Listening Area

[WhoDat!]

another one of my favorites...."If you are within the sound of my voice".....

[secondchoice]

I can say this, having worked live radio during a tornado event less than a mile from the studio and several other local emergencies.  If you are doing it correctly, you could save lives. Worry about the English and Literature police later.  Of course I knew the local counties and cities in the coverage area, but you would be surprised at the lack of geographical knowledge a lot of folks have.  Every station should have a "list" of the cities and counties in their coverage area in the control room.  On a class A or D FM or Class C or D AM "if you are within the sound of my voice" can be  "local".       

[Drucifer]

Two things come to mind from the days of old

FROM WTRE - "The temperature on Park Road is ______"

FROM WCSI - "CSI-land weather from ________"

[ChiefEngineer]

The day Randy Michaels came into the WLW studios and grabbed me by at least one nipple and yelled "No one lives at the airport" reminded me it is a radio ego thing to give airport temperature.

His note to Tribune Staff might be a good primer.  Never have found the whole thing.

[Drucifer]

And what if you are listening to the internet stream from a station's website? I may be in Australia, but am I in the listening area???

If you are going through the trouble to log onto a radio stations web-stream, you know whether you are in the terrestrial listening area or not. I would never listen to a stream from the BBC and expect the Houston weather forecast.