[BC] The end of small town radio

[Craig Bowman]

How on earth could you have a radio station which does not announce 
school closings?  My AM's and FM are flooded with calls concerning 
closings until the word is out. The calls start the night before.  My 
son will sit in front of the TV changing channels with the radio on 
waiting for word.  If you want to make your prophecy come true then 
continue to give kids to not listen and they won't.  BTW, school 
closings are as much for parents as they are for kids.  When the schools 
close my day changes completely; daycare issues, etc.

Craig Bowman
Bowman Engineering
Local HDTV, Inc.
989-277-8835

On 2/6/2010 12:19 AM, Scott Bailey wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Scott Bailey
> WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN
>
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