By Frank Macek January 20, 2009, is one of those moments in history you'll remember in your golden years - the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American President. The coverage and attendance by our fellow Americans in Washington D.C. was unprecedented. A brand new day had come to our nation. Here at the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center, we spent much our day preparing for our local coverage that included a special edition of Channel 3 News at 5 PM following NBC's day long coverage. The thinking started long ago, but the day's plan fell into place as we got set to bring our viewers the local flavor of what the day meant. That was our mission of the day. Behind the scenes, the staff worked in a state of controlled chaos which usually comes on a big news day. On Inauguration Day, we not only had the 5 pm special, but the 6 pm and a special 7:30 pm broadcast to prepare and to execute as well. At 5:00 as the Director of the 5 pm broadcast, I called ...