[BC] Traffic reports

[Glen Kippel]

Well, whenever I have to go to/through LA and I keep my radio on KNX, I do
wish they would use the names I'm familiar with, like the San Bernardino
Freeway or the Long Beach Freeway.  A "traffic tieup on the 10 at the 710"
doesn't mean quite the same to me.  I have to translate it into what I am
used to.

On 8/31/06, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
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> At 02:27 PM 8/31/2006, Scott Fybush wrote
> >I admit to being guilty of occasionally referencing the "Can of Worms"
> >when doing traffic here in Rochester. That's the long-gone name of the
> >nasty old interchange at I-490 and 590 on the east side of the city, and
> >even though the interchange itself was rebuilt many years ago, the locals
> >still use the name.
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>         This is a long-time problem in the Media.
>         Far too many reporters (not necessarily Scott,
>         who is hard working ... most of the time!) are
>         lazy and look for "shortcuts" in stories all
>         the time.
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>         Traffic locations is one symptom.  You have
>         only to look at the phrases and words used
>         on the cable channels (and now network news)
>         to see how superficial the understanding of
>         the news is by the reporters ... and how little
>         they care if the listener actually understands.
>
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