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Great Moments in Broadcasting – Reporter Gets Microphone Knocked Out of Her Hand by a Baseball, Keeps Reporting

mike — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:25:59 +0000

Sophie Minnaert, a sideline reporter with Fox Sports Wisconsin, came thisclose to getting beaned in the head on Saturday. Minnaert was doing a live camera shot from the dugout of the Milwaukee Brewers game, and someone hit a foul ball that knocked the microphone right out of her hand. She handled it like a pro, [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting – Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Her Missing Dog in the Middle of a TV Interview

mike — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:21 +0000

OMG, I dare you to watch this without crying!!! The stories of the devastation left behind by the tornado coming out of Oklahoma are heartbreaking, which makes this story even more special. Survivor Barbara Garcia was talking to a television reporter about how she had lost her house and her dog in the tornado, and [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting – Someone on ESPN Unleashed a Monster Fart

mike — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:05:32 +0000

Someone on ESPN’s “First Take” was having some serious digestive issues yesterday. Okay, to be fair, I don’t know for sure that it was actually an air biscuit or if someone was goofing around in the studio and made it seem like one of them cut the cheese, but it’s interesting to note that at [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting – BBC Radio Host Taken Off Air after Slurring and Sounding Drunk

mike — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:18:15 +0000

The host of a BBC radio show was pulled off the air on her last day because listeners thought she sounded drunk. Paula White confessed to having “a couple of drinks” before taking to the airwaves, but denied being toasted after a listener texted her to say she sounded drunk. The audio says different,though. And [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Puerto Rican News Anchor Has 'Bruce Almighty' Moment

mike — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:04:59 +0000

A news anchor in Puerto Rico had a bizarre on air moment when he tripped over a word while doing the news and followed it up with 20 seconds of gibberish and vocal warm-ups. He either didn’t realize he was on live TV or Jim Carrey was controlling him, because it played out like the [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: New TV News Anchor's First Words On-Air are Swear Words [VIDEO]

mike — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:31:49 +0000

The new news anchor for the NBC affiliate in Bismarck, North Dakota chose the worst possible words to begin his very first broadcast. Mainly because they were swear words! The newscast apparently went live before A.J. Clemente was ready because he was clearing heard saying “Gay. F***ing s**t” into his live microphone, leaving his co-anchor [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Seven-Year-Old Cancer Patient Got to Score a Touchdown in Spring Football Game

mike — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:18:05 +0000

Great sports moments happen all the time, but when they mix with real life situations and are powerful enough to bring a tear to our eyes, those are the ones that are truly special. Like our own Mitchell Marcus/Jonathon Montanez story, for example.

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Mispronunciation of MMA Fighter's Name Makes Him Butt of Jokes

mike — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:54:51 +0000

A mixed martial arts fight featuring a guy named Dan Mainus has gone viral thanks to the mispronunciation of his last name and the juvenile humor of people like me. Dan’s last name, you see, sounds a little bit like “my-anus” — even more so when the fight announcer is Australian. His mispronunciation throughout the [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Texas Woman Gives Most Awesome Interview Ever

mike — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:59:19 +0000

A big hailstorm did some damage in a small town outside Houston early Wednesday morning. And one of the local news stations interviewed a woman who gave the most AWESOME account of what happened, like, probably EVER!

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Dude Not Ashamed to Dig for Gold on Live TV

mike — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:57:15 +0000

Who’s the most shameless nose-picker in the world? This guy … Watch More Great Moments in Broadcasting

Great Moments in Broadcasting: News Anchor Breaks News of Her Own Proposal on Live TV

mike — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:57:22 +0000

And in other news, female news anchor reads her own wedding proposal live on air! That’s what happened to Hunstville, Alabama, anchor Jillian Pavlica who on-air got a script for a “breaking news story” shoved at her last minute and told to read it. The “breaking news” turned out to be a proposal from her [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: News Caption Fails

mike — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:51:29 +0000

Sometimes the subject of the news story can’t be clearly explained in the caption that shows up on the screen. And sometimes the person keying in the caption isn’t paying the proper attention. Either way that leads to some inadvertently humorous moments for those of us watching the news. The website BuzzFeed recently posted some [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Host Faints on Live TV While Talking About How Important Oxygen Is

mike — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:31:07 +0000

Check out this crazy video. Right in the middle of talking about how important oxygen is, the host of a Croatian kids show fainted on live TV. (Cue Alanis Morrissett’s “Ironic”). In the video above, you’ll see her eyes roll back first, then she slams into a piece of the set. It’s all good now. [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Weatherman Passes Out on Live TV

mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:33:04 +0000

Putting your weatherman in a tiny plane with a stunt pilot seemed like a good idea on paper for this Australian news program. Unfortunately, Grant Denyer couldn’t handle it and passed out on live TV! According to the pilot, they were experiencing about 8 G’s — or 8 times the force of gravity — when [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Female Reporter Mimes Naughty Sex Act

mike — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:09:49 +0000

Saskatchewan, Canada news anchor Lisa Dutton inadvertently made a pretty graphic gesture the other day while giving a new-mom tip on teething. Her innocent explanation of how her son loved to bite down on the wrong end of her vibrating toothbrush unwittingly took a turn for the naughty when she began making a certain hand [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: 'Slow and Slutty' Valentine's Day Forecast

mike — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:19:45 +0000

So, how’s the weather for Valentine’s Day? Wait, what? Slow and slutty?! I was hoping

Great Moments in Broadcasting: TV Station Hacked, Warns of Zombie Apocalypse

mike — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:13:13 +0000

Television viewers of “The Steve Wilkos Show” in Montana were jolted out of their trash TV stupor yesterday by an Emergency Alert System tone alerting them to the presence of dead bodies rising from their graves! A computerized voice ominously recounted that the bodies were “attacking the living,” and advised people not to approach or [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Videobomber Gets Owned by Television Reporter – 'How Long Have You Had an STD?'

mike — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:58:46 +0000

Television news reporters know that when they report live from a public area, there’s always the chance that an unwelcome visitor will enter their shot trying to get some face time and/or interrupt his or her report . Most reporters will just ignore the videobomber. But not this one. Watch how she takes care of [...]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: Goat vs. Reporter – Who You Got?

mike — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:42:36 +0000

Florida reporter Linda Carson was doing a story from the Manatee County Fair, and learned the hard way that it’s a baaaaaad idea to turn your back on a goat. [button href="http://kisselpaso.com/category/mikeandtrish/greatmoments/" title="Watch More Great Moments in Broadcasting" align="center"]

Great Moments in Broadcasting: The Weather Smurf

mike — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:56:15 +0000

You know what happens when the TV weather guy’s green screen malfunctions? He turns into a smurf!