[BC] The end of small town radio

[Scott Bailey]

Chip,
   This is one time I'm going to disagree with you. Kids are not listening to AM Radio. Adults do. This is not the 1970's or 80's. Kids and even the parents get this info way before I do, so why bother?  

   We haven't stopped yet, but I think I'm going to. Seem kids down to 5 years old have a cell phone and can use it better than I can. Driving Conditions are more important to me than announcing the county schools being closed, and we only cover one county.  We have over 60% of our town working in somewhere in Nashville. I feel clogging up time mentioning that the county schools are closed is a waste of time compaired to driving conditions. We do traffic reports Monday thru Friday, regarless of the weather.

  Besides, the TV stations in this mareket are giving out the information at 4:30 AM in the morning, I'm a daytimer, and my nighttime power doesn't cover the whole city. At 6:00 AM, is when the adults are trying to make it to work. They need to know what's ahead of them. We are on pre-sunrise power by then.

  The kids are sleeping while we mention the county schools are closed. The people going to work in the snow mess is more important.

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Scott Bailey
WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN
  
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> Scott:
> 
> I think you really have to announce school closings.  For one thing,  
> not everyone has a cell phone, and not everyone receives texts.  If  
> you want to ensure my wife won't get a message, send here a SMS!  Her  
> parents are worse.
> 
> I will bet your county has an e-mail and text messaging system that  
> sends out a lot of information.  My county does.  I get the really  
> important stuff, evacuations and road closing, sent to my iPhone via  
> text.  Everything else that I am subscribed to gets received as e-mail.
> 
> You should subscribe to the school closing part of it and you will  
> know within moments of the kids.
> 
> --chip