Global News’ unwavering Calgary Stampede Parade coverage recognized with prestigious award – Calgary | 24CA News
The outdated adage “the show must go on” was put to the take a look at throughout Global News Calgary’s protection of the 2022 Calgary Stampede Parade, however the ingenuity of workers members saved the day, and their efforts garnered a coveted award.
The Western Association of Broadcasters awarded Global News Calgary with a gold medal award Thursday night time for multi-platform protection for a problematic, however what proved to be not insurmountably so, parade present.
Together Again — the tv, radio and on-line broadcast of the primary version of the parade to happen with spectators because the arrival of COVID-19 — appeared in jeopardy on parade day morning resulting from an sudden nationwide Rogers community outage.
“Getting to host the Calgary Stampede Parade is one of the highlights of the year, every year,” mentioned Dallas Flexhaug, a Global News Morning Calgary anchor, who hosted parade protection in 2022 alongside Blake Lough. “There was so much anticipation, having it be the first large parade in the country since the pandemic.”
Mere hours earlier than the beginning of the parade, the Rogers outage downed all communication and transmission functionality, and discussions had been held about cancelling the parade broadcast.
A plan was put in place to construct a small Wi-Fi zone — with help from Shaw — for the management room, and to run 300 ft of cable to alternate community suppliers for the published feed. Global workers members who had been on networks aside from Rogers volunteered their private cellphones to make sure the management room might talk with crews within the subject.
“I remember saying, ‘If we can see the pictures and hear the sounds, we will figure it out,’” recounted Flexhaug. “ But, I’ve acquired to be trustworthy, not having communication channels between the studio, management room and varied locations within the subject was an enormous wrench, and I wasn’t certain how it might all prove.
“Thankfully, I work with one of the best workforce in tv and we pulled it off. Having Kevin Costner as parade marshal and (with Global TV’s) The Morning Show’s Jeff McArthur within the metropolis to assist rally the parade crowds made it a morning to recollect for all the best causes. We strapped our boots on, mentioned, ‘Yahoo’ – not ‘Yeehaw,’ as each Calgarian is aware of – and had one of the best time doing it.
“Kudos to the Calgary Stampede and Corus for working together to organize one amazing parade Calgarians and cowboys all over could be proud of.”
Global News Morning Calgary site visitors specialist Leslie Horton, who together with McArthur offered stay stories from alongside the parade route, mentioned the Western Association of Broadcasters gold medal is symbolic of the collaboration of that day.
“Our team worked through a massive communications outage on Stampede Parade day to bring the sights and sounds of the parade to our viewers,” Horton added. “To be recognized for the extraordinary work that went into making that broadcast happen is extra special, and a testament to our extraordinary team of professionals.”
And the extraordinary workforce will deliver you full parade protection once more this yr, however hopefully with fewer hiccups.
Tune in to Global Calgary on Friday, July 7, at 8:45 a.m. to look at a particular stay broadcast of the 2023 Calgary Stampede Parade. Our Global News Morning workforce could have all the motion for you from this yr’s route. The particular broadcast will air on Global Television, the Global TV app, 24CA News, the Global News YouTube channel, Facebook and Amazon Prime.
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