[BC] Weather format

[JIM GRAHAM]

I was standing next to an air talent one day when he said, "A Tornado Warning has been issued!  Details comin' up!"  Then started a commercial break.  I was stunned and thought 'what an idiot'!

Jim Graham

jgprods at bellsouth.net

--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Dave Dunsmoor <mrfixit at min.midco.net> wrote:


From: Dave Dunsmoor <mrfixit at min.midco.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Weather format
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:07 PM




> With super short fuse items like tornadoes and flash floods, simply
> waiting until the end of the song could mean a whole town is flattened or
> washed away without any notice.
>
> That's a TERRIBLE policy.