> > > So, what was the radio/TV coverage like down there when
> > > Arlene was making her way towards the Mobile-Pensacola
> > area?
> > >
> >
> > The WPMI/Clear Channel reporters were at various bars
> along
> > the Gulf, eating and having a good time while reporting on
>
> > the storm.
> >
> > WKRG had reporters on the beaches telling us how dangerous
>
> > it was out there.
> >
> > WEAR did minimal low budget reporting, as usual.
> >
> > I didn't see any of the WALA coverage.
> >
> > Mobile, Pensacola and Fort Walton FM radio stations all
> > broke in every 15 minutes or so with short updates. The
> AM
> > stations all seemed to be on auto pilot.
> >
> I can't speak to what poledo said about WPMI (though I
> wouldn't blame them)...but overall, the non-stop coverage
> eventually gave out to sanity once it was clear that Arlene
> wasn't going to be much more than a rainmaker, a severe one
> at worst.
>
> WKRG, predictably, portrayed the storm as the next Hurricane
> Frederick--they even had live coverage on Sunday morning,
> for gosh sakes. Expect some brain damage from the non-stop
> promotional hype to follow for the next few weeks, however.
>
Speaking only for my station, we had updates several times an hour from Friday afternoon through Saturday and on Saturday from 10a through the night we basically turned it into a "Tropical Storm Party" on the air. We got all the information everyone needed out but also entertained them at the same time. Turned the station over to the listeners, letting them get on the air and have fun during an otherwise boring time waiting around for everything to pass.<P ID="signature">______________
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