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Gustav Coverage

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WLOX TV was all over it with wall to wall coverage. Did any Coast radio stations alter program or provide coverage on Gustav as it lashed the Coast?

I listened briefly to two streams hours before the storm came and heard regular programming.

The Big 870 WWL did a good job with their coverage.
 
I listened to WWL here in Memphis and thought they did well.

I watched WWL & WDSU on TV via the internet (laptop connected to the tv is an awesome thing)

Didn't check out any stations online though.
 
What I thought was funny was WLOX was streaming online, but the only link I found was on WLBT's website. Or maybe that was WXXV instead. I forget.

WWL radio and TV both did decent jobs from what I saw. WWL comes in great up here in Grenada at night, usually. The TV streaming was kind of unreliable, thought.

WDSU was uplinked nationwide on DirecTV channel 361 and that's what I watched more than anything else. I loooove getting the 'local perspective' and hope DirecTV and others do this sort of thing more in the future.

I'll also give an honoable mention to WAFB 9 in Baton Rouge, who at one point was the only TV station whose stream was warm and steady during the worst part of the storm.
 
I had WWL on my TV (via stream) with out a bleep for several hours.
WDSU & WGNO dropped several times and needed restarts.
 
A friend called me Monday and said that the best coverage that he heard as he traveled on I20 all the way across the state was from Mississippi Public Radio.
 
Stewy said:
A friend called me Monday and said that the best coverage that he heard as he traveled on I20 all the way across the state was from Mississippi Public Radio.
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I would hope the facilities of Public Radio would be utilized in time of state-wide crisis. Not meaning to sound nasty,but our tax dollars built the system,not to compete with commercial radio,but to serve the public. I would expect MPR to step up to the plate,along with MDOT, MEMA, and other state agencies at such times that the public needs to be informed.
 
MPB has gone down hill in recent years. I rarely listen anymore since they dumped most of the local stuff and mostly carry NPR news and talk. Some of that stuff is so boring it sounds like that "delicious dish" NPR parody they used to do on Saturday Night Live. SNL wasn't far off on that parody.
 
MPB did wall-to-wall coverage on Sunday and Monday. I also watched WDSU's coverage via DirecTV and listened to WWL.

I'll also tip my hat to the Radio People, namely US96.3, Mix 98.7 and Y101. They actually had live bodies on the air Sunday night/Monday morning!
 
We simulcasted all 6 of our Triad/MS Media stations with wall-to-wall coverage thru landfall Monday with Kevin Cruise, Reverend Red and me...non-stop calls and info...interviews with all EOC's and mayors...
 
waynewatkins said:
We simulcasted all 6 of our Triad/MS Media stations with wall-to-wall coverage thru landfall Monday with Kevin Cruise, Reverend Red and me...non-stop calls and info...interviews with all EOC's and mayors...
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If things hold to form, you all may have to do it again this weekend with Hurricane Ike possibly coming towards Louisiana and Mississippi.
 
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