No word on this forum yet, about Irma?
From here in NE Pennsy, I had gone 2-3-4 times a day to the Houston-Galveston board during Hurricane Harvey for updates (The stream of KTRH 740 in Houston was in their usual IHeart/Paramount/Tri-Star production mode, sonically treating the disaster as it it were some Labor Day promotion. But that's another story). A fellow on the Houston board kept the readers updated quite well.
But how about South Florida radio/TV? Are they laying in supplies and Vienna sausages and V-8 and batteries and generator fuel or they headed to higher ground?
Back around 1990, when Hurricane Hugo menaced the region, 'The Big Ape' Jacksonville was on its 50,000 watt omni day pattern all night. In Philly they were almost as loud as neighboring WFAN 660 and WOR 710.
Of course, they were WOKV at the time ; they'll always be the Big Ape to me.
So a) does South or Central Florida have any big-powered AM signals to act similarly?
b) are any of the stations 'live' on Saturday nights?
c) are there that many eager volunteers available on call at, say, WINZ, who would say, 'Yeah. What the heck. I don't have a date tonight. Gimme a few sixes of Miller and I'll have a bash at DJing' ?
d) with all the social devices extant in 2017, is any kind of emergency radio broadcast that important anymore?
I don't mean to make jokes here. I've been on mic at music stations through two blizzards and two hurricanes. I'm simply asking about what the priorities are vis-a-vis radio's reach in 2017 -- and on a weekend. After all, the affected area has had at least 5 days to decide which way to turn.
From here in NE Pennsy, I had gone 2-3-4 times a day to the Houston-Galveston board during Hurricane Harvey for updates (The stream of KTRH 740 in Houston was in their usual IHeart/Paramount/Tri-Star production mode, sonically treating the disaster as it it were some Labor Day promotion. But that's another story). A fellow on the Houston board kept the readers updated quite well.
But how about South Florida radio/TV? Are they laying in supplies and Vienna sausages and V-8 and batteries and generator fuel or they headed to higher ground?
Back around 1990, when Hurricane Hugo menaced the region, 'The Big Ape' Jacksonville was on its 50,000 watt omni day pattern all night. In Philly they were almost as loud as neighboring WFAN 660 and WOR 710.
Of course, they were WOKV at the time ; they'll always be the Big Ape to me.
So a) does South or Central Florida have any big-powered AM signals to act similarly?
b) are any of the stations 'live' on Saturday nights?
c) are there that many eager volunteers available on call at, say, WINZ, who would say, 'Yeah. What the heck. I don't have a date tonight. Gimme a few sixes of Miller and I'll have a bash at DJing' ?
d) with all the social devices extant in 2017, is any kind of emergency radio broadcast that important anymore?
I don't mean to make jokes here. I've been on mic at music stations through two blizzards and two hurricanes. I'm simply asking about what the priorities are vis-a-vis radio's reach in 2017 -- and on a weekend. After all, the affected area has had at least 5 days to decide which way to turn.
