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Author Topic: THE GUARDIAN on the demise of rural radio in USA  (Read 2753 times)

Offline pinto vortando

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Re: THE GUARDIAN on the demise of rural radio in USA
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2019, 1953 UTC »
Quote from: Pigmeat on June 22, 2019, 0759 UTC
Quote from: pinto vortando on June 21, 2019, 1953 UTC
Quote from: R4002 on June 21, 2019, 1122 UTC

AM in general, but yes.  A good example would be the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - local New Orleans AM stations (the ones that remained on the air anyway) were the only source of information for many people as everything else had been knocked out.

IIRC, WWL AM 870 remained on the air.

Yes, they did. 24/7 for weeks until the other stations could start to get back on the air. That was up there with Murrow and Cronkite relaying the Blitz live from London via SW in 1940.

WWL beams its 50kw northward and usually puts in a strong signal here at night.
First reports on early Monday morning following hurricane landfall seemed optimistic and indicated that the city of New Orleans avoided
a direct hit.  Then the levees started failing... 
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