[BC] Re: Skywave dying

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:13 PM 3/23/2007, Bailey, Scott wrote: -------

>The typical person who listens to major AM station is listening for
>local news, weather bulletins, ballgames, etc., and is only interested
>in what's going on in their market or local area. I realize when
>Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, WWL was a MAJOR source for news and
>info for the market, and this was great, but some people carried on
>about it needed to get info to listeners 600 miles away. That's why we
>have CNN for. DUH!

Normally I'd agree with you on that one. However, WWL did serve many 
of New Orleans' residents who had moved hundreds of miles away. 
WWL-TV was carried on one of my local DTV sub channels. If radio did 
even half the job the TV did they deserve every award in the book. It 
was community service the likes of which we rarely see today.

Rich

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