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WASO 730 reportedly put back on air

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From: http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breaki...a_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076602

Tammany radio station providing information
By Charlie Chapple
St. Tammany bureau - Times Picayune

St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, wielding emergency powers, has seized a closed radio station near Covington and is using it to relay information about local recovery efforts to parish residents.

Radio station WASO, 730-AM, got on the air late Friday with the help of Covington doctor Marcus L. "Marc" Pittman III, who heads Pittman Broadcasting Services LLL, which owns radio stations in Franklinton and Lafayette.

The station is only disseminating information and is not fielding questions. Plans call for keeping the station on the air "as many hours as possible each day."
Tim Harris of Access St. Tammany, the parish's cable television channel, said Parish Councilman Ken Burkhalter is lining up officials from throughout the parish for nightly programs to update residents about local efforts to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Davis said he seized the station because of failed communications sytems that hampered parish officials from getting information to residents.

The station recently was shut down and taken from Bob Namer by the Federal Trade Commission for non-payment of a legal judgement. The station's studios were in Metairie and its broadcast tower was just west of Covington High School. Pittman, using computer equipment from his radio stations, revived the station in a small building next to the tower. The station's broadcast signal carries throughout the parish.
 
Will WASO continue to broadcast after the emergency. Also, 'ASO's website is still up. No streaming though: http://www.hottalkradio.com

Don




> From:
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.> ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076602
>
>
> Tammany radio station providing information
> By Charlie Chapple
> St. Tammany bureau - Times Picayune
>
> St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, wielding emergency
> powers, has seized a closed radio station near Covington and
> is using it to relay information about local recovery
> efforts to parish residents.
>
> Radio station WASO, 730-AM, got on the air late Friday with
> the help of Covington doctor Marcus L. "Marc" Pittman III,
> who heads Pittman Broadcasting Services LLL, which owns
> radio stations in Franklinton and Lafayette.
>
> The station is only disseminating information and is not
> fielding questions. Plans call for keeping the station on
> the air "as many hours as possible each day."
> Tim Harris of Access St. Tammany, the parish's cable
> television channel, said Parish Councilman Ken Burkhalter is
> lining up officials from throughout the parish for nightly
> programs to update residents about local efforts to recover
> from Hurricane Katrina.
>
> Davis said he seized the station because of failed
> communications sytems that hampered parish officials from
> getting information to residents.
>
> The station recently was shut down and taken from Bob Namer
> by the Federal Trade Commission for non-payment of a legal
> judgement. The station's studios were in Metairie and its
> broadcast tower was just west of Covington High School.
> Pittman, using computer equipment from his radio stations,
> revived the station in a small building next to the tower.
> The station's broadcast signal carries throughout the
> parish.
>
 
Nope. WASO belongs to the Federal Government now. The website
is something Namer runs so it is not connected to the current
use by St. Tammany Parish. He must be going nuts over this.

> Will WASO continue to broadcast after the emergency. Also,
> 'ASO's website is still up. No streaming though:
> http://www.hottalkradio.com
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
> > From:
> http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.>
> ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076602
>
> >
> >
> > Tammany radio station providing information
> > By Charlie Chapple
> > St. Tammany bureau - Times Picayune
> >
> > St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, wielding
> emergency
> > powers, has seized a closed radio station near Covington
> and
> > is using it to relay information about local recovery
> > efforts to parish residents.
> >
> > Radio station WASO, 730-AM, got on the air late Friday
> with
> > the help of Covington doctor Marcus L. "Marc" Pittman III,
>
> > who heads Pittman Broadcasting Services LLL, which owns
> > radio stations in Franklinton and Lafayette.
> >
> > The station is only disseminating information and is not
> > fielding questions. Plans call for keeping the station on
> > the air "as many hours as possible each day."
> > Tim Harris of Access St. Tammany, the parish's cable
> > television channel, said Parish Councilman Ken Burkhalter
> is
> > lining up officials from throughout the parish for nightly
>
> > programs to update residents about local efforts to
> recover
> > from Hurricane Katrina.
> >
> > Davis said he seized the station because of failed
> > communications sytems that hampered parish officials from
> > getting information to residents.
> >
> > The station recently was shut down and taken from Bob
> Namer
> > by the Federal Trade Commission for non-payment of a legal
>
> > judgement. The station's studios were in Metairie and its
> > broadcast tower was just west of Covington High School.
> > Pittman, using computer equipment from his radio stations,
>
> > revived the station in a small building next to the tower.
>
> > The station's broadcast signal carries throughout the
> > parish.
> >
>
 
> Nope. WASO belongs to the Federal Government now. The
> website
> is something Namer runs so it is not connected to the
> current
> use by St. Tammany Parish. He must be going nuts over this.
>

Last night while watching WWL-TV on the web they where talking to the St Tammany Parish guy and he said "we took over a vacant radio station and its ours now and we are programming news and info for the parish"

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> > Nope. WASO belongs to the Federal Government now. The
> > website
> > is something Namer runs so it is not connected to the
> > current
> > use by St. Tammany Parish. He must be going nuts over
> this.
> >
>
> Last night while watching WWL-TV on the web they where
> talking to the St Tammany Parish guy and he said "we took
> over a vacant radio station and its ours now and we are
> programming news and info for the parish"
>

Gee, a radio station broadcasting for "the public interest". How refreshing.
 
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