Out of town on business...dialed in online to WBAP and hearing Brad Barton and team are all over the tornados. Guessing others were too. Technology is great...sitting in another city, called the wife to warn her, and she was at a beauty shop without knowing it was coming. She was right under the heaviest part of the storm and was able to take cover. Amazing!
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(noted at 9:15 PM)
Of Course all the FM's dropped the ball.
88.9 FM was on it,
96.3 was mentioning it.
96.7/820 was all over it
1080 was talking about Money
570/1700 was talking about Tornado Safety
Couldn't hear 660, completely obliterated by static.
1400 KGVL was playing Nowhere To Run (
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1500 KJIM was still on the air covering the storms<Talk About Servicing Your City!
Of Course all the FM's dropped the ball.
88.9 FM was on it,
96.3 was mentioning it.
96.7/820 was all over it
1080 was talking about Money
570/1700 was talking about Tornado Safety
Couldn't hear 660, completely obliterated by static.
1400 KGVL was playing Nowhere To Run (
)1500 KJIM was still on the air covering the storms<Talk About Servicing Your City!
LibertyNT said:(noted at 9:15 PM)
Of Course all the FM's dropped the ball.
88.9 FM was on it,
96.3 was mentioning it.
96.7/820 was all over it
1080 was talking about Money
570/1700 was talking about Tornado Safety
Couldn't hear 660, completely obliterated by static.
1400 KGVL was playing Nowhere To Run (
1500 KJIM was still on the air covering the storms<Talk About Servicing Your City!
Of course, most dropped the ball.
They do not serve the public any longer.
They serve themselves.
Tony
All I can say is that from the online listening tonight, 96.7FM/820AM didn't drop the ball. They've been going non-stop for about 3 hours by now. Never took a commercial break. Brad and Mark Watkins have been rock solid. Gotta assume 1080 was on it too....at least there are a couple of radio stations that really take public service to heart.
tommydavis said:
Proving that all radio stations are not alike.
But honestly, most simply ignore or give lip service to something as dangerous as tornadoes.
Tony
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Onesimus
Guest
I listened to storm coverage from WBAP near Louisville,KY tonight and was really impressed by Mark Watkins and the meteorologist. I don't think I've ever heard so many EAS alerts in a two hour period.
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MikeShannon914
Guest
Barton's contract wasn't renewed in Aug 2009 after 31 yrs at KRLD. A while later, WBAP dropped traffic gal Laura Houston from the payroll and used the savings to put Brad on the air there. Mark Watkins was laid off the same day as Barton; he recently joined WBAP.
MikeShannon914 said:
Traffic gal?
What is this? The 1960's?
Tony
MikeShannon914 said:
Got an update on Laura Houston? She is missed.
I thought she was still there. She was filling in for Randy Fuller in the 5:00 hour in the morning a while back, I thought
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dfaulkner
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I hear Laura Houston on BAP most mornings. Maybe she works for a traffic reporting service now.
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dfaulkner
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Startd listening to Brad Barton/Mark Watkins on BAP about 8:20 that evening. They & the reporters they had on the street following the storms were doing an awesome job.
Also, around 09:30 - 10:00 heard KRLD & KLIF doing continuous strom coverage.
Mostly listened to WBAP.
Also, around 09:30 - 10:00 heard KRLD & KLIF doing continuous strom coverage.
Mostly listened to WBAP.
In contrast about all of the significant stations and even some lessers were wall-to-wall running TV weather audio. People actually left work early, places closed, and people took cover. Our series of storms were intense trying to cover, but radio this time did an OUTSTANDING job of getting information out. I'm pretty sure it saved lives.
Up here in OKC.
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OpenMike73
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MikeShannon914 said:
This is Brad. I need to correct a few things...again...Mike.
Six long-time CBS Radio employees were laid off without notice Aug. 6, 2009 contracts notwithstanding. I was working without a contract for several months and had already agreed to a signficant pay cut before I was laid off. It was not a 'non-renewal' situation but of course, you could not have known that because you were uninformed. Legal details of my severance from CBS are sealed. Unless my lawyer or the CBS lawyer talked to you, you are uninformed about those things as well.
My hiring at WBAP had NOTHING to do with Laura and Monty's Metro employment which took place months before I was even on the beach. And again, unless you have access to the WBAP budget line-items, there is absolutely no way you could have known where my compensation came from or comes from because you were and still are remarkably uninformed about that matter.
To all, thanks for the kind words about WBAP's weather coverage. By far, this is the best place I have ever worked.
Brad, NICE job on the storm that night. Although you did give me a scare when you said something to the effect of "you shouldn't be driving on 35W north of 820 right now." Which, of course, was exactly where I was. I hightailed it north. Appreciate your work.
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