east-tn storm coverage

[radio-dinosaur]

after first round of storms hit Wed morning checked chattanoonga radio streams. found WGOW-FM doing storm coverage. late Wed night(930p) in Knox area after numerous storms had passed through and many warnings still coming out, checked the 2 "news" talk stations. nothing but the regular talk shows. WIVK was doing storm coverage. just like the comments you see from other boards in other markets, its shame that radio has took a back seat when it comes to live coverage

 

[Elkhosen]

That is a shame. The funny thing too is that every single car has a radio and most folks still have several portable radios. When the power goes out, so does internet and TV, but radio is still on! I know, I know... so are smartphones. Radio could provide great local coverage.

Sounds like B-97.5 and some AM's like WYSH/WGAP were simulcasting WBIR-TV's audio for weather updates. Not sure how long they stayed with them.

 

[Kent T]

Here in Athens, WYXI-AM 1390 broke programming and kept listeners informed about electrical outages and weather issues and other storm related programming. WJSQ 101.7/WYGO 99.5/WLAR 1450 did the same but had some periods where they lost power. In Chattanooga, WUSY 100.7 did the best job of storm coverage with frequent updates.

 

[kd4rnc1964]

WIVK always comes out on top with weather coverage. when storms roll through E TN. Radio Greeneville's WIKQ(103.1 Fm). lost their tower and transmitter building in an estimated F2 tornado. The storm came through the NE part of Greene County in the Camp Creek-Greystone community. 7 people were confirmed dead. A lot of homes were lost or damaged and an old school building-community center was destroyed. Power lines are down and State Hwy 351 is closed. The Greene County Sheriff's Department has establish a command center in that area of the county since Wednesday night helping family members located those unaccounted for. The county EMA office was on top of it. Local amateur radio operators including myself, helped with 4 storm shelters in the county. This was considered the worst storm in Greene County since the tornado outbreak in 1974.

 

[kd4rnc1964]

Sorry,that was SE part of the county-Duh? Me aqnd my directions ;D

 

[kd4rnc1964]

Here's what's been going on in Greene County since the devestating tornadoes that struck the Camp Creek area of the county last Wednesday. Greene County ARES(Amateur Radio Emergency Service)have been conducting a logistics net if you will between the Greene County Sheriff's Command Center at the "Crossroads" in Camp Creek and EOC in Greeneville assisting Emergency Management Director Bill Brown. The county Emergency Management Agency along with the Red Cross and other organizations had set up a distribution center for clothing, food and other neccesities for the victims of last weeks storms. Meanwhile, a multitude of volunteers have come together over the weekend to help those who lost their homes get back on their feet and begin a sense of normalcy. Last friday, a disaster team from TEMA along with local officials conducted an assessment of the damage caused by the two deadly confirmed f2 and f3 tornadoes that killed 6 residents of the Camp Creek and Horse Creek communities in southern Greene County. Yesterday, Tennessee Govenor Bill Haslam along with representatives from FEMA,held a news conference near the storm ravaged area and promised it's displaced residents,"help is on the way". This was considered the worst storm in Greene County history since the tornado outbreak in 1974.

 

[kd4rnc1964]

If anyone's interested,and have a programmable scanner, you can catch the "net" on the 2 meter Fm amateur radio band on the 145.390 Mhz repeater on Bald Mtn/Viking Mtn. in Greene County currently from 8am to 8pm. You can hear it at least to Knoxville and west into North Carolina. We've been bragged about on the TN Phone net on hf(3.980 khz) The traffic is not as heavy as over the weekend but its still active until further notice.