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HD Radios sold thanks to the hurricane

JohnnyElectron said:
San Diego County's website actually advised people to tune to the one AM station saying that they had an emergency power generator and would be sending information thru them!
Here's the link: http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/Portal/News/2011/Sep/091411blackoutradio.html
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And that makes sense as KOGO is the LP-1 and has great coverage. But KSON-FM was also on with a generator from their studios and the same generator as KOGO for their transmitter.
 
If there a Major Earthquake in Bay Area or the LA Region

I think most Radio Stations will come back like KCBS, KGO or any other station..having a Back-up

Digital TV will be [EDIT* - profanity]
 
Nick said:
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But AM reception is needed. Let's say the hurricane hit NJ as a category 2 like it was originally predicted. Many more local stations would be off the air. The advantage of AM is that you can hear stations from far away at night. When a hurricane hit the Carolina coast, it took out a lot of the local stations. WBT from Charlotte did continuous coverage even though Charlotte was too far inland to be affected. Same thing could have happened with Irene. KDKA from Pittsburgh could have served the East Coast with continuous coverage the night the storm hit.
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I remember when WWL was the main station during Katrina and other Hurricanes. They cancelled programming and did nothing but hurricane coverage. Even when the Mobile/Pensacola/Gulfport area got hard hit and it left NOLA alone. They knew how to put a Class 1A station to good and proper use.
 
radiogrrl77 said:
Nick said:
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But AM reception is needed. Let's say the hurricane hit NJ as a category 2 like it was originally predicted. Many more local stations would be off the air. The advantage of AM is that you can hear stations from far away at night. When a hurricane hit the Carolina coast, it took out a lot of the local stations. WBT from Charlotte did continuous coverage even though Charlotte was too far inland to be affected. Same thing could have happened with Irene. KDKA from Pittsburgh could have served the East Coast with continuous coverage the night the storm hit.
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I remember when WWL was the main station during Katrina and other Hurricanes. They cancelled programming and did nothing but hurricane coverage. Even when the Mobile/Pensacola/Gulfport area got hard hit and it left NOLA alone. They knew how to put a Class 1A station to good and proper use.
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WWL hardened their site years ago in preparation for just such an event as Katrina. They had a couple of problems they quickly resolved, but they did an excellent job staying on the sir and getting info out to those that had radios.
 
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