Posted By Tierney Cook

Posted by: Executive Producer, Julie Fike

Tierney and I are throwing a bridal shower for our good friend and personal trainer Laura Gerlach! You might recall her, she was the one on air last year getting us all in shape with "Trainer Tuesdays."

She's marrying her beau, Anthony, on one of the great islands of Figi. Tierney and I decided to throw her an unusual shower. It's called "Christmas and Cocktails."

We're basically doing a Sunday Brunch and the gift is a Christmas ornament. I love this idea for a bridal shower. I've done it once before and it's just so cute. You don't have to worry about sizes or taste. We all have different kinds of ornaments for the tree. Some are Waterford Crystal. Some are made from macaroni when you were a kid.

So Laura just get ready for your shower! Julie

Posted By Tierney Cook

A few weeks ago, I got an email about this new movie coming out called the Golden Compass.
It was from a friend who heard the movie is anti-religious and is about killing god.

I talked with two people who read the book the movie is based off of, both say, yes the author is a known atheist but no the lead character does not kill god.

The movie comes out December 7th, the trailer looks very exciting I wonder if the email will deter people from seeing the movie.

Let me know what you think.

Tierney

Posted by: Executive Producer, Julie Fike

Whew. After a long time planning the Centennial, we can now focus on another event, Thanksgiving. But let me talk about last Friday first.

Our crew of John Norton, Mark Fryklund, Charles Shepherd, David Evans, John Comstock, Jim Swart, Tierney Cook, and Rusty McCranie got to Guthrie at 3:30am. It was dark and cold. Not just cold but freezing! My crew was smart enough to wear gloves but I couldn't. I was holding and shuffling scripts for Tierney and Rusty. Let me just say by the 6am hour, I tried to write something on a clipboard and I couldn't. My fingers would not bend! The people of Guthrie were fantastic and I hope you could feel the Oklahoma spirit through the television.

Now to a favorite subject of most everyone here at KOCO. Food! All of us here on the morning show will be here to bring you the news and we're having a pot luck. Now, most people ask, what do you feel like eating at 7am. Most everything! I'm bringing the turkey and everyone else is bringing the trimmings. The sign up sheet looks pretty good. I can't wait. I hope everyone has a good holiday whether you are with family or friends or co-workers. Julie

Posted by Tierney Cook


I have a new love.
My chiropractor.

I was rear ended last week, and two days after the accident came intense back and shoulder pain.

That is when a co-worker (actually 2 Julie and Rusty) suggested I meet with a chiropractor.
Already 1 week in and I am feeling the results.
It was a little scary at first since I had never seen a chiropractor, but now it's just a crack and pop to feeling better.

I have to admit the accident has given me a little anxiety when I slow down to stop, any advice on getting past that?

Let me know!!

Tierney

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Scotty, I'm a director for the morning show (for the past 5 years). So you may not know me nearly as well as you do John, Tierney, Rusty, or Julie, but you've certainly seen me work. Also contributing to this entry is Doug (Douggie Fresh as known to Fike). Doug is the man in charge of the audio on the morning show, so he gets a cool hip-hop sounding knick-name since he's the one mixing all the sounds you hear coming out of your TV.

Have you ever wondered where they get all the equipment to fill out the background of sci-fi/fantasy/techno-thriller type shows?
A recent example is the Energizer Bunny commercial now running. Let me set the scene for you. It's late at night at the power station, the custodian is mopping the floors. There's a cup of coffee on the edge of a desk. As you've guessed he knocks it over onto a console with many buttons and levers that sends of shower of sparks into the air, thus blacking out an entire metropolitan area. That console is called an on-air switcher. It's the same piece of equipment used in the station to put all your favorite shows and commercials on the air. It has nothing to do with power stations at all. Though pouring coffee all over one tends to make chief engineers explode.
A more famous example would be from Star Wars. Do you remember the first time the Death Star was fired? The officer all in black with the protective helmet pulls down a lever that sends a massive beam of destructive energy streaking (*not the naked kind) through space towards the defenseless planet minding its own business. That lever is attached to a piece of equipment I use every day. It's called a production switcher. That particular model is The GVG 400. We used to have one here in this very station. Now we have a much bigger, nicer, more powerful sony version that looks like it could land space shuttles. The same model is also used by ABC, CNN, ESPN and several other major networks.
Your on the Starship Enterprise, you've just been beamed aboard and you notice the Transporter officer adjusting several controls. He could be beaming in someone else...or, he could be turning up the volume on his stereo. Yes, those are actually audio controls from an audio mixer used in recording studios, or even your own home stereo.
These are just a few examples from commercials, TV shows, and movies of how our everyday equipment in a local TV station is used to make your entertainment experiences extraordinary.
Every morning I get to start my day by walking into the control room. The lights are dim, it's quiet, and the room is lit by the romantic glow of the thousands of buttons strewn through out the room. Don't you wish you could start your day like that?

We find it amusing when we see things like this. Let us know what what you've seen used in movies, TV shows etc, that were not being used for their intended purpose.

Posted by Tierney Cook

I am so excited about this afternoon, I get to accept an award for "Outstanding Media in 2007".
This is from the Safe Kids Oklahoma Program.

For the past few months I have teamed up with Safe Kids to help bring awareness to the dangerous trip many Oklahoma kids make everyday to school.

We need more sidewalks, re-touch the paint on many crosswalks, and crossing guards
to help make the trip safer for those kids.

I walked around Heronville Elementary School recently with Mayor Mick Cornett and the Lt. Governor to get an idea of what it's like for the students.

Let's just say, I fell in more than a few pot holes, and ditches along the way.

This afternoon's award will highlight all the work done in the last year to fix the problems.

I am so happy I got to help.

Tierney Cook

With the cool start to the month, I thought we'd take a look at some of the coldest and warmest Novembers on record. In OKC, the average high on November 1st is 66, but it plummets to 54 by the 30th.

Here's a look at the the 10 warmest Novembers as a statewide average:

1 55.7 deg F in 1909
2 (tie) 55.6 deg F in 1913
2 (tie) 55.6 deg F in 1965
4 55.0 deg F in 1931
5 (tie) 54.2 deg F in 1931
5 (tie) 54.2 deg F in 2001
7 54.1 deg F in 1966
8 54.0 deg F in 1990
9 53.8 deg F in 1915
10 53.4 deg F in 1902

And the 10 coldest:

1 42.7 deg F in 1929
2 43.2 deg F in 1972
3 43.4 deg F in 2000
4 43.9 deg F in 1976
5 44.5 deg F in 1951
6 (tie) 44.7 deg F in 1959
6 (tie) 44.7 deg F in 1993
8 44.8 deg F in 1991
9 45.3 deg F in 1897
10 45.5 deg F in 1898

Rusty