[Friday Morning QuarterBack is a major radio industry trade publication.] Clear Channel Improves Emergency Preparedness FMQB
July 7, 2006 http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=241010 Clear Channel Radio is rolling out multiple backup hubs and developing an emergency satellite system to ensure communication in the case of an emergency or disaster. Radio transmitters, studio equipment and news gathering packages have already been installed in trucks and RVs at Clear Channel Radio hub cities, including Tulsa, Philadelphia, Orlando, San Diego, Atlanta and Sacramento. The hub cities will also house generators, satellite phones, fuel, supplies, and even a portable tower on a trailer. Several sites have already been set up with a focus on hurricane-prone areas and more will be in service before the end of the year. Also, the new emergency backup satellite system will enable any of the company's local radio studios to broadcast their programming directly to any of the company's tower sites when microwave links or land lines are down. If emergencies force Clear Channel news teams and announcers to evacuate their studios, the satellite equipment will enable the crews in affected areas to broadcast from alternative, nearby locations and still provide listeners with up-to-date information. The emergency backup satellite systems are now being deployed in all of the Gulf Coast states, and future deployments in expanded markets are also planned. ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 antunes at uh dot edu Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
