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Weather coverage

TheDingo

TheDingo

Why is it, that severe weather coverage is extremely spotty in recent years fom the radio? Multiple posible tornadoes passing through the listening area, and the big boys cumulus and clear channel don't seem to care! WAFF saying they are simulcasting on the CC stations, NOT ONE OF THEM WAS CARRYING IT!! The only one that did an acceptable job was Rocket City Broadcasting, with Rocket 95.1, WAHR and WLOR (though WAHR put an annoying bed behind it). These big boys need to get their crap together and start caring atleast enough about listeners to tell them that a tornado is heading their way. Doing it between songs isn't cutting it, people will be scanning around the dial looking for information, not stopping on every station and listening through a song to see if they will say anything, that's just stupid. They seem to think that because it isn't in their target audience... and as I'm typing this, kudos to Rocked City Broadcasting (explaining why they do this to those who may be in the clear an wanting to hear music).... that nobody cares, a 100kw signal (WDRM, WZYP etc...) can travel farther than the Huntsville city limits, people outside of Huntsville listen! Forget about the idiots complaining about not playing music, peoples lives could be in danger! The least these guys could do is actually simulcast WAFF when they are supposed to, not everybody has a TV nearby, radio may be their only source of information, and saying it between songs just does not cut it!<P ID="signature">______________
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> Why is it, that severe weather coverage is extremely spotty
> in recent years fom the radio? Multiple posible tornadoes
> passing through the listening area, and the big boys cumulus
> and clear channel don't seem to care! WAFF saying they are
> simulcasting on the CC stations, NOT ONE OF THEM WAS
> CARRYING IT!! The only one that did an acceptable job was
> Rocket City Broadcasting, with Rocket 95.1, WAHR and WLOR
> (though WAHR put an annoying bed behind it). These big boys
> need to get their crap together and start caring atleast
> enough about listeners to tell them that a tornado is
> heading their way. Doing it between songs isn't cutting it,
> people will be scanning around the dial looking for
> information, not stopping on every station and listening
> through a song to see if they will say anything, that's just
> stupid. They seem to think that because it isn't in their
> target audience... and as I'm typing this, kudos to Rocked
> City Broadcasting (explaining why they do this to those who
> may be in the clear an wanting to hear music).... that
> nobody cares, a 100kw signal (WDRM, WZYP etc...) can travel
> farther than the Huntsville city limits, people outside of
> Huntsville listen! Forget about the idiots complaining about
> not playing music, peoples lives could be in danger! The
> least these guys could do is actually simulcast WAFF when
> they are supposed to, not everybody has a TV nearby, radio
> may be their only source of information, and saying it
> between songs just does not cut it!
>
Most of the radio stations, I know of, are the same way. They might speak of the impending bad weather for a few minutes but then, its back to talk and music.

This doesn't make much sense to me, since we depend on the media outlets, to keep us informed when bad weather is occuring in our particular area.

You are so right and it's time to hold these broadcasters accountable for not keeping their audience informed, when the bad weather was and still is occuring.

RDP <><

P.S. Thank God I own and use my Weather Radio and watch the Weather Channel. They are a lifesaver and will give me more info, than these so-called Radio and TV stations ever will, when severe weather does strike my area.
 
> P.S. Thank God I own and use my Weather Radio and watch the
> Weather Channel. They are a lifesaver and will give me more
> info, than these so-called Radio and TV stations ever will,
> when severe weather does strike my area.

I'm new to the area, and I'm not going to pass judgment... There was good information being passed along by 97.7 The Peach (which is a Class A signal that I can get in my car where I live here in Alabaster, AL.) TV out of Birmingham was strong last night with coverage, with plenty of warnings about severe weather heading our way. Both CBS and FOX (the only two I happened to catch) had good extended 10 PM news concentrating on the impending storms. I slept through the storms last night, but my Dad (who happened to be in town) told me that the severe weather hit here around 2 AM.

Severe weather is, obviously, a major weakness to voice tracking. To be fair, I usually listen to Sirius, but I sampled local radio last night to hear what the local coverage would be.

Conclusion: I need to buy a NOAH weather radio for my apartment.
 
> > P.S. Thank God I own and use my Weather Radio and watch
> the
> > Weather Channel. They are a lifesaver and will give me
> more
> > info, than these so-called Radio and TV stations ever
> will,
> > when severe weather does strike my area.
>
> I'm new to the area, and I'm not going to pass judgment...
> There was good information being passed along by 97.7 The
> Peach (which is a Class A signal that I can get in my car
> where I live here in Alabaster, AL.) TV out of Birmingham
> was strong last night with coverage, with plenty of warnings
> about severe weather heading our way. Both CBS and FOX (the
> only two I happened to catch) had good extended 10 PM news
> concentrating on the impending storms. I slept through the
> storms last night, but my Dad (who happened to be in town)
> told me that the severe weather hit here around 2 AM.
>
> Severe weather is, obviously, a major weakness to voice
> tracking. To be fair, I usually listen to Sirius, but I
> sampled local radio last night to hear what the local
> coverage would be.
>
> Conclusion: I need to buy a NOAH weather radio for my
> apartment.
>

I flipped over to the Bham coverage after the threat had passed up here, and those guys down there jumped right on it. I listened mainly to abc 33/40 coverage via 106.9. The huntsville guys, just don't seem to care<P ID="signature">______________
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> Why is it, that severe weather coverage is extremely spotty
> in recent years fom the radio? Multiple posible tornadoes
> passing through the listening area, and the big boys cumulus
> and clear channel don't seem to care! WAFF saying they are
> simulcasting on the CC stations, NOT ONE OF THEM WAS
> CARRYING IT!! The only one that did an acceptable job was
> Rocket City Broadcasting, with Rocket 95.1, WAHR and WLOR
> (though WAHR put an annoying bed behind it). These big boys
> need to get their crap together and start caring atleast
> enough about listeners to tell them that a tornado is
> heading their way. Doing it between songs isn't cutting it,
> people will be scanning around the dial looking for
> information, not stopping on every station and listening
> through a song to see if they will say anything, that's just
> stupid. They seem to think that because it isn't in their
> target audience... and as I'm typing this, kudos to Rocked
> City Broadcasting (explaining why they do this to those who
> may be in the clear an wanting to hear music).... that
> nobody cares, a 100kw signal (WDRM, WZYP etc...) can travel
> farther than the Huntsville city limits, people outside of
> Huntsville listen! Forget about the idiots complaining about
> not playing music, peoples lives could be in danger! The
> least these guys could do is actually simulcast WAFF when
> they are supposed to, not everybody has a TV nearby, radio
> may be their only source of information, and saying it
> between songs just does not cut it!
>

Actually 106.1 did symulcast for a while but only when Madison county was under a warning which I thought was dumb. I know what you mean. You used to not have any trouble getting TV simulcasts on radio in bad weather.
 
> > > P.S. Thank God I own and use my Weather Radio and watch
> > the
> > > Weather Channel. They are a lifesaver and will give me
> > more
> > > info, than these so-called Radio and TV stations ever
> > will,
> > > when severe weather does strike my area.
> >
> > I'm new to the area, and I'm not going to pass judgment...
>
> > There was good information being passed along by 97.7 The
> > Peach (which is a Class A signal that I can get in my car
> > where I live here in Alabaster, AL.) TV out of Birmingham
>
> > was strong last night with coverage, with plenty of
> warnings
> > about severe weather heading our way. Both CBS and FOX
> (the
> > only two I happened to catch) had good extended 10 PM news
>
> > concentrating on the impending storms. I slept through
> the
> > storms last night, but my Dad (who happened to be in town)
>
> > told me that the severe weather hit here around 2 AM.
> >
> > Severe weather is, obviously, a major weakness to voice
> > tracking. To be fair, I usually listen to Sirius, but I
> > sampled local radio last night to hear what the local
> > coverage would be.
> >
> > Conclusion: I need to buy a NOAH weather radio for my
> > apartment.
> >
>
> I flipped over to the Bham coverage after the threat had
> passed up here, and those guys down there jumped right on
> it. I listened mainly to abc 33/40 coverage via 106.9. The
> huntsville guys, just don't seem to care
>
BamaWolf is showing his ignorance of radio again! WDRM has it's own AMA meteorologist on staff, Jerral Miller, who was head of the Huntsville office of the NWS for many years. Jerral was on the air with updates every six minutes. The other FM stations in the cluster were checking weather at least twice an hour until there was an imminent threat of tornadoes and then both WTAK and WQRV were indeed wall-to-wall with WAFF's coverage. Pay a little more attention next time.
 
> > > > P.S. Thank God I own and use my Weather Radio and
> watch
> > > the
> > > > Weather Channel. They are a lifesaver and will give
> me
> > > more
> > > > info, than these so-called Radio and TV stations ever
> > > will,
> > > > when severe weather does strike my area.
> > >
> > > I'm new to the area, and I'm not going to pass
> judgment...
> >
> > > There was good information being passed along by 97.7
> The
> > > Peach (which is a Class A signal that I can get in my
> car
> > > where I live here in Alabaster, AL.) TV out of
> Birmingham
> >
> > > was strong last night with coverage, with plenty of
> > warnings
> > > about severe weather heading our way. Both CBS and FOX
> > (the
> > > only two I happened to catch) had good extended 10 PM
> news
> >
> > > concentrating on the impending storms. I slept through
> > the
> > > storms last night, but my Dad (who happened to be in
> town)
> >
> > > told me that the severe weather hit here around 2 AM.
> > >
> > > Severe weather is, obviously, a major weakness to voice
> > > tracking. To be fair, I usually listen to Sirius, but I
>
> > > sampled local radio last night to hear what the local
> > > coverage would be.
> > >
> > > Conclusion: I need to buy a NOAH weather radio for my
> > > apartment.
> > >
> >
> > I flipped over to the Bham coverage after the threat had
> > passed up here, and those guys down there jumped right on
> > it. I listened mainly to abc 33/40 coverage via 106.9. The
>
> > huntsville guys, just don't seem to care
> >
> BamaWolf is showing his ignorance of radio again! WDRM has
> it's own AMA meteorologist on staff, Jerral Miller, who was
> head of the Huntsville office of the NWS for many years.
> Jerral was on the air with updates every six minutes. The
> other FM stations in the cluster were checking weather at
> least twice an hour until there was an imminent threat of
> tornadoes and then both WTAK and WQRV were indeed
> wall-to-wall with WAFF's coverage. Pay a little more
> attention next time.
>

every 6 minutes... hmm... like I said... BETWEEN SONGS... when I'm crammed in a little closet with 2 other people, with a possible tornado heading for my house, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR MUSIC, I want wall to wall coverage

WTAK and WQRV DID go wall to wall.... after several warnings for Madison & Limestone County... not when there was a possible tornado north of Athens, while they had a camera out on hwy 72, and said they hoped those people driving around were listening to their coverage on the cc radio stations ( I checked, NOT ONE OF THEM had WAFF on right then)

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