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HURRICANE COVERAGE

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OldChicago

Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some Houston radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do not have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would be a good thing to do as a public service.

Old Chicago
 
Because most radio stations don't care about serving the public.

> Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane
> Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some Houston
> radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the
> coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do not
> have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would be
> a good thing to do as a public service.
>
> Old Chicago
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Because you dance to disco but you still like rock.</P>
 
> Because most radio stations don't care about serving the
> public.
>
> > Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane
> > Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some
> Houston
> > radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the
> > coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do
> not
> > have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would
> be
> > a good thing to do as a public service.
> >
> > Old Chicago
> >
>

Or maybe the evacuees have hotel rooms in Houston, and therefore, have TV's, and chances are, have access to CNN (at least). There's no reason for 24/7 radio coverage of this in Houston.

G
 
> > Because most radio stations don't care about serving the
> > public.
> >
> > > Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane
> > > Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some
> > Houston
> > > radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the
> > > coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do
> > not
> > > have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would
>
> > be
> > > a good thing to do as a public service.
> > >
> > > Old Chicago
> > >
> >
>
> Or maybe the evacuees have hotel rooms in Houston, and
> therefore, have TV's, and chances are, have access to CNN
> (at least). There's no reason for 24/7 radio coverage of
> this in Houston.
>
> G
>
.....was listening to Coast to Coast with Art Bell Sunday night/Monday morning and he was informed that WWL 870 had went off the air at approximately 12:40 am CDT as the storm was closing in on the area.....
 
> .....was listening to Coast to Coast with Art Bell Sunday
> night/Monday morning and he was informed that WWL 870 had
> went off the air at approximately 12:40 am CDT as the storm
> was closing in on the area.....
>

That time is about right. I listened to WWL Sunday night as Katrina approached until the station got knocked off, I assume due to a power failure. It was a bit spooky when the station finally went silent.

After WWL went off, I was able to hear Cuba's Radio Reloj, which is a time station with a ticking clock.
 
> > .....was listening to Coast to Coast with Art Bell Sunday
> > night/Monday morning and he was informed that WWL 870 had
> > went off the air at approximately 12:40 am CDT as the
> storm
> > was closing in on the area.....
> >
>
> That time is about right. I listened to WWL Sunday night as
> Katrina approached until the station got knocked off, I
> assume due to a power failure. It was a bit spooky when the
> station finally went silent.
>
> After WWL went off, I was able to hear Cuba's Radio Reloj,
> which is a time station with a ticking clock.
>
WOW! That is spooky, thought that WWL 870 would go to reduced power like KTRH did during alicia, of course alicia and katrina were and are wholly different hurricanes, during the day WWL dosent come in at all because 880 Conroe, However I did listen to WWL sunday evening this was around 7:30pm and it will come in clear and kept fading in and out and had a really bad whistle to the station, hope they get back on the air if there not on by now.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by thumper_77375 on 08/31/05 02:58 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> I tried 870 a little earlier on a decent radio with no
> antenna it worked for me guess there still @ full power for
> the time being.
>

Yes, they are back on at full power now. The people at the station were talking this morning about how they are more or less trapped in their building, and are living off of strawberry sodas and klondike bars. Most of the people at the station have no idea if they have still have a home. They are taking calls from people who are trapped in their homes, or who have fled to other areas. I applaud their efforts. This is a true example of how a radio station should serve their community.
 
That may be true, but the job of radio is still to serve the public.
Maybe the stations don't need 24/7 coverage, but I think there should be news breaks throughout the day on every station.
There are many people in shelters that may or may not have TV.
It wouldn't be very difficult for the station that actually have live jocks to read updates over the air on a regular basis.
Any of the clusters in town could record a news update every 15 minutes and send it to all stations to play in between songs.

That being said, I do applaud what is happening on the Buzz.
I think these request-a-thons are a great idea, but in a cluster that has 5 music stations, why is it only happening on one of them?

Maybe I was wrong in saying that most radio stations don't care about serving the public, but I do think that there is more that could be done than what is actually happening.

> > Because most radio stations don't care about serving the
> > public.
> >
> > > Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane
> > > Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some
> > Houston
> > > radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the
> > > coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do
> > not
> > > have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would
>
> > be
> > > a good thing to do as a public service.
> > >
> > > Old Chicago
> > >
> >
>
> Or maybe the evacuees have hotel rooms in Houston, and
> therefore, have TV's, and chances are, have access to CNN
> (at least). There's no reason for 24/7 radio coverage of
> this in Houston.
>
> G
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Because you dance to disco but you still like rock.</P>
 
KIOL and 97.5 are doing pledge stuf on the air today. I tuned in for a minute...decent stuff on 97.5. Haven't heard 103 yet.

I think there should be news breaks throughout the day on every station.
> There are many people in shelters that may or may not have
> TV.
> It wouldn't be very difficult for the station that actually
> have live jocks to read updates over the air on a regular
> basis.
> Any of the clusters in town could record a news update every
> 15 minutes and send it to all stations to play in between
> songs.
>
> That being said, I do applaud what is happening on the Buzz.
>
> I think these request-a-thons are a great idea, but in a
> cluster that has 5 music stations, why is it only happening
> on one of them?
>
> Maybe I was wrong in saying that most radio stations don't
> care about serving the public, but I do think that there is
> more that could be done than what is actually happening.
>
 
Duh...don't you work there? But seriously, I've been listening to 97.5 in the morning...good hurricane coverage so far.


> KIOL and 97.5 are doing pledge stuf on the air today. I
> tuned in for a minute...decent stuff on 97.5. Haven't heard
> 103 yet.
>
> I think there should be news breaks throughout the day on
> every station.
> > There are many people in shelters that may or may not have
>
> > TV.
> > It wouldn't be very difficult for the station that
> actually
> > have live jocks to read updates over the air on a regular
> > basis.
> > Any of the clusters in town could record a news update
> every
> > 15 minutes and send it to all stations to play in between
> > songs.
> >
> > That being said, I do applaud what is happening on the
> Buzz.
> >
> > I think these request-a-thons are a great idea, but in a
> > cluster that has 5 music stations, why is it only
> happening
> > on one of them?
> >
> > Maybe I was wrong in saying that most radio stations don't
>
> > care about serving the public, but I do think that there
> is
> > more that could be done than what is actually happening.
> >
>
 
That's good to hear.
My radio in my car is out so I'm reduced to a portable cd player with FM that has a hard time picking up stations without a full market signal.

> KIOL and 97.5 are doing pledge stuf on the air today. I
> tuned in for a minute...decent stuff on 97.5. Haven't heard
> 103 yet.
>
> I think there should be news breaks throughout the day on
> every station.
> > There are many people in shelters that may or may not have
>
> > TV.
> > It wouldn't be very difficult for the station that
> actually
> > have live jocks to read updates over the air on a regular
> > basis.
> > Any of the clusters in town could record a news update
> every
> > 15 minutes and send it to all stations to play in between
> > songs.
> >
> > That being said, I do applaud what is happening on the
> Buzz.
> >
> > I think these request-a-thons are a great idea, but in a
> > cluster that has 5 music stations, why is it only
> happening
> > on one of them?
> >
> > Maybe I was wrong in saying that most radio stations don't
>
> > care about serving the public, but I do think that there
> is
> > more that could be done than what is actually happening.
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Because you dance to disco but you still like rock.</P>
 
NOW there's a need for this!

> That may be true, but the job of radio is still to serve the
> public.

...the Houston public. Last time I heard, this isn't New Orleans.

However, I now must amend my previous comments, with the evacuees from the Superdome coming to the Astrodome now. My suggestion would be for a local station to step up & simulcast WWL. I know there's no Entercom stations in Houston, so my idea is unlikely to happen. Maybe someone can do this during the late night hours, as to not deprive local advertisers of precious airtime?

G
 
Re: NOW there's a need for this!

Right, I understand that, but even before they planned on moving evacuees from the Superdome to the Astrodome, we still had people from New Orleans stranded here.
I don't think it would be too much to ask for them to be accommodated.

> ...the Houston public. Last time I heard, this isn't New
> Orleans.
>
> However, I now must amend my previous comments, with the
> evacuees from the Superdome coming to the Astrodome now. My
> suggestion would be for a local station to step up &
> simulcast WWL. I know there's no Entercom stations in
> Houston, so my idea is unlikely to happen. Maybe someone can
> do this during the late night hours, as to not deprive local
> advertisers of precious airtime?
>
> G
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Because you dance to disco but you still like rock.</P>
 
Re: NOW there's a need for this!

From today's Chron.com...how it works when radio truly serves its community:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3332407>http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3332407</a>

Beautiful.









> Right, I understand that, but even before they planned on
> moving evacuees from the Superdome to the Astrodome, we
> still had people from New Orleans stranded here.
> I don't think it would be too much to ask for them to be
> accommodated.
>
> > ...the Houston public. Last time I heard, this isn't New
> > Orleans.
> >
> > However, I now must amend my previous comments, with the
> > evacuees from the Superdome coming to the Astrodome now.
> My
> > suggestion would be for a local station to step up &
> > simulcast WWL. I know there's no Entercom stations in
> > Houston, so my idea is unlikely to happen. Maybe someone
> can
> > do this during the late night hours, as to not deprive
> local
> > advertisers of precious airtime?
> >
> > G
> >
>
 
RETRACTION

I know you can never truly take back the things you say, but I would like to retract my statement from the other day.
I'm sure no one had taken my statement personally, but I began swallowing those words the morning I found out that Rod Ryan was doing another request-a-thon (ans especially after realizin that it is now in its third or fourth day) as well as reading about the money raising efforts from both Cumulus stations, as well as the efforts from KSBJ and Radio Saigon.
I'm sure there are others that I just havent heard about.
Even if it's not received that way, that statement is an insult to those who are really putting in the effort to help those in need.


> Because most radio stations don't care about serving the
> public.
>
> > Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane
> > Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some
> Houston
> > radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the
> > coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do
> not
> > have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would
> be
> > a good thing to do as a public service.
> >
> > Old Chicago
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Because you dance to disco but you still like rock.</P>
 
Re: RETRACTION

You're a class act, JCR. The emotion was certainly understandable, and your retraction heartfelt---it's all part of the ride, man, you're human. Thanks for your extremely gracious post.


> I know you can never truly take back the things you say, but
> I would like to retract my statement from the other day.
> I'm sure no one had taken my statement personally, but I
> began swallowing those words the morning I found out that
> Rod Ryan was doing another request-a-thon (ans especially
> after realizin that it is now in its third or fourth day) as
> well as reading about the money raising efforts from both
> Cumulus stations, as well as the efforts from KSBJ and Radio
> Saigon.
> I'm sure there are others that I just havent heard about.
> Even if it's not received that way, that statement is an
> insult to those who are really putting in the effort to help
> those in need.
>
>
> > Because most radio stations don't care about serving the
> > public.
> >
> > > Just wondering, since so many in the path of huricane
> > > Katrina have now fled to the Houston area, why some
> > Houston
> > > radio station does not try and do a simulcast of the
> > > coverage on WWL radio. I know the the owners of WWL do
> > not
> > > have a station in Houston as far as I can tell, it would
>
> > be
> > > a good thing to do as a public service.
> > >
> > > Old Chicago
> > >
> >
>
 
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