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Originally Posted by Mrs. M
Living in a hurricane-prone area, I want the station with the strongest signal to broadcast warnings, regardless of the political makeup of that station. I don't want partisan politics to endanger me over something so petty. The fact that this station agreed to focus on Broward County is also a major factor to consider. During Katrina, WWL-radio, the official station and the only one on the air for awhile, focused heavily on New Orleans so news within my town was scarce. After a few days of no information, our Parish President commandeered a station within my parish but it was much weaker than WWL. With my family scattered from Texas to Florida, they couldn't pick up the local news but were able to pick up WWL at night and get a general idea of what was happening.
That the Democrats in Broward County want to change to a weaker station means one of two things, either they have shit for brains or they just don't care what's best for their community.
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You missed my point; no politician cares what's good for a community unless it benefits them. Stop relying on their fickle ways by providing your family with your geographical latitude and longitude (have somebody stand on your front porch with a GPS unit or use a car with a navigation system in front of your dwelling) and they can use modern PCs to get accurate weather info including all emergency information without relying on antiquated radio station broadcasting signal strength. They'll actually be ahead of the game as FEMA and other emergency systems use that source before recomposing and passing it on to radio/TV stations.
You more than likely have a private weather station in your vicinity that feeds into the national network for actual current conditions and all you or your family would need is the IP address to follow that source. That's where most local radio and TV stations get their 'current conditions' for the talking heads to broadcast.