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9/11 Anniversary: Memorial to Broadcasters who died

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kenglish

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As we know, most of the businesses and industries that lost people in the 9/11 attacks, will be remembering them on the tenth anniversary of the bombings.

As broadcasters, we should ask our News and Programming Departments to act in their memory.

Please ask your stations and networks to run the following CG during the credits of their News or local programming on Sunday, 9-11-2011:



"This station, along with our fellow broadcasters, wish to remember the following broadcast engineers and technicians who lost their lives while on duty at the World Trade Center on 9-11-2001:

Robert Pattison

– WCBS

Isaias Rivera

– WCBS

William Steckman

- WNBC - WA2ACW

Donald DiFranco

– WABC

Steven Jacobson

- WPIX - N2SJ

Gerard "Rod" Coppola

- WNET - KA2KET

We cherish their memory, and we salute their comrades who...fighting back their own tears...worked to restore vital communications in the aftermath of this terrible event."
 
Hard to imagine we are coming up on 10 years since that dark day. I remember seeing it unfold live on TV only because my 8:00 am class was cancelled. Something i've always wondered is if the WTC TV signals were able to remain on till the building fell or if they were knocked out by the planes impact. I remember reading accounts that atleast one station was able to stay on till the end.
 
Scott Fybush has a great article about the status of the WTC over-the-air broadcasters (Radio and TV) and how they managed the crisis in the immediate aftermath of the disaster:

http://fybush.com/wtc-recovery.html

CBS (with an aux site at Empire for WCBS-TV) and Clear Channel (with an aux site at 4 Times Square for WKTU) seemed to be the immediate beneficiaries of having a backup plan in place. The others had to scramble a good bit, but it's amazing what happens when you get cooperation among competitors in a time such as this.

TDO
 
Somewhat related note: The mast from 1WTC is on display at the Newseum, near the Capitol in Washington. The exhibit is tastefully done, although it does not name any of the victims.
 
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