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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 22:36:10 GMT
STORMZILLA is zooming in on Washington DC and surrounding states along the eastern seaboard of the Homeland. The ALPB hopes all the best to our member radio stations in the storm zone. As long as you are able, please post condition updates to this news thread. THE SLATEST FRIDAY 5:34 PM EST
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 0:11:06 GMT
THE WORST ENDS AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAYHeavy snow and strong winds are expected to persist from now until overnight Saturday, when things are forecast to calm down, leaving a massive dump of snow in the Washington DC area. NOAA for DC
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 2:14:42 GMT
TUNE IN STAY TUNEDWe talk about keeping the station live during severe weather to provide essential information. WTOP, "Washington's Top Talk," 103.5 FM, is doing that right now during the epic storm now unleashing. WTOP WASHINGTON DC WEBSITE & STREAM
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 14:57:57 GMT
HOW TO REPORT DISASTERS
Through the night KDX, located in the relatively calm midwaste of the Homeland, has been monitoring WTOP in Washington DC for up to date coverage of the massive winter storm that will continue through the day today.
This morning the show hosts mentioned that their station's 4-wheel vehicle has so far made eleven trips to bring staff members to work and in the process made on-the-road reports about stalled trucks, cars, plow progress and other sightings.
Re-broadcasting these reports is suddenly an interesting idea, but what do we know about the legality of re-broadcasting emergency transmissions from another station?
Not sure, but as a NEWS EVENT re-transmission might be automatically legal.
More sure that normal re-transmission requires permission IN ADVANCE, which in the case of a calamity might not be possible unless the event is predicted at a very early stage.
Ask the ALPB by attending the next regular meeting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 18:27:40 GMT
The Appeal of Reports from the Storm
Hearing on-location reports of the massive storm on the eastern seaboard of the Homeland coming from WTOP reminded us of a previous experience back in 2006.
A major ice storm was moving north-east across Oklahoma on-course straight toward the Internet Building here on the shore of the Mississippi River. Already curious about the growing trend of web radio stations, we began searching streams coming from the center of the storm. We found a relatively small AM station in Aurora, Missouri, at the border with Oklahoma.
KSWM, News Talk 940, was doing things right. Two reporters had their desk looking out a large window where they could see trees ice up right on the station grounds, taking calls from listeners from several surrounding communities talking of power outages and road mishaps.
At that time I sought other stations in the advancing path with no luck. The other stations had no live coverage and were running normal programming.
A part 15 radio station may not have useful transmitter coverage close to home, but could potentially become a great national source for tapping in on storm coverage at its location.
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Post by bluebucketradio on Jan 26, 2016 9:23:07 GMT
We started out with a dusting of snow , then just really cold temps followed up with freezing rain then the rest of the week a foot of snow fell on the Appalachian Mountains. This morning we are at 40 degrees as i write this and our forecast calls for rain again, possibly mixed with sleet. School is closed again Monday and Tuesday as road conditions are still unsafe for transport of students to and from their homes.
At some point the temperature dipped down to the single digits making me a bit nervous about our water pipes but luckily they stayed intact.
Weather Watcher and our Acurite weather station both got a work out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 10:33:29 GMT
That Report Came from Kentucky
Thank you Blue Bucket Radio for your early morning storm report.
It reminds me of another radio news disaster event that happened in the 1960s at a daytime station where I had the misleading title of "news director."
The title did not bestow any authority nor extra pay in my direction, it only meant that I had the added job of opening the news releases mailed to the station and deciding whether to use it or pitch it.
Something big happened, I forget what. A tornado? Earthquake? Assassination? War? Funny, I don't remember.
But whatever it was, a friend of mine who'd been hired as "the other news reader" saw it as the opportunity to go "all news." Ordinarily it was a music station with 5-minutes of news per hour. He converted a store-room into a news bureau and went full-time news, the music host sitting by looking puzzled.
In his fury to be top professional my friend got annoyed when I refused to follow his instructions and suggested to the boss that I be fired.
The boss fired him, because he'd never received authority to change the station's format.
Friends can be like that sometimes.
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