Our stations started booking hotel rooms last Friday and Saturday, for what we knew would be extended hotel stays near our stations,” said Ramsey. “We knew in the middle of last week that this was going to be a historic Texas storm, and we were largely prepared for the storm itself. TEGNA stations cover 87% of households in the state and the station group has nearly 1,200 employees across Texas. As senior vice president, Ramsey also oversees stations in 11 Texas markets. 22 about their preparation for the winter weather. TEGNA Senior Vice President Brad Ramsey, president and general manager at ABC affiliate WFAA Dallas, Texas, spoke with TVSpy on Feb. “And it was just like the worst feeling because I only had three cases in my car.” “People just started coming out of their homes because they saw people were gathering around me and they saw that I was holding a water case and they were like, ‘Hey, can we get a case, can we get a case, can we get some water,’” Contractor said. Volunteer Amatullah Contractor helped coordinate a food and water drive on February 25 in the historically Black neighborhood after seeing the extraordinary need when she dropped off a few cases of water earlier in the week. After the storm that left more than 8 million under a boil water advisory, some communities had not been able to bounce back as quickly even when the notice was lifted, highlighting racial inequities. Some in Houston’s Fifth Ward still had burst water pipes in their homes that had not been fixed, forcing them to rely on borrowed water and bottled water to bathe, cook, drink, wash dishes, flush the toilet and brush teeth. University of Houston’s Houston Public Media reported on February 26 on those in the Houston area who were still without water a week after the winter storm. Houston Public Media Spotlights Water Crisis “Because everything is being done remotely right now it is more difficult than just doing current information over song intros, so the jocks had to stay on top of the changing weather and get into the RVT system to keep the listeners informed, but they know the drill and I was pleased with their performances.”
“Our engineering staff has worked hard over the last year to get the stations to a point where we are confident about their stability,” he said. “103.3 Country” WKDF, one of the cluster’s country stations along with “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM, had a 15-second blip Saturday night that Cook says may or may not have been weather-related. “I am pleased that all five of our stations stayed on without any issues,” Cumulus Media VP and Nashville area manager Charlie Cook told Country Insider. Radio stations across Nashville in stayed on-air and broadcasting through emergency flooding during the end of March flooding.
Nashville Stations Lead Coverage Through Flood Emergency “This is one of those moments that just so accentuates the immediate intimate relationship between radio and listeners, and we are here for you,” said WWL host Scott “Scoot” Paisant. Many callers were listening in with old battery-powered radios. The station fielded thousands of calls from listeners with pleas for help, requests for information about loved ones and questions about general information like where to find gas. They slept on air mattresses, relied on a stockpile of snacks and nonperishable food and hosts worked double shifts, all in an effort to provide round-the-clock coverage. Known among locals as the “hurricane station,” 19 station employees moved into WWL’s studios the day before to ride out the storm and keep the station broadcasting 24 hours a day to cover the aftermath and provide support for residents in need.
‘Hurricane Station’ WWL Acts as a Lifeline to Powerless CityĪfter Hurricane Ida left most of New Orleans without power, air conditioning and television, Audacy’s WWL AM/FM New Orleans, La., remained on the air and provided a reliable link between their listeners and the outside world.
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