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PRG Travels with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
When Sony Pictures Television's Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! leave their respective studios to tape shows, PRG is there, providing substantial gear and support for both productions. During November, both Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune will be airing shows that took place on the road. Jeopardy! taped a college tournament at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina while wheel of fortune taped their shows at the New Orleans convention center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Typically, when people think of a show like this coming to their town, I doubt they have any idea how much is involved. We travel with over 100 staff and crewmembers, and there are usually 14 to 17 trucks of equipment and set," explains FOH mixer and system designer Bill Daly from PRG Audio.
Daly takes a significant quantity of PRG's audio gear out on the road with both shows. "Our equipment packages rival any large scale touring show," Daly contends. For both game shows, Daly uses a line array PA that includes cabinets from JBL, L'Acoustic and Nexo. "Having a variety of gear options really does help. Due to the depth of PRG's inventory, I have the luxury of great equipment availability and choosing how it will all fit together in a cohesive package," he explains.
PRG also provides an experienced audio crew that knows how to deal with the intricacies of doing TV shows out of the studio. The expert PRG Audio crew consists of Crew Chief/System Engineer Alan Henig and System Engineer/Floor A2 Larry Borgarding. David Hoover manages the account in PRG's Orlando office.
PRG also supplied a large automated and conventional lighting system, along with lighing and rigging crew for both productions. "Typically we use 1500'-2000' of truss, up to 250 motors and approximately 500 dimmers," says Jeffrey Engel, the Lighting Designer for both Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. In the end, making TV productions look their best begins with the shop prep. It's an area where PRG excels. "The work is always done to perfection," comments Engel. "The entire road crew is also the best in the business so I feel confident that the production elements aren't compromised when we leave the studio."
21st November 2005
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