#OJ SIMPSON CHOPPER 2 TV#

Staff writer Mel Bracht can be reached by e-mail at or by calling 475-4106. That was the larger part of the population base.' The viewer, who was not being affected by these storms, wanted to watch the damage. 'The difference was, we didn't cover the damage in Oklahoma City. KWTV general manager David Griffin said, 'We decided to stay with covering the tornado warnings, which were going off in Mulhall and other areas. Hanna Zoey Tur (formerly Robert Albert Tur born June 8, 1960) is an American broadcast reporter 1 and commercial pilot who created Los Angeles News Service with fellow reporter and then-wife Marika Gerrard. by devoting more coverage to damage than KWTV did. KWTV's coverage, headed by longtime meteorologist Gary England, led in the early evening, but KFOR took the lead at 7:15 p.m. The combined ratings of the three stations showed that more than 70 percent of the market's televisions were tuned to the tornado coverage. KOCO-5, which doesn't have a helicopter, was a distant third at 8.2. KWTV-9 finished at 24.8, topping at 34.2 at 7 p.m.

#OJ SIMPSON CHOPPER 2 TV#

For prime-time, the station earned a 38.3 rating (percentage of TV homes in the market), reaching as high as 42.8 at 8 p.m. The video supplied from Chopper 4 helped KFOR compile record ratings that night. I don't know if we're coming out of this one.' We ended up making it back at 12:30 that night.' 'At one point, I told my cameraman, 'You better pray to who you love. He said a miscommunication with the KFOR news desk put him too close to a tornado near the Texas border last summer. They were risk-taking rival news chopper pilots covering the infamous OJ Simpson chase and the LA riots. Gardner has experienced some close calls, however. He credits meteorologist Mike Morgan and his staff for watching the radar and steering him in the right direction. On May 3, he said he flew as close as a half-mile to the tornado while at an altitude of 2,000 to 2,500 feet.Īlthough Chopper 4 has a top speed of 120 mph, the helicopter could quickly get sucked into the tornado if it gets too close. Tracking tornadoes requires Gardner to keep the helicopter out of the storm's path but still get close enough for good video. 'Do you get me? Do you see me?' 'Yeah, Leroy, I've got you covered there.'' 'He (Tatom) always kind of cracks me up, because he'll always call me. In comparison to Oklahoma City, Gardner only has to keep tabs of KWTV-9 helicopter pilot Leroy Tatom when covering a news story. Gardner said 35 helicopters were in the area during the riots, and 7 to 13 helicopters cover most news stories. 'It's very competitive, with a lot more helicopters.' 'It's totally different from out here,' Gardner said. Gardner flew charters and for movies before serving as the morning pilot for a Los Angeles TV station for five years. Gardner, 43, a native of Wynnewood, became a helicopter pilot after he moved to Los Angeles in the early '80s with his first wife, who was a singer. 'When they actually see it on TV, it takes on a whole different significance to them.' 'When people look at the radar screen, it's just another tornado,' he said. Gardner said the helicopter video of the damage played a big role in viewers taking quick action to avoid the tornado. He is left behind and chased by Stormtroopers, after which an Imperial droid helps him out, and they together discover a base location for the Rebels team.'The next day, when I landed at places, people were shaking my hand and talking to me,' he said. That summer, 95 million people watched OJ Simpsons slow-motion chase down the. Let us know the moment Empire suspects anything.'Īfter the Rebels leave, Chopper cannot control himself and goes after the droid leg. The backyard lemon trees shuddered in the wake of Fosters chopper as he.

We need you on the Ghost to monitor imperial transmissions. He then spots the match for his missing leg and immediately tells Ezra about it.Įzra says, 'Oh yeah! that droid leg looks exactly like yours.' Hera points out, 'Chopper! We are not here to shop. The promo opens with Kanan saying, 'After we grab the fuel, we have to blast our way out of here fast' and asks Chopper to be ready. The upcoming episode will find the Rebels team stopping for fuel supply, where Chopper spots an exact match for his missing, original left leg and goes after it. In the previous episode, Jedi Master Yoda asks Ezra to go to Malachor for more answers, and Kanan and Ahsoka decide to go look for this place.

You can also watch the episode online on the Disney website. When Chopper gets left behind at an Imperial outpost, he forms an unlikely friendship with an Imperial droid, and discovers a base location for the rebels.Ĭlick here to watch the episode via live stream.

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