LOCAL RADIO SAVES LIVES. I know I’ve been yelling about the importance of radio localism for decades. I was an expert on it when I was a professor. I mean, an FCC Chairman threw me out of a consolidation hearing for literally yelling once (OK, there was singing, too). LOCAL RADIO IS IMPORTANT!!!!
AM/FM radio is likely the only lifeline right now to most people in a US city of 95,000 apnews.com/article/hurr...
Floodwaters pushed by remnants of Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina’s largest mountain city largely cut off by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service.
For more reinforcement: > Because it was the middle of the night, there were few people at local radio stations, all operated by Clear Channel with mostly automated programming. No formal emergency warnings were issued for several hours while Minot officials located station managers at home.