Supplementing my chase vacation

[mrobinett]

Hi guys, I have a full time job and part time I have an aerial photography business using a remote piloted electric helicopter. I plan on chasing the week of May 13th and I want to supplement some of the costs (fuel) by possibly taking aerial pics and video of tornado/storm damage/flooding after the fact and selling them to local TV news/newspapers. What I am needing is a list or contact info you guys might know of to aid me in getting in touch with the right people in each area of the plains I may be chasing. Anything would be helpful and appreciated.

Mike
http://www.eyesoverhead.com

 

[Doug Lee]

Mike,
I suggest you look at the FCC website, www.fcc.gov, and get the call signs of TV stations in the plains. Then look to see if the stations have websites. Most URL's will be the station callsign followed by .com or .tv, or maybe .net. The websites will probably have contact info for submitting news footage. You should at least be able to find the business address of the stations on the FCC website.

Hope this helps, and hope you sell lots of cool footage!

 

[mrobinett]

Thank you. I did a few searches and came up with a couple of decent databases by state, that'll be handy.