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Did Anyone Else Do This??

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At least here in Boston (and maybe elsewhere), the network morning shows continued until 12 Noon EDT.

Between 12 Noon and 1:30 P.M. EDT, Boston NBC affiliate WHDH-7 continued live coverage of Hurricane Katrina, with some local segments sandwiched around periods of simulcasts of MSNBC and CNN.

Did local stations in other markets do the same thing??

Comment: Given that at the last moment, the storm moved east and spared New Orleans what could have been a "doomsday scenario", it was appropriate for the brodcast networks to have continued live coverage until 12 Noon EDT. Had the storm scored a direct hit on New Orleans (as had been feared all day Sunday and into the wee hours of this morning, August 29th), I think the broadcast networks would have had wall-to-wall storm coverage all day and perhaps all evening as well.
 
> At least here in Boston (and maybe elsewhere), the network
> morning shows continued until 12 Noon EDT.
>
> Between 12 Noon and 1:30 P.M. EDT, Boston NBC affiliate
> WHDH-7 continued live coverage of Hurricane Katrina, with
> some local segments sandwiched around periods of simulcasts
> of MSNBC and CNN.
>
> Did local stations in other markets do the same thing??
>
> Comment: Given that at the last moment, the storm moved east
> and spared New Orleans what could have been a "doomsday
> scenario", it was appropriate for the brodcast networks to
> have continued live coverage until 12 Noon EDT. Had the
> storm scored a direct hit on New Orleans (as had been feared
> all day Sunday and into the wee hours of this morning,
> August 29th), I think the broadcast networks would have had
> wall-to-wall storm coverage all day and perhaps all evening
> as well.
>
In Chicago there is hardly any coverage. Just on regular news. I don't have cable. Sure miss cable when something like this happens<P ID="signature">______________
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WNBC went with today until 1PM then normal programs.

WABC went with local programming at 9AM (Regis and Kelly) and some time after 10 AM, but before 10:15, switched over GMA until the 11:55ish local news insert when they went into the noon edition of Eyewitness News followed by regular programs.

WCBS bailed out at 10AM for regular programs.<P ID="signature">______________
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