Global News Hour - Toronto - behind the scenes

Global TV Toronto - News Hour - April 30/09. The 1st ten minutes of the show are seen from the control room staff perspective.

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• Global
• News
• Hour
• Toronto
• behind
• scene
• leslie
• roberts
• carolyn
• mackenzie

[kc4100]

Nope, this control room is located in Toronto. We do Toronto, Winnipeg and Kelowna newscasts from our broadcast centre.

[jamesbrownontheroad]

Is this a control room that will be closing as a result of Global's centralised control room / blue screen studio strategy?

[kc4100]

No, this control room just went on the air on Jan. 11th

[shadedmuse]

I noticed the time on the wall is eastern and Moutain, is this control room in Calgary producing the Toronto News? I hear Calgary and Vancouver Produce all the newscast.

[canadanewsdude]

@1moreastronaut do you know who made the news graphics for Global News?

[1moreastronaut]

@garycalgary It can be an interesting business, to be sure. I do actually work in the control room featured here, but was not working the night this was recorded.

[garycalgary]

@1moreastronaut I am going to assume that you know what you are talking about. I have seen anchors on air that seem to struggle because it seems that the producer is talking in their ear. I even remember one anchor saying can control room switch off. Television news has always fascinated me. I even begged CTV Edmonton to send me a staff 50th anniversary DVD when they were CFRN it's very interesting.

[1moreastronaut]

@garycalgary Generally, anchors don't get information from producers (or directors or anyone else) until they've stopped talking. As a rule, we try not to talk to them until they're off-camera, though there are rare occasions in which we're forced to talk to them. Breaking news, obviously.

[OntariozBest]

Very very cool....thanks for putting this up

[garycalgary]

i just wonder how an anchor can read with the producer talking in their ear