With Tropical Storm Fay flooding streets and leaving people in the dark from Jacksonville west, how has radio coverage been?
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Fay Coverage
- Thread starter smedge2006
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I'm about 5 miles east of Tallahassee.
Our power has been out 4 times.
Did a quick tune across the AM band. Two stations are off due to power outages.
1270 is running sports off the network. 1070 is running regular Christian programming
and 1450 is running a preaching program. All Thomasville, GA stations receivable in Tallahassee
are off the air.
Two FMs were off. Everyone else was running music.
We've been getting our info from the Internet. Trees have come down on power lines within a mile
of this location.
So we're using information from my step-daughter's laptop mostly.
Our power is on now.
My own Part 15 1610 is off..minor damage to the antenna. The Internet stream is fine.
Our power has been out 4 times.
Did a quick tune across the AM band. Two stations are off due to power outages.
1270 is running sports off the network. 1070 is running regular Christian programming
and 1450 is running a preaching program. All Thomasville, GA stations receivable in Tallahassee
are off the air.
Two FMs were off. Everyone else was running music.
We've been getting our info from the Internet. Trees have come down on power lines within a mile
of this location.
So we're using information from my step-daughter's laptop mostly.
Our power is on now.
My own Part 15 1610 is off..minor damage to the antenna. The Internet stream is fine.
Through Fay's stay In Daytona Beach, CNN did a really great job providing local coverage of the storm. Go figure..
I was out of town until last Tuesday night. While I heard bits and pieces of Fay when I was in the Big Apple, it wasn't until I tuned into WOKV on the way home from the airport that I realized this was going to impact JVille. At the time, the area was under a hurricane watch.
I've been through many hurricanes and tropical storms but I'm sure I take them more seriously than many who live in Jax. Having your roof blow off your house during Hurricane Andrew will do that to you.
And so for the days that followed, I was glued to both WOKV and the WJXT Channel 4. IMHO, you just can't beat good local coverage.
WOKV expanded its Jacksonville morning news well past 9 AM and they even presented a Saturday broadcast to keep everyone informed. I've come to expect nothing less than top notch reporting and timely information from WOKV. Even while I was in the biggest market in the country last week and listened to WINS and WCBS-AM, I thought to myself that even in a smaller market such as Jax, WOKV is so good at what they do, they would be a success in a much bigger market.
We lost power for a few hours and WOKV was there keeping us informed without the hype. Their reporting was certainly a team effort both behind the scenes and for the on-air team. But Bob Schuman was especailly good as he always is.
We are also fortunate in Jax to have WJXT Channel 4. In situations that impact the local market, you can't beat a non-network affiliated TV station that can devote as much time as they want to covering a story. As a typical guy does, I flipped around when commercials were aired and the other local stations seemed to be reporting "just-in" news well after WJXT called it. We may all have our favorite anchors or meterologists but I have to call it as I saw it. John Gaughan and Richard Nunn called a number of weather events such as tornatic activity well before the national weather service did.
We were fortunate in that Fay did not develop to Category 1 as was originally forecast. But we are also fortunate to have WOKV and WJXT call Jacksonville home. Funny thing but WOKV's phenomenal coverage made me think of what radio was once all about. It was all about communication and putting the listener in the center of what they do.
I've been through many hurricanes and tropical storms but I'm sure I take them more seriously than many who live in Jax. Having your roof blow off your house during Hurricane Andrew will do that to you.
And so for the days that followed, I was glued to both WOKV and the WJXT Channel 4. IMHO, you just can't beat good local coverage.
WOKV expanded its Jacksonville morning news well past 9 AM and they even presented a Saturday broadcast to keep everyone informed. I've come to expect nothing less than top notch reporting and timely information from WOKV. Even while I was in the biggest market in the country last week and listened to WINS and WCBS-AM, I thought to myself that even in a smaller market such as Jax, WOKV is so good at what they do, they would be a success in a much bigger market.
We lost power for a few hours and WOKV was there keeping us informed without the hype. Their reporting was certainly a team effort both behind the scenes and for the on-air team. But Bob Schuman was especailly good as he always is.
We are also fortunate in Jax to have WJXT Channel 4. In situations that impact the local market, you can't beat a non-network affiliated TV station that can devote as much time as they want to covering a story. As a typical guy does, I flipped around when commercials were aired and the other local stations seemed to be reporting "just-in" news well after WJXT called it. We may all have our favorite anchors or meterologists but I have to call it as I saw it. John Gaughan and Richard Nunn called a number of weather events such as tornatic activity well before the national weather service did.
We were fortunate in that Fay did not develop to Category 1 as was originally forecast. But we are also fortunate to have WOKV and WJXT call Jacksonville home. Funny thing but WOKV's phenomenal coverage made me think of what radio was once all about. It was all about communication and putting the listener in the center of what they do.
In the area, the following stations were/are off the air:
Cumulus Star 98 (98.9) and WHBT 1410 are still off.
WCVC 1330 is off.
WTAL 1450 was off part of the day Saturday; has returned to regular programming.
Clear Channels' Talker 100.7 has a dead carrier
WSTT 730 Beachton is off
WHGH 840 is off
This is as of 10:00 AM Sunday morning.
There have been a lot of falling trees and downed power lines around Tallahassee. There is
some flooding in St. Marks and along the Sopchoppy River.
A lot of roads are closed here due to flooding.
And, a fatality as a Talquin Electric lineman died while working to restore power.
More at http://www.tallahassee.com
Cumulus Star 98 (98.9) and WHBT 1410 are still off.
WCVC 1330 is off.
WTAL 1450 was off part of the day Saturday; has returned to regular programming.
Clear Channels' Talker 100.7 has a dead carrier
WSTT 730 Beachton is off
WHGH 840 is off
This is as of 10:00 AM Sunday morning.
There have been a lot of falling trees and downed power lines around Tallahassee. There is
some flooding in St. Marks and along the Sopchoppy River.
A lot of roads are closed here due to flooding.
And, a fatality as a Talquin Electric lineman died while working to restore power.
More at http://www.tallahassee.com
Probably a good thing for you folks in Panama City, Charlie.
There's a subdivison within a mile of me that flooded and they had to get folks out by boat.
Some of these homes should have never been allowed to be built in such low zones. That
subdivison is in a hole basically..it's uphill in every direction around them. And a lake is
there at the bottom.
All the stations except 1330 are back on..their manager is making a 50 mile trip up here
now to reset the satellite receiver, but the transmitter is on. Power was out at the xmitter site until this morning.
There's a subdivison within a mile of me that flooded and they had to get folks out by boat.
Some of these homes should have never been allowed to be built in such low zones. That
subdivison is in a hole basically..it's uphill in every direction around them. And a lake is
there at the bottom.
All the stations except 1330 are back on..their manager is making a 50 mile trip up here
now to reset the satellite receiver, but the transmitter is on. Power was out at the xmitter site until this morning.
JohnJax, I agree with what you are saying. I lived in the Boston Area for about 7 years before moving to Jax, so I was accustomed to seeing reporting at a very high level. WJXT here is excellent, and I watch them when I want to see local news. One of the main reasons why they left CBS was to have the freedom to concentrate on coverage like this when storms hit. I have always preferred their news to channel 12, mainly because they don't try to hit people's emotions when they report news. They just report it well, and I appreciate that.
WOKV is also excellent, although I must admit in Boston I was spoiled by the coverage WBZ provided, which is at a level I have not seen anywhere else.
WOKV is also excellent, although I must admit in Boston I was spoiled by the coverage WBZ provided, which is at a level I have not seen anywhere else.
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