August 16, 2006: Newscast Meltdown
On August 16, 2006, there were serious technical problems during WHDH's 11PM newscast. A computerized control room switch, which literally control the station's news feeds, cameras, teleprompters and other related infrastructure, failed, forcing the newscast's anchors and producers to ad-lib. At the start of the newscast, which was without an opening, anchor Randy Price apologized for the technical problems, but will still present the news. After co-anchor Christa Delcamp struggled with a report on the arrest in the JonBenét Ramsey case , they went to a commercial break. When the program returned, they attempted to jump to a filed report from Dan Hausle about the arrest in the JonBenét Ramsey case, but instead got a still picture with no sound for 30 to 45 seconds, before the video started, minus Hausle's narration. After that failed, they went to commercial again. After the break ended, about seven minutes into the newscast, Price announced that the remainder of the newscast has been canceled due to persistent technical problems; Delcamp then announced that WHDH would join MSNBC for the remainder of the newscast.