[PayneTrain]

I'd really like to see how Michigan's ABC affiliates put together their broadcast. In Virginia, our ABC (EDIT: CBS) affiliate in Richmond televises Scholastic Bowl/Battle of the Brains. How can you not pitch a more "live-fire" scholastic competition on a relatively quiet weekend in broadcasting. It would also fill up a chunk of E/I programming if it can be counted as such.

EDIT: Well, CBS isn't exactly low on things to broadcast in March and April... maybe we could pitch it to the PBS affiliates in Charlottesville and Metro Richmond. My grandparents get the idea behind the competition, but they are too old to really brave the rush downtown and come see it. I'm sure other kids can look at it that way. Not to mention the outreach VAFIRST could generate from the broadcast.

I'm really hung up on this idea...