WWL, WDSU Show Audience Gains In May
WDSU Raises Nearly $55,000 In Tornado Aid
Over two nights, Hearst-owned WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana raised nearly $55,000 in donations to benefit victims of […]
WDSU New Orleans Adds Me-TV
Hearst Television-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 52) will launch classic TV diginet Me-TV on April 1. The station will carry Me-TV over the air on ch. 6.2 and […]
NOLA Stations Prepare For Next Big Storm
Leaving nothing to chance after the 2005 trauma of Hurricane Katrina, WDSU and WWL have beefed up their studios and transmitter sites, put together worst-case scenario strategies and made off-site arrangements for when the next disaster strikes the Crescent City. This is the fourth in a series of articles appearing this week that collectively constitute a TVNewsCheck Special Report on Severe Weather News. The other stories in the series are below.
Exclusives
Serious Weather Is Serious Business
Meteorologists in the hurricane-prone Gulf and Atlantic coastal areas say they’re conscious of the power they wield and try to be careful with it, realizing the profound impact severe weather news and related promotion can have not only on people, but also on local economies. They also stress the importance of social media as an adjunct to broadcasting, contending that in a weather emergency, television screens are not the only place that citizens will be looking for critical information. This is the third in a series of articles that will appear this week and that collectively constitute a TVNewsCheck Special Report on Severe Weather News. The first two stories in the series are below.
Hearst’s NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 52) has introduced its latest mobile app, Hurricane Central. Available for free download on both the Android and iPhone platforms, the Hurricane Central app […]
