“We hope that if we show we can put this together in a great broadcast that takes the fun and celebration to a tremendous audience, that in coming years we’ll be able to work with parade organizers to improve our broadcast of it, improve the timing of the parade,” said Morris. Unlike more choreographed events like the Thanksgiving Parade where the action is timed for the needs of the broadcast, 6ABCs plan is to capture whatever it can on camera and edit it down later. The parade will not be altered to accommodate television. It is expected to last about three hours.
on 13th street in the so-called Gayborhood of Washington Square West, and ends with a ticketed festival (tickets are $15) at Penn’s Landing on the Delaware River. LGBT tourism is big business and an economic driver.”
More than 4.5 million people come to New York to be part of the Stonewall anniversary. “It has big value,” said Visit Philly present Jeff Guaracino. The television special is possible, in part, because of funding from Visit Philly, the city’s tourism marketing organization, which is using a portion of its summer advertising budget to back the TV production because it sees the parade as a major tourist attraction. Channel 6 will shoot from the judging area, then broadcast an edited version three weeks later on June 30, paired with a special program about Stonewall. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
