[BC] Interesting sign-offs and Tech Difficulties

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:51 AM 8/21/2006, RokprtMike at aol.com wrote: -------

>We also had a LPTV station set up on Channel 4 from what is now the roof of
>the Fox Building where NBC uplinks the network from. It was commando 
>TV at its
>  best!

That's what I'd expect. In such a serious emergency logic says drop 
the rules and do what you have to to get service to the market. I had 
cable and no master antenna in the building. I do know the only full 
power signal available was WCBS-TV in both WTC incidents.

I didn't need a TV. I witnessed the whole second event from the West 
Side Highway a half mile away. Fortunately, the wind was blowing 
South, so I didn't get any of the dust and debris. To this day I 
can't watch anything related to 9/11 without reliving the whole 
thing. I'm told it's something like post traumatic stress syndrome. 
I've never witnessed such horror in my life.

I don't know what happened between WTC and Katrina but FEMA wouldn't 
let me alone. I was in the "blast zone" below 14th Street and was 
offered replacement air conditioners, relocation money if I wanted it 
and all sorts of assistance I didn't need. Not a day passed for weeks 
that I didn't receive a phone call or letter with some offer of 
assistance. To get home I had to show ID as proof I lived in the area.

The journalist in me must have surfaced because I had no fear 
reaction. I spent the day doing eyewitness reports for stations 
around the country. The horror comes out now when I see that 
God-awful video clip of the towers collapsing.

I was very proud of my industry in the way it was handled. Arbitron 
did a presentation at a convention showing the numbers of WINS 
exceeding anything they'd ever seen before. Absolutely huge numbers.

Rich

Rich Wood
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