I don't understand why DJ shows on college radio stations are stopping, though. Unless the colleges themselves are closed up tight?
Although I *swear* I heard yesterday on WTIC 1080 AM that all restaurants in Connecticut will be closed (but supermarkets stay open), apparently that is (happily) NOT the case. Restaurants are still open in CT. I believe CT is also banning gatherings above 250, like in other states.
The Irish bars in New Haven may have curtailed business on St. Patrick's Day though. Last I heard, the mayor is thinking of instituting some rules where only so many patrons can be in each bar/restaurant at a time, and they have to sit further apart than usual.
I really hope all this coronavirus crap ends soon... *sigh*.
I have been involved with Salem State University (MA) radio ever since the 1980s when I was a student there—I help out with weekend programming. The university is closing for two weeks as a precaution. The Tufts university station (Medford MA) is supposedly closed till the end of April. In both cases automation runs music, but no DJs.
The Tufts station is trying to convince the university or station bigwigs to let them go on, saying they are confined to a small building and have good security, etc. Not sure they will succeed.