Metro (was: Will News/Information In Morning Drive Soon Vanish from Music Stations?)

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

<snip> Our journalists (both photojournalists and broadcast reporters, as
>necessary)  are dispatched to the scene of breaking news where (in addition
>to their photographic duties), they gather sound bites and other
information
>which is instantly transmitted to the journalist on duty in the Metro
>Networks News division in Miami.
<snip>
>Also, we are one of only 2 agencies (the other being CBS Television) to
have
>a former scientist from the National Hurricane Center on our full-time
>payroll <snip>

Shel's (obviously reliable) source paints a pretty solid picture of what
news orgs. can do if they are staffed, resourced and connected both ways.
It begs the question, does Boston get a piece of that?  If not, why not
deliver to Boston what Miami benefits from?

Brings to mind what Sunbeam's 7(s) in both of those markets vis-a-vis
sharing resources.  That scenerio works if the individual structures are
similar in scope so as to handle reciprocity.  Given the Miami/Boston
example, if Boston is simply not at par with Miami's Metro office, then all
the resources out there fail to make it to air.  Kind of like a weak link in
a chain...in the number 6 market?

Bill O'Neill

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