I was just getting ready for bed and put it on WBZ1030 AM, Boston. They have a talk show host doing call in’s and he’s getting tons of calls from folks in North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, etc. They are calling in saying they are without power so they put on the radio to see if they can get updates and most can only get WBZ and no local coverage so they are asking the host to give them updates and he is. So weird though. Does anyone know why they couldn’t get local coverage? I’m guessing it’s because the local stations are off the air and without power obviously, but it’s something I never thought of before. Most people in storms without electricity turn to the radio for info, but what good does it do if they local stations are down as well.
Very weird
It depends on location and how close they are to TV stations, maybe? For instance, I live near NAS Patuxent River but the TV stations that we get here are based out of Washington DC (hour and a half drive from here) or Baltimore (two hour drive from here) so we don’t get mentioned much on their newscasts.
More and more radio stations are now almost totally automated and have little or no capability of giving local information because they have such minimal staff, most of which has no idea how to do live radio.
It is a seriously frustrating thing to people like me who used to do live radio.