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Traffic reports from way out of market

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Yesterday morning KYW Philadelphia's "traffic and transit on the 2's" reported a 18-wheeler fire on I-95 just north of I-495 in Maryland, over 100 miles from Philly. Southbound Thanksgiving travelers should thank the folks at Metro Traffic.

How often do stations in your market report (in their regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?

ixnay
 
It was also mentioned at least once during yesterday (Wed) morning's traffic reports on 105.7 WROR/Boston. I think the major (or only) reason it was mentioned was because it was such a heavy holiday travel day. Otherwise, it might have been only mentioned during the half-hour news updates.
 
> How often do stations in your market report (in their
> regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or
> backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on
> traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?

A few years ago, there was a bad accident a few days before Christmas on Interstate 70 in Missouri after a tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass. The accident occurred in Cooper County near Boonville. Stations in St Louis and Kansas City reported on the accident despite being roughly 100-150 miles away. My stations in Columbia/Jefferson City, both of which are much closer to Boonville, also reported it.
 
We'll occasionally get word of REALLY bad accidents and tie-ups along I-71 as far away as past Mansfield, which is roughly 70 miles southwest of Cleveland and not really in the Cleveland (radio) market.

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During the Hurricane Katrina evacuation, WWL reported traffic delays on I-10 in Texas due to construction-maintenance. That was over 200 miles to the west of town.

It was after 8 PM on a Sunday night and it must not have occurred to TXDot that there would be anyone evacuating a class IV hurricane bearing down on Louisiana.





> Yesterday morning KYW Philadelphia's "traffic and transit on
> the 2's" reported a 18-wheeler fire on I-95 just north of
> I-495 in Maryland, over 100 miles from Philly. Southbound
> Thanksgiving travelers should thank the folks at Metro
> Traffic.
>
> How often do stations in your market report (in their
> regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or
> backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on
> traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?
>
> ixnay
>
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I have heard of similar accidents reported as far north as Georgetown, Texas on an Austin station. That is sixty miles to the north. People do listen to that station up there though.


> > How often do stations in your market report (in their
> > regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps
> or
> > backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> > rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report
> on
> > traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?
>
> A few years ago, there was a bad accident a few days before
> Christmas on Interstate 70 in Missouri after a
> tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass. The accident
> occurred in Cooper County near Boonville. Stations in St
> Louis and Kansas City reported on the accident despite being
> roughly 100-150 miles away. My stations in
> Columbia/Jefferson City, both of which are much closer to
> Boonville, also reported it.
>
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> Yesterday morning KYW Philadelphia's "traffic and transit on
> the 2's" reported a 18-wheeler fire on I-95 just north of
> I-495 in Maryland, over 100 miles from Philly. Southbound
> Thanksgiving travelers should thank the folks at Metro
> Traffic.
>
> How often do stations in your market report (in their
> regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or
> backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on
> traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?
>
> ixnay
>

When I was listening to KIFM 98.1 in San Diego, they reported an accident on the 15 fwy in Riverside County near Murrieta, which is technically in the LA market, although many people are starting to commute more into San Diego from this area.

I've also heard traffic conditions for the Norfolk, VA bridge-tunnels in the summer on some Richmond stations.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by JoshB on 11/25/05 04:54 AM.</FONT></P>
 
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> When I was listening to KIFM 98.1 in San Diego, they
> reported an accident on the 15 fwy in Riverside County near
> Murrieta, which is technically in the LA market, although
> many people are starting to commute more into San Diego from
> this area.

Riverside is not in the LA market, which is why the LA stations seldom report Inland Empire traffic except during weekends when people go and come to and from Vegas and the Desert cities through the IE.
 
Re: LA out of market reporting.

> How often do stations in your market report (in their
> regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or
> backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on
> traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?

Orange County is part of the LA market, and there are essentially no competitive stations, at least in English, left there. All the OC AMs are ethnic or religion or brokered, and the FMs, except for Jill, are the same.

The major LA stations will occasionally report on traffic on the routes to Vegas and the Desert Cities (Palm Springs, etc.) and the Grapevine on weekends and holidays, but seldom anywhere else unless the traffic condition is also a news story.

KFI tends to be the one with the more consistent coverage outside LA and Orange Counties, as it has a signal that truly covers and gets ratings in SD, the IE, Ventura, Bakersfield, etc.

Each station will be different, of course. Stations with more limited coverage may only report on areas they cover, or the main routes their listeners use.
 
> Yesterday morning KYW Philadelphia's "traffic and transit on
> the 2's" reported a 18-wheeler fire on I-95 just north of
> I-495 in Maryland, over 100 miles from Philly. Southbound
> Thanksgiving travelers should thank the folks at Metro
> Traffic.
>
> How often do stations in your market report (in their
> regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or
> backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on
> traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?
>
> ixnay
>

Occasionally the Chicago stations (mostly 720 or 780) will mention something on I-90 out near Rockford or I-94 up towards Milwaukee if it's big enough to impact travel to/from those areas as they're slowly becoming "just anohter suburb of Chicago"

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Re: LA out of market reporting.

> Orange County is part of the LA market, and there are
> essentially no competitive stations, at least in English,
> left there. All the OC AMs are ethnic or religion or
> brokered, and the FMs, except for Jill, are the same.

You forgot (understandably), David, Indie.

But the point, to sharpen same, is that the only two non-religious English language stations in Orange County are simulcasting programming from elsewhere, hence no "local" traffic reports.

But the L.A. stations include O.C. in traffic reports. If something major happens on the I-5 between Orange County and San Diego, it tends to be reported by the L.A. stations; ditto I-15 between the Inland Empire and Las Vegas.<P ID="signature">______________


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> It was also mentioned at least once during yesterday (Wed)
> morning's traffic reports on 105.7 WROR/Boston. I think the
> major (or only) reason it was mentioned was because it was
> such a heavy holiday travel day. Otherwise, it might have
> been only mentioned during the half-hour news updates.

On summer weekends, WBZ will mention traffic on 93 in New Hampshire, and 95 through NH/Maine, up to 60 miles outside of Boston. Not quite as extreme as some of the other examples cited here, but quite a distance to provincial Bostonians.
 
> How often do stations in your market report (in their
> regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps or
> backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report on
> traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?

If you're lucky, in Kentucky, the Lexington stations might report a bad problem with I-64 West of Frankfort (given the some of the stations in Lexington make it well into the Louisville market) or on I-75 down by the Tennessee line, and the Louisville stations might let you know about a problem as far east as Shelbyville or further south than Elizabethtown. The Louisville stations primarily stick to to the Interstates (64, 65, 71, 264, 265), and the Lexington stations generally limit themselves to the major arteries and New Circle Road (since the Interstates in Lexington carry little local traffic).<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Yesterday morning KYW Philadelphia's "traffic and transit
> on
> > the 2's" reported a 18-wheeler fire on I-95 just north of
> > I-495 in Maryland, over 100 miles from Philly. Southbound
>
> > Thanksgiving travelers should thank the folks at Metro
> > Traffic.
> >
> > How often do stations in your market report (in their
> > regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic mishaps
> or
> > backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> > rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report
> on
> > traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?
> >
> > ixnay
> >
>
> Occasionally the Chicago stations (mostly 720 or 780) will
> mention something on I-90 out near Rockford or I-94 up
> towards Milwaukee if it's big enough to impact travel
> to/from those areas as they're slowly becoming "just anohter
> suburb of Chicago"
>
> -A
>

I think the people of Milwaukee would take issue with becoming a suburb of Chicago!!!
 
In our shop, we consider Georgetown to be the far northern limit of the Austin metro area. In general we consider the five county area surrounding Austin to be our coverage area. we have lots of daily commuters to and from the surrounding towns and listeners have told us it's important to them. We'll cover all of the main and secondary highways in the area. We don't worry about traffic flow outside the metro in general, but will report any accidnet or hazard which blocks traffic.

When there are far off accidents that will obviously affect traffic to, from or through the city we cover it. We've reported closures on I-35 in the northern suburbs of San Antonio and in San Marcos and New Braunfels. We'll the major highways outside of our area if there's a major event that we know will have lots of people on the road. For instance, during Texas/OU weekend we'll keep track of 35 all the way up to Dallas. During the Hurricane Rita evacuation we kept track of US 290, Texas 71 and several other routes between here and Houston.

> I have heard of similar accidents reported as far north as
> Georgetown, Texas on an Austin station. That is sixty miles
> to the north. People do listen to that station up there
> though.
>
>
> > > How often do stations in your market report (in their
> > > regularly scheduled traffic report slots) traffic
> mishaps
> > or
> > > backups taking place far, far out of market, beyond the
> > > rimshot markets? Do LA (NOT Orange Co.) stations report
>
> > on
> > > traffic in San Diego every once in a while, for example?
>
> >
> > A few years ago, there was a bad accident a few days
> before
> > Christmas on Interstate 70 in Missouri after a
> > tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass. The accident
> > occurred in Cooper County near Boonville. Stations in St
> > Louis and Kansas City reported on the accident despite
> being
> > roughly 100-150 miles away. My stations in
> > Columbia/Jefferson City, both of which are much closer to
> > Boonville, also reported it.
> >
>
 
> I think the people of Milwaukee would take issue with
> becoming a suburb of Chicago!!!

Yeah.. But that's excatly what's happening to Rockford, Milwaukee and South Bend!

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