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Any jocks been on the air during a quake?

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searadiofreak

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I was once. It was only a 4.7 or something, but I wasn't sure what to say. I think I ended up saying something inane like "stay calm folks". Of course the phones lit up immediately, and I remember one female was so excited because as she put it "the earth is telling us it's alive!" Wow, deep.
 
I was working in NJ when all the lights went out in NYC...so there I was, the only one broadcasting to New York City! Of course, only to people who had batteries in their radios...lol did get calls from the New Yawkers, pretty fun.
 
Some time after Frank Terry left his Boss Jock gig at KHJ, he became primarily a Country DJ, and ended up at KNEW Oakland/San Francisco (KLAC's "California Country" sister station).

Most Bay Area radio stations were knocked off the air due to the power outages following the 1989 Loma Prieta 7.1 earthquake. KNEW managed to stay on the air, and Frank got a lot of kudos later for breaking format, giving out valuable news and information, and generally keeping a cool head.
 
Lkeller said:
Most Bay Area radio stations were knocked off the air due to the power outages following the 1989 Loma Prieta 7.1 earthquake. KNEW managed to stay on the air, and Frank got a lot of kudos later for breaking format, giving out valuable news and information, and generally keeping a cool head.
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A similar event occured at KHJ in LA during and after the January 14, 1994 Nortridge quake. Overnigh host Víctor Camacho was on the air when the quake hit. The station was off about 8 seconds while the generator turned on, and the recording at

http://www.davidgleason.com/

...that you can hear by clicking on the quake icon at very bottom of the home page starts with the generator going on and Víctor talking as the quake continued. While it is in Spanish, the feel and rumble of the quake as well as the undeleted explitive are quite dramatic.

A number of other stations did not get back on until early afternoon, as their buildings had a re-entry hold on them or did not have generators.
 
I was doing my very first overnight shift at my very first commercial radio gig in Atascadero, CA in 1985. I felt the quake hit and watched the phone lines. The first call was the owner who told me what I should say and to whom I should refer callers.

It wasn't a very big quake and I didn't get too many calls, but I remember thinking what an auspicious way to begin my broadcasting career!

It's been a rockin' ever since!
 
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