GoldenShine9 1514 Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 I know it is still a couple days away, but how have Florida stations been working it so far? I'm sure they are all going to call in reinforcements from sister stations. What stations are in potential evacuation zones on the Florida east coast?
USNewsie 50 Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 Miami stations are already in extended coverage. WFOR seems to be the only maintaining a regular program for now. However WTVJ extended their midday newscast until 1 today and now have a special 7 pm newscast. Then there is this from chief met John Morales
GoldenShine9 1514 Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 I'm guessing once a Hurricane Watch goes up, it's wall-to-wall. That should be sometime tomorrow.
DENDude 223 Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 DirecTV/AT&T have the severe weather channels ready, channels will go live sometime tonight.
PTVNews 197 Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 So far I'm disappointed in coverage quality overall. Doesn't seem like networks are putting reporters on scene to report as much as they are just showing social media postings.
who?cares 255 Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 40 minutes ago, PTVNews said: So far I'm disappointed in coverage quality overall. Doesn't seem like networks are putting reporters on scene to report as much as they are just showing social media postings. ABC will have nine reporters live (two in the Bahamas) on Good Morning America.
GoldenShine9 1514 Posted September 2, 2019 Author Posted September 2, 2019 What stations, if any, are in evacuation zones from FL to NC?
hankthetank23 15 Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 Jacksonville, West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach, FL, Savannah, GA, Myrtle Beach and Charleston, SC, and Wilmington, NC are some of the cities with tv stations that are most likely to be hit. Here's a list by city: Jacksonville, FL: WJXT (IND) WJAX/WFOX (CBS/FOX) WJXX/WTLV (NBC/ABC) West Palm Beach, FL: WPBF (ABC) WPEC (CBS) WPTV (NBC) WFLX (FOX) Daytona Beach, FL: WESH (NBC) Savannah, GA: WTOC (CBS) WSAV (NBC) WJCL (ABC) WTGS (FOX) Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC: WMBF (NBC) WPDE (ABC) WBTW (CBS) WFXB (FOX) Charleston, SC WCBD (NBC) WCSC (CBS) WCIV (MyNet/ABC) WTAT (FOX) Wilmington, NC: WWAY (ABC/CBS) WECT (NBC) WSFX (FOX) My apologies for the long post.
WWUpdate 1292 Posted September 3, 2019 Posted September 3, 2019 From ZNS in the Bahamas, 20 minutes worth of live Hurricane Dorian coverage:
bhratbrat 437 Posted September 3, 2019 Posted September 3, 2019 I know WPLG had an anchor over in the Bahamas. It is pretty crazy but we got lucky here in South Florida.
who?cares 255 Posted September 5, 2019 Posted September 5, 2019 On 9/1/2019 at 4:04 PM, DENDude said: DirecTV/AT&T have the severe weather channels ready, channels will go live sometime tonight. I don’t know when it went live, but the severe weather channel is up and running.
Mrtraveler01 739 Posted September 5, 2019 Posted September 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, who?cares said: I don’t know when it went live, but the severe weather channel is up and running. Monday night. It started with WPBF in West Palm and has slowly shifted up the coast at the same rate Dorian has.
DellFan3030 1 Posted September 6, 2019 Posted September 6, 2019 From CBS47 at Jacksonville, this was news coverage of a map when Hurricane Dorian hit North Carolina. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/hurricane-dorian-moves-north-of-florida/979391894
WWUpdate 1292 Posted September 7, 2019 Posted September 7, 2019 From Canada, a special edition of the news on CTV Atlantic with coverage of Hurricane Dorian striking Nova Scotia:
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