WTAG Emergency Service to Worcester County
by taxi - December 17, 2008 12:10pm
Brendan mentioned it when his power came back on and he could post something about it on Monday, and I re-discovered it yesterday when our power went out… WTAG (580 AM) has been pre-empting their regular programming since the ice storm began, and providing the kind of public information service to the region that no other media outlet has apparently been willing to do.
Last night at the City Council meeting, one of the councilors called attention to this ongoing effort at WTAG, and suggested that the council make some motion to recognize what a valuable service and contribution to the problem solving they have been making, and are continuing to make even now, six days into this natural disaster.
There’s really no comparison… when the lights are out, there’s no TV, there’s no internet, and you don’t know what’s going to happen next, having a cheezy little battery operated AM radio that spits out a running live broadcast about where to go for shelter, what the electric crews are doing, what the city officials are announcing, and everything else you might want to know… Well, all I can say is THAT is what makes the difference.