On Tuesday, Dec. 7, actor and World's Greatest Hobby spokesman Michael C. Gross participated in a live link-up to television stations across the country. The TV segment, which was broadcast from Kalmbach Publishing Co., featured Gross and several layouts built by Model Railroader magazine staff members. The Rosen Group, coordinating WGH's public relations, pitched the event as a World's Greatest Hobby Satellite Media Tour and invited local stations to pick up the segment.

Michael Gross and the World's Greatest Hobby segment appeared on the following local television stations: WGHP-FOX 8 in High Point, N.C., WBOC-CBS in Salisbury, Md., KMAX-TV Good Day Sacramento in Sacramento, Calif., WBBM-CBS 2 News This Morning in Chicago, Ill., WB2 Morning News in Greenwood Village, Colo., KTVO News in Kirksville, Mo., WTVR-CBS 6 in Richmond, Va., and WVTM-NBC in Birmingham, Ala.