[BC] Recovering from disasters

[RokprtMike@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/2006 7:22:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:
Enough of the city isn't subscribed to cable so stations scrambled to
do short LMAs to keep a signal on the air. WLIW (21) in Garden City,
as I recall, was used by one station for a short time. I was
surprised to find commercial programming on WLIW. Does the FCC
require an official waiver for a non-comm in cases of emergencies like these?


When the WTC tower was hit in 1993, a phone call or telegram would 
suffice. AT NBC that was taken care of by Lou Libin instant STA's.

WNBC went up on a spare cable bird with a scroll on all of the RCA/GE 
spacecraft with instructions on where to find the station. Instant 
Superstation.

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!

Mike Hemeon


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