[BC] Fallout from Unattended Operation

[BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com]

ALLEN ,,

with what you wrote on unattended fm'er's in the WASHINGTON area, it 
brings to mind when I was working at, the now gone, WZLS here in 
ASHEVILLE, N. C.. a Saturday wintry morning it was back in 1999, the 
snow began to fall and getting worse as the hours past. as I kept up 
with the weather and warnings throughout the snowy morning, I got a 
call from a listener that had said the CC FM station here in town was 
saying what a good day it was going to be. sunny with some clouds off 
and on throughout the day.

well here in the mountains of western N. C. , the roads get bad 
quick, they get slicker than water rolling off a ducks back, and not 
to mention all the car wrecks. so needless to say CC had to live that 
one down, it took a while. I don't really believe in complete 
automation without a real live person being there. especially when 
you say you are the towns spoke person of the air, the home town radio station.
someone needs to be there if something happens bad or good, and 
relate the story to the listeners.

let me get off my soapbox now.

bill

In a message dated 5/5/2008 8:57:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
alanpeterson at earthlink.net writes:
The Washington DC area Radio TV website DCRTV.COM is abuzz this 
Monday with gripes about significant automation meltdowns on two 
highly visible stations.