We Are Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters

AP Reporter Explains How NY Radio Served as a Lifeline


Topic: Disaster Relief and Recovery

This video from a PBS Newshour interview between Judy Woodruff and the Associated Press’s Warren Levinson confirms David Donovan’s statement. At minute 10:45, Levinson says, "I was over by the big substation that went out on East 14th Street this morning. And people didn’t have television. They didn’t have Internet. And somebody had taken his big portable radio and put it on the second floor in his window when the governor was giving a briefing. And you had a knot of people, like a semicircle of people, standing around it listening for what’s the latest information."



Read more stories on Disaster Relief and Recovery »





How Broadcasters Serve Their Communities

More than 2.47 million American jobs depend on broadcasting, and the local broadcast radio and television industry - and the businesses that depend on it - generate $1.17 trillion annually for the nation's economy.


View State-by-State Data »