The coverage of Super Tuesday on WNBC’s DT 4.4 feed was done so well, that no other station in New York didn’t do with their digital subchannel. There was some few kinks, especially when the news feed simulcasted on the WNBC feed which had the NBC network program at the time, but overall I think it was great. It was a production that actually allows the audience to see how a local station, like WNBC, obtains the latest poll results when the camera is not on.

The best part was its interaction to viewers with its webchat and live stream on the station’s site. I was logged in as anthonyz if you were chatting away in the chatroom. Reporters that were assigned to attend the candidate parties/headquarters were actually in the chat, such as Jay DeDapper at the Hillary Clinton headquarters. The anchors were also on, including Lynda Baquero, Brian Williams, Ann Curry, Tom Brokaw, David Ushery, Sue Simmons and sadly Chuck was having a hard time to login on his computer at the anchor desk. Moderating and answering questions was Perri Peltz and Michael Gargiulo; and tech reporter Sree Sreenivasan were watching the blogs and also chatting on the live chat.

The internet and young citizens are playing a big role for this election. So from time to time, WNBC invited college students of different ages and races to visit the studio and asked about their views and opinions about the election and what type of media they use. This actually was an important part because more young voters are voting for this election because of the internet.
I like to say that it was a combination of “local television” and “cable television” as it contained the feeling of a cable news channel but instead it concentrated the local area. I hope WNBC will do a similar program like this in the future for the November election day coverage.
Image Above: Snapshot of WNBC’s chatpage at around 10:30.