IceManNYR 222 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 WNBC, WABC, and WNYW are live covering a power outage on the Upper East Side. Sandra Bookman, Joe Torres, and Jim Dolan are live on scene for WABC. Andrew Siff is reporting on WNBC. Andrea Day reporting for WNYW. (New York-WABC- June 27, 2007) - Con Ed is tells Eyewitness News that several thousand customers are without power in various parts of New York City. Con Ed says the situation happened shortly after 3 p.m. The affected areas include the east side of Manhattan and the Southwest Bronx. The source of the power problems is not yet known, although published reports say an explosion this afternoon at an electrical substation is the cause. Con Ed reports at least 78,000 customers in Manhattan without power. and in the Bronx 57,000 customers in the Bronx without power. Con Ed says they are investigating the possibility of lightning strike somewhere on their system. A lighting strike at an upstate substation that triggered the 1977 blackout that left NYC without power for a day and a half. But again, con Con Ed has not confirmed the source of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morningnewsfan 0 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 WNYW is also live reporting the issue. This story didn't concern me but I enjoyed WABC's coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Odd that WCBS is MIA from coverage. WABC seemed ready to cover this. I guess the reporters were already out to cover the hot weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canitgetanyworse 0 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 WCBS did not go live with this story until 4:55 !!! 4, 5 & 7 had coverage from about or prior to 4:30. Even 9 & 11 had live cut ins. Now you could make the argument this is overkill because the very people that would need the information were without power for their TV's anyway. And those with power wouldn't find it so compelling to stick with it. The crisis is ending right now anyway. Questions- Could a crawl have covered this just as well? Was wall to wall justified even though it wasn't reaching those most concerend? Will JJ turn out to be a better lead in afterall to the news at 5? Were the prince and princess at WCBS just not ready to go live and were caught in the makeup chair? This should be interesting to see how it plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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