New Day, New Job

Hello again, everyone. I thought it might be good to update you all on how this all worked out — for those who care…

Yesterday was the last day for Howard County GTV as a government operation. We all turned in our keys, locked the doors, and walked away, off to the new phases of our lives. All but a couple of the staff members have new jobs.

I landed at HCCTV, the Howard Community College cable operation, in support of what’s left of the government operation. However, in the long run, it appears that will be the least of my responsibilities. I will, of course, be directing live broadcasts of the various Council meetings and press conferences and such. But, in addition, I’ll be assisting with new equipment specifications and all phases of production for the college’s productions as well. What’s really exciting is that this will be a truly state-of-the-art facility — fully digital, and with hi def growth potential.

My first projects include coordinating the move of the GTV master control plant with Comcast and Verizon to limit station down-time; design of the integrated ProTools audio-for-video production environment; and the design of a pair of three-camera, two-operator remote production flypacks. I have no clue what I’m going to do my second week. Just joking, but, these little projects do have to be done pretty quickly, as we only have limited time to spend the money!

The little issues I spoke of yesterday are well on the way to being resolved, too. So, my first day at the new job worked out to be quite a good one.