Re:News priorities

[Bob Nelson <rac_cooney@yahoo.com>]

Just took a week to drive to Chicago, Milwaukee,
and Cleveland. The first day of my trip, June 13,
it rained like crazy-- and I found out later that this
weather system caused massive flooding around
here.  Checking out messages on this list, I noticed
there was concern about news priorities on radio.
While in Milwaukee on Thursday the 19th, I was at
County Stadium watching the Brewers. Every
five minutes or so, the flagship station of the Brewers
network, WTMJ-620,
kept interrupting with updates about severe
thunderstorms on the way. After the updates, it was
back to Bob "I Must Be In The Front Row" Uecker,
joined in progress.

After the fourth inning,we were subjected to light
towers swinging wildly, lightning, and heavy rain. It
turned out that the storm wasn't as severe as it
could have been (though 12 people were injured in
a carnival tent collapse...no tornadoes, though)
but WTMJ was there to provide
coverage. I started thinking-- would this happen in
Boston? Suppose, for example, that the Red Sox
were on WBZ, "the news station".  Would they cut
in so often, prioritizing an important news story over
sports? As I said, the storm in Milwaukee wasn't as
severe as it could have been,but WTMJ was
taking no chances.They wanted their audience to
be informed, just in case. (And since the Sox are on
WEEI, would THEY cut in with coverage?)
So...would this happen in Boston, given similar
circumstances?




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