NBC Connecticut (WVIT) announced that their newscasts could be heard on Clear Channel radio during the storm coming Monday.
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Storm Sandy Coverage
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It's hardly earth shattering news, NBC 30 and Clear Channel have been partners for years. 9/11/01 they were running NBC 30 on the CC staions except for 104.1 (which stayed with regular programming) and 1410 (which was running coverage from ESPN Radio).
Also during Irene last year they were running NBC 30 on some of the CC stations, but they also had local coverage based out of WELI (960) which was simulcast on 101.3 FM.
Also during Irene last year they were running NBC 30 on some of the CC stations, but they also had local coverage based out of WELI (960) which was simulcast on 101.3 FM.
NBC Connecticut reports now that their newscasts during the height of the storm will be simulcast on WPOP-AM 1410 in the Hartford area and WAVZ-AM 1300 in the New Haven area.
... and care to guess what kind of coverage Fairfield County will have? WICC and sister station WEBE have nothing for a news department except a part-time News Director and zippo for news staff / reporters. I believe COX (Star/PLR) also lacks news staff as well.
With no other stations actually on the coast with either a news department or decent signal it looks like we'll have to depend on New York's WCBS-AM for any sort of decent storm coverage, radio wise. A pretty sad statement for the most affluent county in the state.
With no other stations actually on the coast with either a news department or decent signal it looks like we'll have to depend on New York's WCBS-AM for any sort of decent storm coverage, radio wise. A pretty sad statement for the most affluent county in the state.
Bill DeFelice said:
Rip-and-read from DJs on the Cox FMs, I'd imagine. Should be interesting listening. I remember listening to 9/11 coverage on WPLR -- strictly amateur hour, with DJs trying to describe what they were seeing on TV. At least WDRC-FM had its sister station, WOR, to pipe in.
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As of 6pm Monday night, DRC FM is off the air. All other stations are still up.
EDIT: DRC FM is back on the air as of 6:13pm
EDIT: DRC FM is back on the air as of 6:13pm
WQUN in Hamden, WATR in Waterbury, and WTIC have all been providing local coverage all day long.
Mary Jones on The Talk of Connecticut was doing Storm Talk on her show Noon-2PM.
Don DeCesare owner of WLIS/WMRD did a local cut-in during the 3PM hour before switch over to Dennis Miller.
WDRC-FM plans on having Rockin' Ron do a live Request Show and provide storm info 7PM-Midnite instead of Tom Kent.
Mary Jones on The Talk of Connecticut was doing Storm Talk on her show Noon-2PM.
Don DeCesare owner of WLIS/WMRD did a local cut-in during the 3PM hour before switch over to Dennis Miller.
WDRC-FM plans on having Rockin' Ron do a live Request Show and provide storm info 7PM-Midnite instead of Tom Kent.
beantownradio25 said:
DRC-FM posted to its Facebook page during the brief outage that only the main signal was out; the HDs were still working. Odd.
WTIC is going to be on until at least Midnight. John Rowland was on til 8PM. Joe D'Ambrosio til 12AM.
WELI brought in Vinnie Penn. *gag*
WICC has local coverage.
Something is wrong with the connection between The Berlin Turnpike (where the studios are) and Sherbrooke Street in Bristol (where their antenna is) as there is nothing but distorted static on WPRX 1120. They are on the air because I can hear bleed-over of the distorted static on WBBR 1130.
And on the TV side WZME-TV (43) Bridgeport/Seymour has been having problems with the feed of ME-TV. The picture has been freezing (and is currently frozen) off and on since earlier this afternoon. At 2:45PM they switched to an infomercial before going back to The Big Valley (in progress) at 3:13PM. Watching on COX Channel 75.
WELI brought in Vinnie Penn. *gag*
WICC has local coverage.
Something is wrong with the connection between The Berlin Turnpike (where the studios are) and Sherbrooke Street in Bristol (where their antenna is) as there is nothing but distorted static on WPRX 1120. They are on the air because I can hear bleed-over of the distorted static on WBBR 1130.
And on the TV side WZME-TV (43) Bridgeport/Seymour has been having problems with the feed of ME-TV. The picture has been freezing (and is currently frozen) off and on since earlier this afternoon. At 2:45PM they switched to an infomercial before going back to The Big Valley (in progress) at 3:13PM. Watching on COX Channel 75.
wee hours..tuesday morning...WICC 600 been off (why?)
Fairfield County ? Once we had WNLK 1350...WSTC 1400...Older times all the AM'ers.. I don't know about WGCH 1490...WLAD 800 I guess can still be heard..
I listened to WAVZ 1300 just for the oddity of it.(storm coverage)
Local Info. Where o Where is WICC 600 ? (tonight)
The electricity went out here about 6:30pm Monday. Internet..hmmm
Fairfield County ? Once we had WNLK 1350...WSTC 1400...Older times all the AM'ers.. I don't know about WGCH 1490...WLAD 800 I guess can still be heard..
I listened to WAVZ 1300 just for the oddity of it.(storm coverage)
Local Info. Where o Where is WICC 600 ? (tonight)
The electricity went out here about 6:30pm Monday. Internet..hmmm
WICC Goes Dark
Not that I'm really surprised, WICC went tango uniform yesterday evening. While it could have been from the water impinging on their tower field or maybe even breaching the transmitter building I still have to wonder how they think they can handle these things without an on-staff engineer.
No much of a "news and information leader" when your signal is non-existant.
fyi: as I write this they're still off.
Not that I'm really surprised, WICC went tango uniform yesterday evening. While it could have been from the water impinging on their tower field or maybe even breaching the transmitter building I still have to wonder how they think they can handle these things without an on-staff engineer.
No much of a "news and information leader" when your signal is non-existant.
fyi: as I write this they're still off.
Paul Thurst does a great job with that site. In a situation like this, what could an entire army of on-staff engineers have done? You could have them LIVING at the transmitter site and they still would have evacuated the site, and it'd still be under water. I get what you're saying, but all the staffing in the world couldn't have prevented a flood.
The best thing they could do is shut down rather than letting the water do it. A thoughtfull shut down is better than just letting it run till water shuts it dowm. Staff can shut down the transmitter and sand bag the generator and transmitter door or even the transmitter. Then get to higher ground. The engineer will definatly be needed to turn it back on.
On the other side of the coin, if they did take on water, very few if any transmitter sites I know of keep big fans on hand to actually dry the palce out. I would rather keep a station off the air an extra day to make sure it is dry befor I push it back on the air and burn some thing out in the transmitter, pahser or ATU. And I bet the market for a 5kw portable generators and big fans is in high demand right now.
Also equipment can be replaced. Staff can not.
On the other side of the coin, if they did take on water, very few if any transmitter sites I know of keep big fans on hand to actually dry the palce out. I would rather keep a station off the air an extra day to make sure it is dry befor I push it back on the air and burn some thing out in the transmitter, pahser or ATU. And I bet the market for a 5kw portable generators and big fans is in high demand right now.
Also equipment can be replaced. Staff can not.
@reelyreal: Believe me, I'm not knocking Paul or his employer, but there's a difference between having a on-staff engineer and retaining a contract firm with a travel time of several hours away as your lifeline. The pinched pennies in not having the guy down the hall can really bite you on the backside.
I've heard horror stories of a talk show going on with no calls simply because somebody didn't know how to reboot the phone system - the same station that lets their engineer quit and not appreciate how poorly he was treated. I know I wouldn't stay at a station if I was so unappreciated.
I've heard horror stories of a talk show going on with no calls simply because somebody didn't know how to reboot the phone system - the same station that lets their engineer quit and not appreciate how poorly he was treated. I know I wouldn't stay at a station if I was so unappreciated.
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