Show television 1 takes to the highways YS television is taking to the highways highway s like many other industries television has discovered the value of mobile units charles M upham engineer director of the american road builders said in washington D C r bently c e C antly in commenting on this new use of roads and streets the tv trucks have to carry thousands of pounds of equip aup ment and must operate in all ail a kinds ds of weather t sometimes day and night they need good roads roada general electric co and oth ott er r manufacture manufacturers ra have recently ebuy y developed the new mobil tele pick up ball parades and other outdoor door events they broadcast remote programs which have proved very with the rapidly TV audience rolling television studio at first galanic looks like a trailer it lias has a snub nosed front four back wheels a large frant windshield three windows on each side and a full length rear window the steel top is flat fiat and borde bordered redby by a protective steel railing inside the mobile TV unit carries carrie an operating table a mixer amplifier portable audio equipment control units power supplies and generators and several office type typo chairs chair racks and closets hn have tm e aiso alsa been installed in the interior the GE truck was designed on thu tho advice and experience of the tin television engineers at station in ili schenectady and at other oilier television stations through out the country countr the first GE truck went in into yi operation this tills fali fall at TV boston sta tion engineers climatee emi cli mated that it was in action 20 hours out of every 24 for the first three weeks originating telecasts tele casts of the world series football games and political rallies generally the TV truck can drive right up to the news event and shoot the cameras arm are nr placed on the flat platform cd roof and go into action relaying the on the spot pickups to the station however in large stadiums the cameras must be placed on the roof or in the press box they are arc connected to the tiie truck and its technical equip ment by calit cin to ia handie handle clie 1110 this type of telecast the truck Is equipped with ofir r 1 cable cabie u capable of all c ca ar crying r y g od chi achl feet rt of u wire cable tilo tile T ie arm truck k 1 floor fit tl t l i ls s 10 16 inches va above tin irol ir nl to to fact facilitate tate tato unloading hiiri imi joi jadine the technical pit e headroom measure measures 7 78 inches on t h e W inside and the truck Is wide to rl allow 00 for e aay acm movement of 0 p e within the unit it Is ulso also in summer and aud heated in winter for their coln eoln comfort fort tort |