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Atlantic City/Cape May Blizzard coverage

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SKFlyers93

Back in 2012, during Hurricane Sandy, one local radio group in South Jersey had round-the-clock coverage and updates from local officials across all of its stations. Another talk radio station provided news and in-studio updates. I believe one or two Philly stations were on-the-air updating listeners

Flash forward to 2026… it is “radio silence” to say the least. That same local radio group had all four of its signals knocked out due to power, and that talk radio station has small news segments with no live or in-studio programming.

And yet local officials are telling us to tune to our local radio stations for emergency alerts… yet I’m getting round-the-clock music?

Sorry for venting like this, and I know we’re fresh on the back end major blizzard but when the weather really gets rough and the electric goes out, I’m still that one person that actually tunes into the radio and hopes to hear an update about the situation. All the while there are 50,000 homes in South Jersey without power and people that may not know what is happening. This is a massive fail to say the least. I was expecting better.
 
It could be that they can't get in to work. Sounds like the station is running on automation.

Emergency information can override the regular programming if officials send out an EAS alert.
 
What do you expect them to tell you beyond "stay off the roads and be patient while crews work to clear snow and restore power"?
Relevant local information is being pushed primarily via social media these days. Join your local Facebook group or follow your local authorities for updates. Most local radio stations outside of the larger markets do not have the resources to provide the constant live and local news coverage you seek. That's just economic reality.
 
luperm said:
Most local radio stations outside of the larger markets do not have the resources to provide the constant live and local news coverage you seek.
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That doesn’t have to be true, if said stations had planned ahead well in advance. Heck, even an audio simulcast of WPVI or WCAU would have done the trick.
 
KYW 1060 has a huge signal in south and central Jersey, WKXW 101.5 is there, too, and WINS 1010/92.3 in North Jersey. There's pretty much, between those three stations, round-the-clock news coverage.
 


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