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Joseph_Gallant
Guest
The Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences' Primetime Emmy Committee Would Be Idiots.....
....if they do not hand out special Emmy Awards at the September 18th Primetime Emmy ceremonies to WWL-4 and WDSU-6 in New Orleans (and any other area TV stations who had nonstop coverage of Hurricane Katrina over a period of several days like WWL and WDSU).
Granted, the technical quality of the coverage (based on the WWL and WDSU webstreams) wasn't as good as it would have been had the stations been able to remain at their main studios in New Orleans.
However, being forced to evacuate and originate coverage either in Baton Rouge (WWL) or Jackson, Mississippi (WDSU), the two stations did the best they could. Although hampered by having to originate their coverage outside of New Orleans and feeding it back to the city, both WWL and WDSU did an outstanding job of informing viewers (and listeners who might have been able to listen to WDSU's audio on an ordinary FM radio at 87.7 megehertz or WWL's coverage on a radio that also received TV audio, not to mention many Internet users all over the world) during the worst crisis in New Orleans history.
Were it not for the efforts of WWL and WDSU (and probably other stations in the region), it is possible that the toll of deaths and injuries might have been much higher than it actually will end up.
Given the circumstances, both WWL and WDSU (and perhaps other stations in the region), in my opinion, did a magnificent job of informing their viewers. I feel their fantastic efforts during the storm are worthy of recognition by the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences with special Emmy Awards.
....if they do not hand out special Emmy Awards at the September 18th Primetime Emmy ceremonies to WWL-4 and WDSU-6 in New Orleans (and any other area TV stations who had nonstop coverage of Hurricane Katrina over a period of several days like WWL and WDSU).
Granted, the technical quality of the coverage (based on the WWL and WDSU webstreams) wasn't as good as it would have been had the stations been able to remain at their main studios in New Orleans.
However, being forced to evacuate and originate coverage either in Baton Rouge (WWL) or Jackson, Mississippi (WDSU), the two stations did the best they could. Although hampered by having to originate their coverage outside of New Orleans and feeding it back to the city, both WWL and WDSU did an outstanding job of informing viewers (and listeners who might have been able to listen to WDSU's audio on an ordinary FM radio at 87.7 megehertz or WWL's coverage on a radio that also received TV audio, not to mention many Internet users all over the world) during the worst crisis in New Orleans history.
Were it not for the efforts of WWL and WDSU (and probably other stations in the region), it is possible that the toll of deaths and injuries might have been much higher than it actually will end up.
Given the circumstances, both WWL and WDSU (and perhaps other stations in the region), in my opinion, did a magnificent job of informing their viewers. I feel their fantastic efforts during the storm are worthy of recognition by the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences with special Emmy Awards.