Radio hijinks

[radiofollower]

I recall one of the worst missuses of their EAS designation. Some years ago, they ran an alert test which was carried by every station. Just before they played the duck quacks which release the feed back to the local station, someone from WTAM came on plugging their show on WTAM inviting people to listen. I believe they got in real hot water over that stupid move.

 

[radiofan2023]

So please don't absolve them of this basic responsibility because you have a smart phone that'll work for a few hours when the power goes out at your house.

I’ve got a powerbank that will keep my phone charged along with a car charger, and so do thousands of other people. The last time I depended on a radio station for information when there was a long term power outage was more than 20 years ago. Now the power doesn’t go out, because the lines are buried in my neighborhood.

 

[davideduardo]

I’ve got a powerbank that will keep my phone charged along with a car charger, and so do thousands of other people. The last time I depended on a radio station for information when there was a long term power outage was more than 20 years ago. Now the power doesn’t go out, because the lines are buried in my neighborhood.

Fortunately you did not have a longer lasting power outage. My daughter in Houston about a month ago had no power for four and a half days. And then, back a few more years, Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico, USA, without power, landlines, cellphones and water for as long as 3 to 4 months.

 

[radiofan2023]

Fortunately you did not have a longer lasting power outage. My daughter in Houston about a month ago had no power for four and a half days. And then, back a few more years, Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico, USA, without power, landlines, cellphones and water for as long as 3 to 4 months.

Our power was out for a week due to a big ice storm that hit the KC area, and my brother and I had to use oil lamps to do our homework. I think some other cities may have had their power out for longer than a week. It was the #2 storm on this list:

Worst Kansas Ice Storms

We had to stay home with our dad, but our mom got a hotel room. When my brother and I said that wasn’t fair and why couldn’t we stay at the hotel too, dad said, “Tough cookies, life‘s not fair.”

 

[NE Ohio RF Monitor]

I’m waiting to hear three audio sources on air at the same time on WTAM. Two sources is a daily occurrence. Back when I learned radio in the ‘70s it was “Music under” not the announcer competing with the music bed at same level….

 

[Yabadabado1]

Fortunately you did not have a longer lasting power outage. My daughter in Houston about a month ago had no power for four and a half days. And then, back a few more years, Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico, USA, without power, landlines, cellphones and water for as long as 3 to 4 months.

I lived in a small town for that had their own municipal power supply linked with other cities. Then I moved to the 5th largest city in Ohio and in ONE year the power went out more often than the 40+ years I lived in the smaller town.

 

[RadioFixerCLE]

I’m waiting to hear three audio sources on air at the same time on WTAM. Two sources is a daily occurrence. Back when I learned radio in the ‘70s it was “Music under” not the announcer competing with the music bed at same level….

That's what happens when you automate and do away with board operators. A closure sent in error, or a switcher/console channel getting "stuck on" is always a risk.