To 740: Ike is coming

[sdh483]

Will we hear any info on the approaching hurricane on 740? Or just a bunch of syndication? I got better hurricane coverage from KTSA 550 from a city over 150 miles from the coast.

 

[mrtexmex2007]

Dude seriously whats the deal against 740 am? Have you tried www.ktrh.com ?

 

[Daff]

Will we hear any info on the approaching hurricane on 740? Or just a bunch of syndication? I got better hurricane coverage from KTSA 550 from a city over 150 miles from the coast.

Maybe you can get K T S A to move their transmitter and tower to Katy.

How can a San Antonio radio station have been coverage of this storm, when
ALL information comes directly from the National Weather Service. At this point everyone get the same information and projections.

If you were every in broadcasting you would know this, so stop making an idiot of yourself.

 

[oldjohnny]

Will we hear any info on the approaching hurricane on 740? Or just a bunch of syndication? I got better hurricane coverage from KTSA 550 from a city over 150 miles from the coast.

Maybe you can get K T S A to move their transmitter and tower to Katy.

How can a San Antonio radio station have been coverage of this storm, when
ALL information comes directly from the National Weather Service. At this point everyone get the same information and projections.

If you were every in broadcasting you would know this, so stop making an idiot of yourself.

I think he means information on shelters, food, gas supplies, and other necessary information that needs to be passed on to evacuees and/or people who are affected by the upcoming storm. Will we be hearing syndicated shows with the only the usual storm information, or will KTRH go wall to wall with reports that people can actually need (Like evacuation routes and elderly assistance)? Covering a storm does not only mean giving the category and the power of the storm. But of course, it doesn't take a broadcaster to know that, or does it?

 

[oldjohnny]

Dude seriously whats the deal against 740 am? Have you tried www.ktrh.com ?

What's the deal with this? He asked if KTRH was going to have good coverage of the storm, not for the webpage of the station. Try reading the post next time you type something.

 

[Daff]

Dude seriously whats the deal against 740 am? Have you tried www.ktrh.com ?

What's the deal with this? He asked if KTRH was going to have good coverage of the storm, not for the webpage of the station. Try reading the post next time you type something.

NO, he didn't post that. He was making a comparion between K T S A and K T R H.
K T S A doen't anymost about this storm than K T R H. K T S A may know were the local shelters in the SAn Antonio area for those people from South Texas, which has nothing to do with the Houston area.

When the National Weather Service and local officals release the information, then I'm sure ALL broadcast outlet will do their their duty. This has always been the case.

We are still 40 hours are so before this storm makes landfall.

 

[stan]

I think the implication is that KTRH will not be ready for hurricane Ike and will continue to carry their syndicated programming as the hurricane slams into the Texas coast. There was a time in recent memory when KTRH would have reporters (including some good ones like Aaron Katursky) up and down the coast covering the storm. It is now more likely that Reverend Ike http://www.revike.org/ will be broadcast on KTRH rather than live storm coverage.

 

[Daff]

I think the implication is that KTRH will not be ready for hurricane Ike and will continue to carry their syndicated programming as the hurricane slams into the Texas coast. There was a time in recent memory when KTRH would have reporters (including some good ones like Aaron Katursky) up and down the coast covering the storm. It is now more likely that Reverend Ike http://www.revike.org/ will be broadcast on KTRH rather than live storm coverage.

You are showing that you are as big -----, as the original poster of this thread.
Unless you work at K T R H or Clear Channel Communications, you know nothing.

You could make the same assumption about any other radio or televison station in the Houston market.

 

[kendro]

Local radio has to disseminate the information mentioned by oldjohnny.
This is the true purpose of radio and the very basis of their license.
How could anyone argue this on any level?

 

[sdh483]

Dude seriously whats the deal against 740 am? Have you tried www.ktrh.com ?

What's the deal with this? He asked if KTRH was going to have good coverage of the storm, not for the webpage of the station. Try reading the post next time you type something.

NO, he didn't post that. He was making a comparion between K T S A and K T R H.
K T S A doen't anymost about this storm than K T R H. K T S A may know were the local shelters in the SAn Antonio area for those people from South Texas, which has nothing to do with the Houston area.

When the National Weather Service and local officals release the information, then I'm sure ALL broadcast outlet will do their their duty. This has always been the case.

We are still 40 hours are so before this storm makes landfall.

I am in no way comparing KTSA and KRTH as a whole. I was just expecting a LOCAL station to have coverage of a storm heading in our way instead of Rush Limbah or whoever else is talking. I just found it funny last time we had a threat of a storm that a dx station had more coverage. Just didn't make any sense.

BTW it's kinda hard to "check the webpage" while you're driving. If you do this, I hope you have a good insurance policy.

I remember a segment years ago on ABC World News about a CC station that did not inform local residents in some town about a chemical truck spill. Instead, there was music and/or talk. ABC obtained a quote from CC, basically saying "our job is to sell ads, not inform."

I'm very awre of the other forms of media that we have (I am getting constant text alerts on my cell from the weather channel, but, again, I need to keep my eyes on the road). It would be nice to hear some local coverage of severe weather a day or two before the storm, not 2 hours prior. I may not work in radio, but I'm not an idiot, last time I checked.

 

[upstate29651]

I think the implication is that KTRH will not be ready for hurricane Ike and will continue to carry their syndicated programming as the hurricane slams into the Texas coast. There was a time in recent memory when KTRH would have reporters (including some good ones like Aaron Katursky) up and down the coast covering the storm. It is now more likely that Reverend Ike http://www.revike.org/ will be broadcast on KTRH rather than live storm coverage.

You are showing that you are as big -----, as the original poster of this thread.
Unless you work at K T R H or Clear Channel Communications, you know nothing.

You could make the same assumption about any other radio or televison station in the Houston market.

Ok Mr. 14 posts, do you work for CC? Why the attitude?

There is no denying that very few stations in the US give quality storm coverage anymore, save WWL. Do you have info that it will be any different here?

G

 

[adguy]

If CC is smart (and that is certainly no guarantee) they will reroute Rush and Hannity to 950 and go with wall-to-wall Ike coverage. They should treat this weather EVENT just like a scheduled sporting EVENT. Personally, I hope I can hear Rush somewhere.

 

[Daff]

I think the implication is that KTRH will not be ready for hurricane Ike and will continue to carry their syndicated programming as the hurricane slams into the Texas coast. There was a time in recent memory when KTRH would have reporters (including some good ones like Aaron Katursky) up and down the coast covering the storm. It is now more likely that Reverend Ike http://www.revike.org/ will be broadcast on KTRH rather than live storm coverage.

You are showing that you are as big -----, as the original poster of this thread.
Unless you work at K T R H or Clear Channel Communications, you know nothing.

You could make the same assumption about any other radio or televison station in the Houston market.

Ok Mr. 14 posts, do you work for CC? Why the attitude?

There is no denying that very few stations in the US give quality storm coverage anymore, save WWL. Do you have info that it will be any different here?
G

Why do you children keep comparing K T R H and other Houston radio stations to
stations in other markets.

The storm hasn't even make land fall yet, and you inmature hillbilly posters from Georgia that probably are not in broadcasting are already judging coverage and proformance of any local broadcasters in a city 900 miles away.

If you don't like how a station operates, don't listen. Then get millions of dollars together and become a real broadcast professional. Otherwise shut up, because you don't know what your talking about.

D

 

[JWR]

Will we hear any info on the approaching hurricane on 740? Or just a bunch of syndication? I got better hurricane coverage from KTSA 550 from a city over 150 miles from the coast.

Maybe you can get K T S A to move their transmitter and tower to Katy.

How can a San Antonio radio station have been coverage of this storm, when
ALL information comes directly from the National Weather Service. At this point everyone get the same information and projections.

If you were every in broadcasting you would know this, so stop making an idiot of yourself.

I think he means information on shelters, food, gas supplies, and other necessary information that needs to be passed on to evacuees and/or people who are affected by the upcoming storm. Will we be hearing syndicated shows with the only the usual storm information, or will KTRH go wall to wall with reports that people can actually need (Like evacuation routes and elderly assistance)? Covering a storm does not only mean giving the category and the power of the storm. But of course, it doesn't take a broadcaster to know that, or does it?

I wonder if the Air America station in Houston will preempt the Rachel Maddow Show to broadcast wall to wall coverage of Hurricane Ike, and tell people what they been told to do for weeks. Keep your gas tanks fulls, buy non perishables foods, and leave early.

As long as government officials informs ALL media of the importance of evacuating, then there is not must any broadcaster can do. Except to report on the aftermath.

 

[nuzchick]

KTRH is doing the best they can with the staffing they have. As much as we hardcore radioheads tend to moan and groan about the good old days, those days are gone and today's much smaller news staffs should be commended for carrying the load that we all used to be able to share.
I was listening to Lana and JP on long past their usual shifts today knowing that they will be putting in yeoman's efforts over the next several days to keep everyone informed as Ike comes ashore. The people behind the scenes in the newsroom -- though fewer in number -- are constantly calling emergency officials getting the latest information on the air live the moment it comes available. Once the landfall becomes imminent, they will not get to go home to their families for days. They deserve your appreciation not your ridicule. If you can do better, prove it. Submit your resume for the next opening at KTRH and show up what you are made of.

 

[michaelshiloh]

Absolutely, nuzchick! And when the power goes out, there'll be no chance for me to go to any dot-com unless I can dialup using the laptop battery. The TV runs on electricity too, so KTRH may be the only source of information those of us without generators have. They know this at 740 and they'll do their best.

BTW this'll probably be the last time my parents will be able to use their battery-powered 5-inch TV, since the TV stations will be turning off their analog signals next year...

 

[bayou_city_bob]

What is 740 airing right now? I am hearing Hannity on their stream.

 

[fmtooner]

What is 740 airing right now? I am hearing Hannity on their stream.

stream yes, radio no. storm coverage is on ktrh and syndicated stuff is moved to 950. guess that answers the original question, eh?

 

[TexasTuner]

What is 740 airing right now? I am hearing Hannity on their stream.

stream yes, radio no. storm coverage is on ktrh and syndicated stuff is moved to 950. guess that answers the original question, eh?

I've been listening to them most of the day during my drives...they're doing a decent job, and I'm really glad someone over there got the hint and moved the non-news stuff over to 950 and sport to 790.

 

[GeneThomas]

KTRH has the best storm coverage of any radio station in Houston.
They report as new developments or as needed.