Out With the Old (Technology)

Monday will mark the end of an era here at Wisconsin Public Television. Our new HD-equipped remote truck is arriving. The old one will most likely become a museum exhibit.

My involvement with this "facility" has been confined to music productions like Concerts on the Square. I've had an HD production sneak preview, of sorts, on each of our Final Forte productions over the last few years. The programs are really quite stunning visually. Until this year we've worked with Milwaukee Public Televisions' HD remote truck on this production. This March we'll be using our very own.

The new HD remote truck will also be used for the University sports coverage we've been doing for many years. And will now travel the state more often to bring viewers arts events and public affairs programming.

It is the end of an era but very much the beginning of what could be an interesting new chapter of the WPT story. Stay tuned.