Re: Church bells

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

Dave Faneuf wrote:

>Governor Romney on Saturday  asked churches in Massachusetts to toll
>their bells for each of the victims that died in The Station Cafe
>nightclub fire. (The Gov's office faxed a statement to WBUR that asked
>churches to do this, I didn't see it on the wire prior to my leaving for
>the evening at 6pm)   My house sits between two Catholic Churches (within
>walking distance of both) and my wife tells me she did not hear any bells
>tolling at noon.   Is this another example of how radio these days can no
>longer serve the public?


Huh?  Am I missing something?  I don't follow the logic here.  Wouldn't it 
have made more sense to fax the church heirarchies rather than to fax radio 
stations in hope that someone from the church is listening?  What's this 
got to do with serving the public?  Are you suggesting they should have 
activated EAS for this?  Maybe these 2 churches simply chose not to 
participate.


>  Many stations as you know VT on weekends, so am
>I to assume that outside of a couple of stations that are still live, or
>that bothered to check their fax machines no one mentioned the request
>because the VT's were already laid down for the weekend?

Most stations I've worked for have the fax machine in the offices, which 
are usually locked after 5pm.   This rant is a bit of a stretch imho.