[grc] the relevance of local radio

[Donna Dibianco]

Thank you Todd,        This is where community radio stations have and will continue to prevail! 
Stations like WWOZ, Katrina Radio and KWVH-LP were the first to be 'on the scene' in times of disaster.A subject, I have experience in and will offer to this years' GRC Conference if there's interest. 
Keep an eye out  for "Disaster Reporting" 
 Donna DiBiancoStation Start-up Specialist
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    On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 9:05 AM, dragon via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
 

 Some of you may be aware of the wildfire in Alberta Canada that has hit
Fort McMurray and its suburbs. 80,000 people are being evacuated! As
cell towers either burned, or lost their network connection, there was
one thing that most all residents did in common... they turned on their
radios!

I just finished watching some news feeds, including several interviews
where people were complaining that they couldn't get any information
about what was going on because all of the radio stations were playing
music. There were even tweets about it from people that had gotten to
where cell signal was available. Reports seem to indicate that there are
some TV stations doing a better job but not many cars and trucks have TV
tuners in them. That means that when you are being evacuated and stuck
in traffic jams as the fire is jumping the road in front of you the
radio is your best friend.

...unless it is just playing music.

Remember to be relevant to your communities.

-Todd

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