Class Field Trip to CBS Broadcast Center + Craft Service Lunch

57th Street & Tenth Avenue

In benefit of HWISPA-NY

Fair Market Value: Priceless
Starting Bid: $350

Your child's class, their homeroom teacher, and two parent chaperones of the winning bidder's choice will enjoy a special behind-the-scenes tour of the storied CBS Broadcast Center on 57th Street, plus a complementary craft service luncheon or "Crafty" as it's known in the business. See where live news is broadcast to millions of Americans each morning, tour the sets of daytime television's biggest names, and walk the halls as their famous hosts and guests.

Check out some recent in-studio camera work by one of HudsonWay's very own students here!

About CBS Studios

The CBS Broadcast Center, located at the northern edge of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan, is an 800,000 square foot world-class television production facility that includes column-free studios ranging in size from 3200 square feet to 8256 square feet, each with a dedicated control room. The facility opened as a CBS Production Center in August 1964 after moving from the Grand Central Terminal Building and other locations throughout Manhattan.

Much of the early production was News driven with anchors such as Walter Cronkite, who was the CBS Evening News anchorman for 19 years. Since then, it has been the production home for live news and sports programming, soap operas, sitcoms, prime time dramatic presentations, talk shows, court themed shows, and children's programming.

Today, the CBS Broadcast Center is the home for CBS News Streaming programing, CBS Sports and Sports Network WCBS-TV and several other corporate and third-party productions. It is also the distribution center for the CBS Television Network.

The campus also contains additional support spaces such as a scenic design area, audience holding areas, dressing rooms, wardrobe storage and prep rooms, multi-station make-up and hair rooms, a multipurpose rehearsal space, 24-hour per day national/international distribution and commercial integration facility, a commissary, and on-site production office space. It is the only television production facility in New York that is truly full-service, able to provide assistance with set design, installation, lighting, propping, production, post-production and distribution.

Terms & Conditions

• Available to Grades 1 and up.
• Winning bidder selects one (1) homeroom class and a total of two (2) adult chaperones to participate; one of the two chaperones can be the winning bidder if desired.
• Refer to the contact information on the HWISPA-NY winner certificate to redeem.
• Field trip can take place 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM on May 27, May 28, June 3, or June 4 of 2025.
• The final date will be determined in collaboration with HWIS.

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