Watching on Television

If you can’t make it to Pasadena on New Year’s Day, you can still feel part of the Rose Parade’s pageantry and enjoy the sights, sounds and warm sentiment of this unique spectacular. The parade is broadcast on a number of TV stations and can be caught on a live webcast at KTLA.com.

And you’ll be far from alone: About 51.9 million Americans watch the Rose Parade on TV, as well as millions of international viewers in 220 countries and territories around the world.

For the dedicated Rose Parade fan, KTLA’s famously comprehensive coverage is a must (KTLA is owned by the Tribune Co., which also owns the Los Angeles Times).

The station offers 18 hours of parade-related coverage on the day, including a repeat of last year’s parade and a behind-the-scenes look at many of the floats and bands participating this year.

The perennially popular Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards will once again be the faces of KTLA’s coverage from their vantage point on Colorado Boulevard. Eubanks has co-hosted KTLA’s Rose Parade coverage every year since 1978 and, except for 2007 and 2008, Edwards has always been by his side.
Though she started her career as an actress, Edwards became known in the 1970s as a co-host of ABC TV’s “AM America” — the forerunner to “Good Morning America.” In 2006, Rose Parade co-hosting duties were handed over to KTLA morning news co-anchor Michaela Pereira, while Edwards was assigned to on-street reporting duties — a decision that didn’t sit well with her fans.

Absent from the station’s Rose Parade broadcasts for the following two years, Edwards returned to a co-hosting role with Eubanks for the 2009 parade.

Eubanks was raised primarily in Pasadena and now lives in Westlake Village. Perhaps best known for his tenure as host of the long-running TV show “The Newlywed Game,” Eubanks also found time to manage country music artists including Dolly Parton and Marty Robbins, and produced the Beatles’ legendary Hollywood Bowl concerts in 1964 and ’65.

His broadcast career began in 1959 when he began work as a disc jockey with KACY Radio in Oxnard.
The chart below outlines KTLA’s planned coverage of the parade on Jan. 1 (all times are Pacific Standard Time and are subject to change).

KTLA
(Channel 5 in Los Angeles)

2 – 4 a.m.:
“Backstage and Parade Countdown 2010”

4 – 6 a.m.:
2010 Rose Parade

6 – 7 a.m.:
”Backstage at the Parade”

7 – 8 a.m.:
“Parade Countdown 2011”

8 – 10 a.m.:
2011 Rose Parade, live

10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.:
2011 Rose Parade encores (3)

7:30 – 10 p.m.:
2011 Rose Parade encore

—Paul Rogers
Custom Publishing Writer