Re: Horror of Terrorist Attack

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mediaone.net>]

At 04:21 PM 9/11/01 -0400, Dan Billings wrote:
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>From: "Jeff Lehmann" <jlehmann@mediaone.net>
>Cc: "Boston Interest Radio Group Thingy"
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>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:10 PM
>Subject: RE: Horror of Terrorist Attack
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> > WGBH and WGBX are on with regular programming.
>
>Maine PBS is the only southern Maine TV station not providing coverage.  UPN
>35 and Pax are carrying CNN.  WPXT is carrying Fox News.  I find it
>interesting that most commercial TV stations are covering the crisis, but
>the vaunted non-commercial, public-service sector is not.  I guess the
>reason is that they do not have the resources to provide adequate coverage,
>but you would think that they could make arrangements with someone to
>provide coverage like CSPAN did.

When I came into work today, all the NPR stations were airing disaster 
coverage.

You are probably right that PBS does not have the facilities to provide 
coverage, after all PBS is primarily a distribution service, they do not 
have the facilities that the other networks do.

It is probably a good idea the PBS is continuing their children's 
programming, I'm sure some parents don't want their children exposed to the 
non-stop coverage of the disaster, which at this point is available on 
multiple sources to most Americans.
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Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH