2013 media guide - LA Marathon

RACE EVENTS AND LOGISTICS
RACE EVENTS AND LOGISTICS
Finish Line and Post-­‐Race Celebration
Cheer the runners as they take their final steps towards the finish line in Santa
Monica at California and Ocean Ave. Afterwards, join them in a post-­‐race
celebration in true St. Patrick’s Day form, at the Michelob Ultra Beer Garden located
on Santa Monica between Ocean and 2 nd Ave.
Press, Radio and Television Coverage
A massive program of media coverage will beam the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon to a
worldwide audience on television, on radio and over the Internet.
Television
KTLA Los Angeles (channel 5) will broadcast the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon for the
fourth year in a row, carrying live, high-­‐definition coverage of the race from 6:00
a.m. to 11:00 a.m., which will also be streaming live on KTLA.com. The race will be
rebroadcast on Universal Sports outside of Los Angeles at 12:00 p.m. PST.
Production will be managed by New York-­‐based IMG Media, with Steve Mayer
serving as executive producer and Bruce Treut as director.
Race-­‐day coverage will kick off with the ASICS LA Marathon Pre-­‐Show, airing on
KTLA from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. The Pre-­‐Show, anchored by Chris Burrous, will
blend the morning’s news, weather, and traffic updates pre-­‐race coverage, and
feature a countdown clock to the start of the race. The beginning of the wheelchair
race will also be covered in the Pre-­‐Show, as it begins prior to 7:00 a.m. Megan
Henderson will act as the Pre-­‐Show’s remote anchor, and will report from the Start
Line between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
A total of 18 cameras will provide pictures of the race from every angle, including
cameras fixed on the men’s and women’s leaders, in the main pack of runners, on
the course, and overhead from the KTLA-­‐5 helicopter.
As in 2012, KTLA sports anchor Derrin Horton will provide the mile-­‐by-­‐mile call of
the race, with veteran running analyst Toni Reavis, who has provided commentary
for all 26 prior ASICS LA Marathons. Liberte Chan will join Derrin and Toni in the
studio as co-­‐anchor.
Chris Schauble will once again report from the race itself, both at the Start Line and
the Finish Line, and will also host the ASICS LA Marathon Awards Ceremony. KTLA
reporters Eric Spillman, Gayle Anderson, and Lu Parker will also provide coverage
from several locations throughout the race course.
U.S. Olympic marathoner Ed Eyestone (1988 and 1992) will provide commentary on
the men’s elite field, with U.S. Air Force Academy head cross-­‐country coach (and
1996 U.S. Olympic 1,500-­‐meter runner) Julie Henner following the women. Andy
Potts will act as the “Runnin’ Reporter”, reporting in as he runs along the route of
the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon.
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