High-tech Tailgating Hits Atlanta

The High-tech Tailgating Tour continues to turn heads as it treks across the South. The TracVision A7-equipped Cadillac Escalade has been logging the miles as it hits TV stations and newspapers in Miami, Tampa, St Petersburg, Orlando and Atlanta – and reporters, producers and local residents have taken notice. In Tampa, CBS 10 traffic reporter Meredyth Censullo donned a Buccaneers shirt to christen the A7 essential for at-stadium celebrations (and decreased traffic stress). In Orlando, NBC 6 consumer reporter Michele Meredith drove all over town in the Escalade getting local residents' reactions to live TV in the car. The consensus? The A7 is a hit – not just at the stadium on Saturday or Sunday but during the weekday carpool, family roadtrip or anytime that kids are in the backseat for longer than a few minutes.

And in Atlanta, Fox 5 "Good Day Atlanta" co-host Mark Hayes opened an entire KVH-suggested tailgating segment sitting in the backseat of the Escalade before exhorting the obvious benefits of tailgating parties that feature live NFL and college game action right in the car. (Mark was less enthusiastic, however, about Atlanta's 28th-place finish in the "America's Best Football Tailgating Cities" Index.)

Mark Hayes (r) interviews a local tailgating gourmet with the High-tech Tailgating Escalade as a great backdrop

Of course, we're never too busy for a little history. Fox 5's traditional Southern Colonial-style studio on Briarcliff Road in Atlanta is located on the former route of Union General William T. Sherman's famous march toward Atlanta during the Civil War. Under Sherman’s immediate command, General O. Howard’s 4th Corps occupied an entrenched camp on the present Fox 5 studio site on July 10, 1864. Studio security guards tell us that Union and Confederate artifacts have been found over the years on this site.

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