European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 9 dinner with Macko is always tasty and highly digestible by Keith Bennetts staff writer Frankfurt thousands of service members and their families sit Down to dinner with Paul Macko every the menu usually includes a Gener Ous helping of garnished with weather and served with a hefty Side order of the Bill of fare is provided by the Amer ican forces network an studios and the meal is called the an television Macko is an Anchorman on the information the show is broadcast Dur ing the dinner hour to help viewers in Cen trial and Southern Germany digest world events along with their roast beef and mashed the first 30 minutes of the program is devoted to weather and and the following 25 to a package of Short film features called the a half hour version of the news is also shown at were the Only English speaking game in said we try to give people the same kind of news there used to seeing in the Abc service the stateside news look is in great by the american broadcast ing company Abc in new everyday at about 10 we receive a taped version of the Abc evening news shown in the Macko the tape is the Complete newscast just As it was shown in the including com our jobs to go through edit out the commercials and stuff that out of but we dont censor what you see on our news is what people in the saw on network by updating film stories with fresh items from the major wire services an keeps the news Macko we try not to use outdated film though the Abc film is usually two Days old by the time we get it on the he a lot of times Well update a Story verbally and then go into a film clip for there wont be any film for a so Well just use graphic Art like a shrinking Dollar Bill when we talk about for sports filmed unlike the the sports portion of the show relies almost exclusively on according to air Force Mike Al people dont want you to Tell them about the super bowl or world they want to see he that one of the reasons we have so much sports about 12 minutes every if we were lets say wed probably cover just the local College and prep but Over we have to give you All the major sports Back plus whats going on Here its by every Day the evenings news cast is just about scripts have been lights in the studio adjusted and cameras although Only four people will actually be seen on the a score of cameramen and other behind the scenes Crew have worked All Day to make sure the broadcast comes its really amazing what we do with Only a fraction of the people that stations in the states have to put on this kind of said Christopher chief of to that what makes this place a Good learning you get a Chance to do a Little bit of we just dont have the number of people to at Alwood and air Force James who does the weath have read through their put on makeup and arrived on the they said the daily Prospect of facing a potential audience of More than viewers int All that youve just got to treat the camera As if it were a Macko i guess everybody gets camera fright at but it Doest take Long to feel despite All the preparations and things can happen i remember about four or five years a sports Guy we had almost knocked Over his console on the Macko i was on camera at the but the look on that Guys face As he lunged to that thing from falling Over was priceless sheer Alwood said the flu Bug has Given him some moments on the As Ive gotten a bloody nose just before going on the he theres nothing As uncomfortable As having to stifle a i had a pretty bad cold and i just had to sit there and fight off the urge to cough until we went off at 6 an Anonymous announcer finishes Reading off a lineup of that nights then comes the news Leadin backed with a musical beat an television from the major american networks and wire services dinner is served the men behind the menu technical director Mike James Boston Paul Macko left and Coic Lazaro Ramirez Han Center and Mike Alwood right die of nov controls during a get set to Tell viewers about the seconds before going on the Days photos by Didio