To 740: Ike is coming

[barman]

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.

WWL set the gold standard for emergency coverage. I was listening online for a couple of days to the excellent multi-reporter field information given (more that just the "national weather service", as this person said). Good reporters OBTAIN their own information.

It sounds like there are a couple of people upset about having to try to live up to the high standard set by WWL, if indeed they're not just on here trying to stir the pot pretending to be from a local station.

 

[photog]

I listened to KTRH all day and thought they did a great job. KUDOS to them and the whole crew.

 

[kendro]

I second that notion! Kudos to the local staffers at KTRH.
In 1983 I was listening when they said they were "going upstairs and take over those rock and rollers".
It was comforting to know that someone was actually there and I remember appreciating it very much.

 

[Alamoboy]

Is the info on 950 available on an internet stream? I live in SA and would like to hear some Houston Hurricane Ike content.

 

[Daff]

W W L is a mickey mouse station, they just regurgating the same thing over and over.

If you decide you want to hear the New Orleans news, you really need to listen to:
WRNO 99.5, they beats WWL hands down.
http://www.thenew995fm.com/main.html

But if live in this region of Texas K T R H, is your source for Hurricane Ike coverage.
New Orleans radio knows nothing of local condition here in Houston.

Let the children that write their crap about K T S A and W W L are NOT broadcast professions.

But in Houston, K T R H, is heads above everyone else.

 

[SportsDotCom]

WWL set the gold standard for emergency coverage. I was listening online for a couple of days to the excellent multi-reporter field information given (more that just the "national weather service", as this person said). Good reporters OBTAIN their own information.

[Edit - original quote removed]

KTRH is still one of the few REAL operations. In spit of CC.

 

[AirUpThere]

I think KTRH has done a yeoman's job, this go-round, on providing timely information to Houston. Having said that, the new depleted staffing levels have forced them into a poor-man's talk version of 1010WINS, but the coverage is efforted and solid. It hasn't always been that way, so a big congrats to Bryan and the very hard-working news team there. Their efforts are severely underappreciated. Hats off, guys!

As for Daff, I say this to you. You should be completely ashamed of yourself for calling WWL a "Mickey Mouse" operation. I alternately-streamed both WWL and WRNO (and no, they are no longer called "thenew995fm.com" on the air. that experiment failed. they are now "Rush Radio") during Gustav, and WWL was the clear content winner in that market. Your comments were uncalled-for and you should take them back immediately.

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

Out of Daff's post i think hes a disgruntled former Entercom Employee LOL.

 

[Fieldtech1]

I have to agree that WWL seemed to have better Gustav coverage over WRNO. Some of the folks on WRNO seemed to not be overly familiar with the lay of the land outside of the New Orleans metro area, areas such as the Houma/Terrebonne region, which WRNO serves.

In my vehicle I have been listening to 740 and they seem to be doing a good job getting the critical info out.

 

[GeneSavage]

WWL's coverage was extraordinary; I've been at this 20 years, & I was taking notes.

KTRH's coverage is good, but not as impressive to me as WWL was. I'm also disappointed they weren't streaming their local coverage. The syndicated content is available a million places on the web, but I assume they had their reasons...

My hat's off to ANY station that attempts to cover a local emergency like this. With staff cutbacks and worrying about you & your family's personal safety, it is a challenge, and the highest work any broadcaster can do.

 

[Daff]

I think KTRH has done a yeoman's job, this go-round, on providing timely information to Houston. Having said that, the new depleted staffing levels have forced them into a poor-man's talk version of 1010WINS, but the coverage is efforted and solid. It hasn't always been that way, so a big congrats to Bryan and the very hard-working news team there. Their efforts are severely underappreciated. Hats off, guys!

As for Daff, I say this to you. You should be completely ashamed of yourself for calling WWL a "Mickey Mouse" operation. I alternately-streamed both WWL and WRNO (and no, they are no longer called "thenew995fm.com" on the air. that experiment failed. they are now "Rush Radio") during Gustav, and WWL was the clear content winner in that market. Your comments were uncalled-for and you should take them back immediately.

Screw you. I'm not ashame of my WWL statement. I stand by my statement.
If you like that Walt Disney production in New Orleans, then keep your big ears tune to them.

It appears that the only reason for you posting on Radio-Info BOARDS, it to bash
Clear Channel Communications.

Real people in Houston need not listen to radio stations in San Antonio, New Orleans or Chicago to find out what concerns us locally.

 

[upstate29651]

This Daff guy (now Mr. 17 posts) is either a disgruntled current CC employee, or is here to stir the pot. His/her rants merely serve to discredit his/her opinions. KTRH is doing a fine job with what resources they have. I think however, it is a shame that a major market can't cover a storm as well as a mid-market station (WWL), due to either lack of staff or other resources. Sorry Daff, 870 IS the gold standard in severe weather coverage, like it or not...and other stations nationwide know it!

Hugs & Kisses,

G (that "Georgia hillbilly" who lives on an island, 10 feet above sea level......)

 

[milton77]

Screw you. I'm not ashame of my WWL statement. I stand by my statement.
If you like that Walt Disney production in New Orleans, then keep your big ears tune to them.

It appears that the only reason for you posting on Radio-Info BOARDS, it to bash
Clear Channel Communications.

Real people in Houston need not listen to radio stations in San Antonio, New Orleans or Chicago to find out what concerns us locally.

KTRH has been doing a decent job, however I laugh hearing their use of The Weather Channel meteorologists. I can assure if you that if Bonneville or Cox owned KTRH, they would have their own in house meteorologist. Or, "rent" one from a local tv station.

As I recall, WRNO was already back to airing coast to coast within a day or two after Gustov made landfall. Meanwhile, WWL kept providing fresh information 24x7 across their entire cluster in New Orleans.

However, I will say that WJBO did a decent job for Baton Rouge, given the circumstances.

Daff is a troll, lets stop feeding it.

 

[stan]

Listening to KTRH's coverage from my evacuation location in the Denton area, they have done a commendable job. I have tended to listen to the Beaumont CC cluster, as they have been covering around the clock as well. Excellent coverage.

 

[milton77]

I find it interesting that KTRH uses their own announcers for EAS encoding. When a tornado warning was just issued (Liberty, Montgomery, Polk counties), KTRH aired it... kind of surprised that KODA (and other clear channel stations amusingly) don't have their EAS boxes set to automatically air tornado warnings... or if they don't like the computer voice from the NWS, have the KTRH generated warnings automatically air on their FMs, etc.

In Oklahoma City, almost every commercial station will immediately air tornado warnings via the EAS, unless they are already simulcasting a local television station's coverage. Any station failing to air a tornado warning, is not serving the public.

 

[davideduardo]

KTRH has been doing a decent job, however I laugh hearing their use of The Weather Channel meteorologists. I can assure if you that if Bonneville or Cox owned KTRH, they would have their own in house meteorologist. Or, "rent" one from a local tv station.

Weather Channel has a sizable name value, and a very positive and confidence-generating one in times of bad weather.

Considering that most homes did not have electric power, TV was a limited resource. Having weather Channel expertise on KTRH would likely be a positve to most people.

I don't know of more than a couple of News/ Talk stations with a fulltime meteorologists. Do you?

(Bonneville's big DC all news station uses the weather talent from ABC Channel 7 and features no meteorologist on its web page; Cox's major AM talker, WSB, does have one staff meteorologist. One.)

 

[davideduardo]

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.

Accuweather and The Weather Channel have their own meteorologists who take weather bureau and the hurricane center in Miami and create their own reports. So the National Weather serviced is not the only source. In fact, the Hurrican Center in Miami produces its own advisories, too.

And a SA station would know more about shelters and evacuation tips than a station in Houston who has as a primary concern giving local information for people who are still inside their coverage area; KTRH does not have a usable signal in San Antonio or Dallas or Austin or any of the evacuation regions.

 

[Kabrich]

The problem with the out of town weather services is that every one I have heard, regardless of size, have screwed up the facts on this Hurricane.

While the NorthEast side of the Hurricane is usually the dirty side, with IKE, the South and Southwest sides were the dirty sides once landfall was made, with far more rain and issues on these sides than the North and Northeast sides.

Fox Extreme Weather and CNN have made the error as well on this one (one of them actually missed landfall time at 5pm on Friday by 7 hours).

Thus, there are clearly times when you need people to actually look at the local facts - instead of just using standardized facts.

Of course, you need the stations on the air for any of it to matter.

 

[Kabrich]

(Bonneville's big DC all news station uses the weather talent from ABC Channel 7 and features no meteorologist on its web page; Cox's major AM talker, WSB, does have one staff meteorologist. One.)

WSB does not need more than one staff meteorologist as they have a complete staff 1 floor up at the TV station and can simulcast in event of weather disasters as they have with during disasters such as the Tornado Emergencies this past Spring.

Furthermore, most local stations in larger markets have more complex equipment than the NWS and what the National Services can pull up from the NWS and NHC.

 

[Rockin Rob]

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.

Its very easy to switch feeds from AA to a TV station. Some would argue that's not truly a radio station serving its listening audience, but its getting the message out there. Altho, you would expect AA to say this is the latest way Bush and the Republicans failed (see also: Katrina) and to use that for political grist, but I digress....