mrschimpf 2059 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Lindsay Slater from WISN went to WJCL in Savannah, and I'm sure she is far from the only Hearster that's helping them out this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1678 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 [quote name='mrschimpf']Lindsay Slater from WISN went to WJCL in Savannah, and I'm sure she is far from the only Hearster that's helping them out this week.[/QUOTE] I wonder if it’s NBC Hearst affiliates appearing on other HTV NBC affiliates and the same for ABC. I haven’t seen the WCVB person on WBAL or others. Maybe it has to do with rights - packages they may cut include footage from the network that would be embargoed on other networks. [B]Update: [/B]@mre29 pointed out that Meteorologist AJ Barnett from WCVB has appeared on WYFF and WXII. [quote name='mre29']Problem there is that AJ Burnett is from WCVB, an ABC affiliate, but is appearing on NBC affiliates (WXII and WYFF) during this coverage.[/QUOTE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 WSAZ has sent a reporter and video journalist to help sister station WITN. http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/WSAZ-crew-packs-up-for-Hurricane-Florence-coverage-493057771.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Could it be possible to relocate to another ABC affiliate or a station they share resources with? Still wouldn't get them closer than WUSA. WRIC is a sister of WAVY, so that doesn't help them in Richmond. I'd be curious to see if Gray stations help out Raycom stations before the purchase here by sending reporters or crews? Gray has only one station in the direct path (and a few in the fringes), while Raycom has at least 5 stations facing a direct hit along with more nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 259 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I already mentioned that Mariel Ruiz and Erika Ferrando from KTHV in Little Rock is in Charlotte assisting with WCNC on their coverage of Florence. [MEDIA=twitter]1040032310446444545[/MEDIA] And Kevin Harned from WAVE 3 is in Columbia, SC helping out with WIS-TV's coverage. [MEDIA=twitter]1040167590428110848[/MEDIA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1340 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I wonder if it’s NBC Hearst affiliates appearing on other HTV NBC affiliates and the same for ABC. I haven’t seen the WCVB person on WBAL or others. Maybe it has to do with rights - packages they may cut include footage from the network that would be embargoed on other networks. Problem there is that AJ Burnett is from WCVB, an ABC affiliate, but is appearing on NBC affiliates (WXII and WYFF) during this coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 187 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 KUSA/KTVD has sent Eddie Randle to North Carolina. I Saw him late this morning on CNBC's Power Lunch giving a brief report along side Morgan Brennan & I just saw him on the NOON newscast. I Would assume he has been appearing on WFMY & WLTX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1678 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Problem there is that AJ Burnett is from WCVB, an ABC affiliate, but is appearing on NBC affiliates (WXII and WYFF) during this coverage. Ah, I didn’t see him at the time yesterday. Maybe I skimmed over it for familiar faces. Thanks for correcting me . And a Storm Ranger has been deployed off of SR 264 maybe around mile from the beach (probably to protect it from any storm surge) east of Norfolk, VA and NE of NTU (Naval Air Station Oceana). It’s already picking up the outerbands. Edit: Hearst in the past has simulcast stations from the hurricane zones in their subchannels. I wonder if they’ll be doing that this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleachian 128 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 WITN and WNCT are in no danger of flooding. WITN’s new studio in Greenville is up a hill from the nearest creek. WCTI is in New Bern but still not near the river, really. I don’t think they’d have a problem I listen to WKXB/Jammin’ 99.9 and they expressed plans to be on the air with updates. If anything all the Sunrise stations may simulcast together, but I doubt they’ll just broadcast TV audio unless it becomes necessary. I was wrong about WCTI, not sure what I was thinking. They are not far from the river and I just heard they have water knocking on the door. The Sunrise Broadcasting stations in Wilmington are all simulcasting together hosting from Z107.5's studio, alternating between taking calls from listeners in the region and audio from WRAL news. Cumulus stations are simulcasting together as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleachian 128 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 WCTI is now being evacuated; on-air mets can stay, everyone else has to get out. The Curtis Media ENC radio stations (formerly Beasley Broadcasting) is next door and lies flat, if not kind of in a hole. There must be water coming in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 259 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Craig Moeller from KSDK is in Charlotte assisting WCNC as well. [MEDIA=twitter]1040384960635514887[/MEDIA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleachian 128 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 The meteorologists are now leaving WCTI as well and they have switched to a simulcast of WPDE/Florence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 920 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Here's some WCTI video: [MEDIA=twitter]1040372365585272832[/MEDIA] Also, the radio stations of Curtis Media lost generator power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 259 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 The meteorologists are now leaving WCTI as well and they have switched to a simulcast of WPDE/Florence Wow. Hope for the best for the crew at WCTI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 I'm guessing the WCTI news crew are heading to WPDE as soon as it is safe to do so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 259 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 WRIC's livestream is showing various coverage from WNCN, WNCT, and WBTW along side with their own coverage. https://www.wric.com/8news-livestreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3464 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 DirecTV is carrying their storm channel on channel 361-2...so far I've seen WTVD and WXII. WTVD showed the video of the rising waters at WCTI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I'm guessing the WCTI news crew are heading to WPDE as soon as it is safe to do so? That'd be going toward the storm, not away from it. They could conceivably go to Raleigh for shelter, but their ability to work out of WLFL/WRDC might be limited by equipment there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 That'd be going toward the storm, not away from it. They could conceivably go to Raleigh for shelter, but their ability to work out of WLFL/WRDC might be limited by equipment there. They could go the long way around towards I-95 then come back in. The storm is moving only about 5 mph right now, and the bands shouldn't reach Conway for several more hours at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3464 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 WPDE's facility is a little better off than WCTI's. The WPDE building in Conway is further inland and about 50 feet above sea level. WCTI's is closer to the water (New Bern is right on the bay) and only 8 feet above sea level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 695 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 That'd be going toward the storm, not away from it. They could conceivably go to Raleigh for shelter, but their ability to work out of WLFL/WRDC might be limited by equipment there. They may be better off going to WTVD since WTVD does handle WLFL's news production, and besides, they're both ABC stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 As a note, this article on preparations says that Sinclair was starting a live feed from WJLA that, in the event of an evacuation like this one, could be used to sustain a station being evacuated, in addition to being streamed online. The piece describes some of the contingencies for the larger station chains and a couple others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 As a note, this article on preparations says that Sinclair was starting a live feed from WJLA that, in the event of an evacuation like this one, could be used to sustain a station being evacuated, in addition to being streamed online. The piece describes some of the contingencies for the larger station chains and a couple others. Interesting to read WWAY's plan and pushing as hard as possible to stay on. They are pretty much on their own if something ever happened, although flooding shouldn't be an issue for them. WTVD might be their best backup, being both ABC stations with no sister stations anywhere near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 695 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Interesting to read WWAY's plan and pushing as hard as possible to stay on. They are pretty much on their own if something ever happened, although flooding shouldn't be an issue for them. WTVD might be their best backup, being both ABC stations with no sister stations anywhere near. Or WNCN since they're both CBS stations too. Besides, I wouldn't be shocked if later on, they became sister stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 WLFL shares their building with the Raleigh office of Curtis Media Group, so at the very bare minimum, someone could set a camera up in the WPTF-AM studio. When Irene hit the Triangle back in 2011, WPTF and their sister stations ran coverage 24/7, WTKK (the other righty talker in Raleigh) couldn't be bothered to break away from infomercials and a weekend best-of for Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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