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Sept. 11

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BigSteveG

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This might be a dup post. I had trouble earlier. September 11 has been back in the news lately, because of dispatch tapes being made public. This got me to thinking. I know the horror started early that morning and most stations went to national news. I was curious if anyone had local aircheck tapes of that day. Also, if anyone had any stories of being on air or at the station that sad day.
 
> This might be a dup post. I had trouble earlier. September
> 11 has been back in the news lately, because of dispatch
> tapes being made public. This got me to thinking. I know
> the horror started early that morning and most stations went
> to national news. I was curious if anyone had local aircheck
> tapes of that day. Also, if anyone had any stories of being
> on air or at the station that sad day.
>

Forgive me if this goes into semi-rant.

Here's the thing I remember most about September 11th...the day before, I wrote an email to Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio saying how I didn't want Barry Bonds to take the single season homerun record and it was read on the air on my way to work. How little that mattered 24 hours later...

Anyway, I was PD/Morning Guy at KSUD at the time. This is where it goes into semi-rant, because my fair GM didn't see the need to have a working television on the premises. Any news I got at any time came from the internet or from talking with the traffic person (Heather).

7:45am (I think), Heather tells me that one of the Trade Center Buildings was hit. Honestly, my reaction was to shrug it off at the time. I didn't see it, so I thought it may have been an overreaction. By 8:15, that was changed as I tried to find out what was going on. The problem was that we went into paid programming at 8:30. And my GM didn't want to have to pay back anyone, so we didn't pre-empt ANYTHING.

My morning consisted of getting news from Foxnews.com, cnn.com and listening to WREC...laughable, obviously. And between every program, I would try to update people on what was happening. I remember distinctly telling people to turn us off and to turn on their TVs or to go to WREC. Our programming was going to still be there when they came back. But everyone needed to be informed in a way that I couldn't provide that day.

Overall, looking back, I am disappointed in our coverage. I don't know what I could have done differently, but the GM really killed any chance of us doing anything significant.
 
I was the first one on to go back live on the air after the attacks.

Keep in mind, at the time FM99 WNOR in Norfolk/VA Beach was the big dog in a town that housed the largest naval base in the world.

To say I was a bit intimadated is not saying enough.

I opened up the phone lines and just let the listeners vent.

I remember this was a very uncomfortable experience for me considering back then my show was even more juvenile than it is now.

To make a long story short I threw away the tape.

That was flippin stupid.







> > This might be a dup post. I had trouble earlier.
> September
> > 11 has been back in the news lately, because of dispatch
> > tapes being made public. This got me to thinking. I know
>
> > the horror started early that morning and most stations
> went
> > to national news. I was curious if anyone had local
> aircheck
> > tapes of that day. Also, if anyone had any stories of
> being
> > on air or at the station that sad day.
> >
>
> Forgive me if this goes into semi-rant.
>
> Here's the thing I remember most about September 11th...the
> day before, I wrote an email to Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio
> saying how I didn't want Barry Bonds to take the single
> season homerun record and it was read on the air on my way
> to work. How little that mattered 24 hours later...
>
> Anyway, I was PD/Morning Guy at KSUD at the time. This is
> where it goes into semi-rant, because my fair GM didn't see
> the need to have a working television on the premises. Any
> news I got at any time came from the internet or from
> talking with the traffic person (Heather).
>
> 7:45am (I think), Heather tells me that one of the Trade
> Center Buildings was hit. Honestly, my reaction was to
> shrug it off at the time. I didn't see it, so I thought it
> may have been an overreaction. By 8:15, that was changed as
> I tried to find out what was going on. The problem was that
> we went into paid programming at 8:30. And my GM didn't
> want to have to pay back anyone, so we didn't pre-empt
> ANYTHING.
>
> My morning consisted of getting news from Foxnews.com,
> cnn.com and listening to WREC...laughable, obviously. And
> between every program, I would try to update people on what
> was happening. I remember distinctly telling people to turn
> us off and to turn on their TVs or to go to WREC. Our
> programming was going to still be there when they came back.
> But everyone needed to be informed in a way that I couldn't
> provide that day.
>
> Overall, looking back, I am disappointed in our coverage. I
> don't know what I could have done differently, but the GM
> really killed any chance of us doing anything significant.
>
 
I started my last summer vacation monday 9/10. Tuesday morning I awoke to the news on K-97. When they said that a plane had hit the WTC, I thought I was dreaming at first. Then I thought it must have been some small airplane somehow thrown off-course, or maybe the pilot had had a heart attack or was mentally deranged and committed suicide in some selfish and spectacular way. Then I got up and turned on CNN. I think we all felt that strange paralysis seeing what we saw. Wednesday morning I was doing a live broadcast from Life-Blood on Estate just off Poplar, serving up do-nuts and coffee to people in line and thinking how surreal all of this felt.Most of what I remember is the shock and the horror of watching the shots of those planes hit the buildings over and over and over again. The evil plumes of black smoke pouring from the tops of the towers. The terrible images of people jumping to their instant and explosive deaths on the pavement far below. I can also remember the outpouring of grief and sympathy from other countries around the world. I remember the collective fear. I remember a brief shining moment of unity in this country the likes of which I have never before witnessed. I remember the rhetoric surrounding this event becoming harsher more divisive and more black and white, until that unity morphed into what has essentially become a frightened and divided America.Other than that I remember the faint but distinct smell of a dead cat on the line. A stench that has grown stronger and stronger ever since that horrible morning. I may be wrong, but I don't think I'm the only one who smells it.<P ID="signature">______________
Leonard Lawrence</P>
 
This is on topic/but off subject, but on 9/11 I remember waking up in my dorm room, turning on the TV, and seeing one of the Towers had been hit. Thinking that is was a plane that lost control, I made my way to the campus cafe to grab a quick breakfast before class. While there the lunch lady was trying to tell me that the WTC was in Worcester Ma (Keep in mind I am in college in Fitchburg MA, roughly 40min away from Worcester MA, and about 3.5hrs away from NY. You would think the lady would know her surroundings.) So I got to my class (Communication Law and Ethics if I remember correctly) and about 20min into class a janitor comes in and says that the 2nd tower has just been hit, and that school is closed. Also, per order all state buildings were to be evacuated, especially tall buildings(like my dorm at the time). So here is an entire campus with all classes canceled, and the kids that lived on campus (such as myself) were not allowed back in the dorms. They opened the rec center for people to spend the night at incase they could not get home for any reason. At that point, about 4 or 5 of my buddies and I went to a friend's house, and were glued to the TV til we got a phone call saying that we could go back to our dorm rooms. I wish I could remember what I was playing on Boston radio at the time, or even my campus station, but I cannot. I think @ that point I was a little pre-occupied with the situation.
Funny side note: my mom called me that day and said that she wanted me to move to my uncle's home in Canada. She told me she knew ways that she could get me across the border. I love my Canadian-born mother. Very protective of her son, but also a tad over-re active at times. She was very adamant about this for a little while after 9/11 to.





> I was the first one on to go back live on the air after the
> attacks.
>
> Keep in mind, at the time FM99 WNOR in Norfolk/VA Beach was
> the big dog in a town that housed the largest naval base in
> the world.
>
> To say I was a bit intimadated is not saying enough.
>
> I opened up the phone lines and just let the listeners vent.
>
>
> I remember this was a very uncomfortable experience for me
> considering back then my show was even more juvenile than it
> is now.
>
> To make a long story short I threw away the tape.
>
> That was flippin stupid.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > > This might be a dup post. I had trouble earlier.
> > September
> > > 11 has been back in the news lately, because of dispatch
>
> > > tapes being made public. This got me to thinking. I
> know
> >
> > > the horror started early that morning and most stations
> > went
> > > to national news. I was curious if anyone had local
> > aircheck
> > > tapes of that day. Also, if anyone had any stories of
> > being
> > > on air or at the station that sad day.
> > >
> >
> > Forgive me if this goes into semi-rant.
> >
> > Here's the thing I remember most about September
> 11th...the
> > day before, I wrote an email to Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio
> > saying how I didn't want Barry Bonds to take the single
> > season homerun record and it was read on the air on my way
>
> > to work. How little that mattered 24 hours later...
> >
> > Anyway, I was PD/Morning Guy at KSUD at the time. This is
>
> > where it goes into semi-rant, because my fair GM didn't
> see
> > the need to have a working television on the premises.
> Any
> > news I got at any time came from the internet or from
> > talking with the traffic person (Heather).
> >
> > 7:45am (I think), Heather tells me that one of the Trade
> > Center Buildings was hit. Honestly, my reaction was to
> > shrug it off at the time. I didn't see it, so I thought
> it
> > may have been an overreaction. By 8:15, that was changed
> as
> > I tried to find out what was going on. The problem was
> that
> > we went into paid programming at 8:30. And my GM didn't
> > want to have to pay back anyone, so we didn't pre-empt
> > ANYTHING.
> >
> > My morning consisted of getting news from Foxnews.com,
> > cnn.com and listening to WREC...laughable, obviously. And
>
> > between every program, I would try to update people on
> what
> > was happening. I remember distinctly telling people to
> turn
> > us off and to turn on their TVs or to go to WREC. Our
> > programming was going to still be there when they came
> back.
> > But everyone needed to be informed in a way that I
> couldn't
> > provide that day.
> >
> > Overall, looking back, I am disappointed in our coverage.
> I
> > don't know what I could have done differently, but the GM
> > really killed any chance of us doing anything significant.
>
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Your Mom Goes To College</P>
 
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