[BC] The end of small town radio

[Scott Bailey]

Stu,
  
You have got that right!  Back in the 80's, where I managed a live, rural AM, we could sell school closings. These days, forget it! The kids get the info faster than we do!. We just make mention that the County Shools are closed today, and that's it. We get "0" calls for school closings. Technology has killed that for us little AM Stations, even in the rural areas.

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Scott Bailey
WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN
  
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Stu Engelke <engineer at nycradio.com>
>
> Our town and the schools have a "reverse 911" system that calls every 
> house on the list when the schools close at 5:?? in the morning. Wakes 
> us up in time to shut off the kids alarms.
> My phone and my kids phones get a text for the same reasons.
> 
> Information gets out a lot faster this way than trying to figure out 
> which station to listen to, when. I live between NYC and Philadelphia 
> and there is not much that is local. I can remember listening to WOR AM 
> or NJ101.5 for school closings and waiting 15 minutes for them to get to 
> the W's in the list. IMHO school closings are not for radio anymore.
> Stu
> 
> >  If they are getting it over the internet faster then you, better ask them to 
> >> let you know first, then tell somebody.