--- description: FOX 10 Phoenix reporter Cory McCloskey drops mic in a tuba, a sousaphone, at Desert Vista High School title: Reporter Drops Mic in Tuba: Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecf86418f611a449/6988666e8e0601bbd2462a45/unknown.jpeg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a TV Reporter Accidentally Drop His Mic in a Tuba  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 1, 2015 7:09 PM CUT   by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 1, 2015 7:09 PM CUT The Internet has already [established](http://time.com/3686288/weather-map-wrong-phoenix-arizona/ "undefined") that [Fox 10 Phoenix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovWz0154KI "undefined") reporter Cory McCloskey knows how to stay cool under pressure. But even he wasn’t prepared for what would happen when an attempt to figure out how loud a tuba is went awry on live TV. In the clip, you’ll see the enthusiastic journalist reporting on high school football from Desert Vista High School while hanging out with students in the marching band. After chatting up the marching baritones, he moves on to talk to the sousaphone player. McCloskey then drops his microphone down the instrument’s horn, and suddenly all you hear is static until the anchors at the studio chime in to fill the air. [The video](https://www.facebook.com/FOX10Phoenix/videos/vb.108924385822784/909631482418733/?type=2&theater "undefined") has racked up more than 1.8 million views since it was uploaded to the station’s Facebook page on Sept. 25. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4057927/fox-phoenix-cory-mccloskey-tuba-microphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4057927/fox-phoenix-cory-mccloskey-tuba-microphone/"},"headline":"Watch a TV Reporter Accidentally Drop His Mic in a Tuba","datePublished":"2015-10-01T19:09:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:29.816Z","description":"While reporting on a high school marching band in a segment on high school football","url":"https://time.com/4057927/fox-phoenix-cory-mccloskey-tuba-microphone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecf86418f611a449/6988666e8e0601bbd2462a45/unknown.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecf86418f611a449/6988666e8e0601bbd2462a45/unknown.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Unknown","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4057927/fox-phoenix-cory-mccloskey-tuba-microphone/","name":"Watch a TV Reporter Accidentally Drop His Mic in a Tuba"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Weather map shows crazy high temps on air","description":"Weather map shows crazy high temps on air","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/daKyiImJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-01T17:35:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/daKyiImJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4057927/fox-phoenix-cory-mccloskey-tuba-microphone/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4057927/fox-phoenix-cory-mccloskey-tuba-microphone/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```