HELI ENTERED TEMPORARY RESTR AREA THINKING HE WAS FLYING ABOVE IT.

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A SIGNIFICANT NEWS EVENT OCCURRED AT WACO; TX; ON FEB/SUN/93. I WAS DISPATCHED BY THE TV STATION TO CARRY A RPTR AND PHOTOGRAPHER TO THAT LOCATION AND GET ANY AERIALS THAT WE COULD; THEN DROP THE PAX OFF AT THE WACO ARPT. ABOUT 10 MINS BEFORE REACHING THE LOCATION; I CHKED WITH FT WORTH FSS CONCERNING ANY FLT RESTRICTIONS IN THAT AREA. FSS ADVISED A RESTR AREA WAS IN EFFECT UP TO 3000 FT AND A 5 MI RADIUS OF THE ACT 100 DEG RADIAL/15 DME. I CLBED TO 3500 FT VARYING TO 3800 FT TO OBTAIN AERIALS OF THE LOCATION. SINCE A PORTION OF MY RTE WAS OVER THE CNW WACO ATA; I MAINTAINED AT LEAST 3500 FT IN THAT AREA TO REMAIN CLR OF THE ATA. I WAS MONITORING WACO APCH; CNW TWR; WACO TWR; AND FSS BY CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING FREQS ON MY 2 VHF RADIOS. AFTER CIRCLING ABOUT 5 MINS; I OVERHEARD WACO APCH ADVISE THE RESTR AREA WAS UP TO 5000 FT. I CONFIRMED THIS WITH APCH AND DEPARTED THE AREA. THEY WERE APPARENTLY MIFFED AT THE FACT I WAS IN THE AREA. TV NEWS COPTERS GENERALLY GET POOR ATC SVC DUE TO OBVIOUS DISLIKE TO COOPERATE WITH THE NEWS MEDIA.