONITOR THE NETWORK, BAS, EVA, THIS HOTSHEET AND SPACEMAIL
FOR UPDATES TO THIS PLAN.
CBS EVENING NEWS :
Stations on the New York Origination Please Note: The Evening News: Weekend
Edition will be pre-empted by CBS News Special Events coverage.
West Coast Stations Please Note: The CBS EVENING NEWS will air as normally
scheduled at 5:30pm cpt, 6:00pm cpt and 6:30pm cpt. Should coverage of
President Ford’s funeral extend beyond 8:30pm cnyt/5:30pm cpt, the 5:30pm cpt
feed of the CBS EVENING NEWS will be abbreviated.
Important Note: Any events we do not cover across the board will be available
to stations via the clean feeds NEWSPATH will provide.
PRIME TIME:
Stations on the New York Origination:
At the conclusion of Special Events coverage, approx. 8:00pm cnyt, stations
will receive a 94-Second Station Break. The cue to this Station Break will be:
“This has been CBS News continuous coverage of Gerald Ford: The Death of a
President.”
Our primetime schedule will air as normally scheduled.
West Coast Stations Please Note:
CBS News Special Events coverage will conclude at approximately 8:00pm
cnyt/5:00pm cpt.
As noted above, at the conclusion of Special Events coverage, stations will
receive a 94-Second Station Break. The cue to this Station Break will be:
“This has been CBS News continuous coverage of Gerald Ford: The Death of a
President.”
CBS News will provide a broadcast of the EVENING NEWS for West Coast stations.
All feeds will air as normally scheduled. However, should coverage of President
Ford’s funeral extend beyond 8:30pm cnyt/5:30pm cpt, the 5:30pm cpt feed of the
CBS EVENING NEWS will be abbreviated.
* * * *
Details regarding Monday, (1/1), Tuesday (1/2) and Wednesday (1/3) coverage
will be forthcoming under separate note.
NBC
NBC News will offer across the board special report coverage for the State Funerals for former President Gerald Ford. These services will take place Saturday and Tuesday in Washington, DC.
The services in California and Michigan will not be offered as across the board special reports. MSNBC will provide coverage of those events, and you may simulcast if you wish.
Saturday, 1/30/06:
NBC News Special Report will begin at 6:30 pm EST (18:30) anchored by Brian Williams, originating from Burbank, CA. Tom Brokaw will contribute from New York City and Tim Russert from Washington. This special report will carry the funeral at the U.S. Capitol. We anticipate the service will conclude before 19:45, and the Special Report will conclude by 20:00 EST, returning you to regular programming at that time.
Sunday, 12/31/06 No special report coverage. Body lying in state at Capitol.
Monday, 1/1/07 President Bush is expected to arrive at the Capitol to view the body at 2:55 pm EST. Possible brief special report at that time.
Tuesday, 1/2/07 Special Report will begin between 09:30 and 10:00 EST, anchored from Capitol Hill. This special report will conclude at the end of the service when the casket is taken away from the National Cathedral. We expect it will end by 12:15 EST.
There will be no special report for Wednesday's services in Grand Rapids, MI
FOX (sorry if it's all caps)
--FOX NEWS WILL OFFER LEVEL TWO CUTINS FOR THE EVENTS LISTED BELOW. THE CUTINS WILL BE A SIMULCAST OF
FOX NEWS CHANNEL COMMERCIAL FREE PROGRAMMING WITH ANCHORS AND CHYRONS. THE TIMES BELOW ARE
APPROXIMATE. PLEASE SEE ADVISORIES FOR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO START/END TIMES.
SATURDAY - APX 6:00PM - 820PM ET STATE FUNERAL CEREMONY IN CAPITOL ROTUNDA IN WASHINGTON D.C.
12/30/06 THIS CUT-IN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT APPROX 6PM ET AND WILL COVER SOME OF THE
MOTORCADE ARRIVAL - INCLUDING A STOP AT THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AND WILL LAST
THROUGH THE END OF THE SERVICE AT APPROX 8:20PM ET.
TUESDAY - 1030AM- 12:15PM ET CEREMONY AT NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.
1/2/07
WEDNESDAY
1/3/07 2:00- TBA ET GRACE CHURCH SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
do not e-mail this to any of your stations!
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!!!!!
i will notify if any revisons are made
30) SECOND COUNTDOWN SLATE, THEN "SPECIAL REPORT" ANIMATION, FOLLOWED