{"id":62485,"date":"2025-04-01T06:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62485"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:42:19","slug":"eye-on-america-nc-radio-station-becomes-voice-of-recovery-after-hurricane-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/eye-on-america-nc-radio-station-becomes-voice-of-recovery-after-hurricane-helene\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye On America: NC radio station becomes voice of recovery after Hurricane Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/north-carolina-radio-station-becomes-voice-of-recovery-after-hurricane-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Evening News<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">After Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, a couple of radio broadcasters played a critical role in keeping residents informed. Now, six months later, they have taken on a new role in the recovery. Skyler Henry reports.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oj431xpwrsE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Oj431xpwrsE?si=K3kcrQFbnWoPqt6V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Having experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/2024\/09\/helene-aftermath-long-update-monday-september-30-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the devastation of Hurricane Helene<\/a> firsthand, I can confirm that this radio station, along with its FM relay, delivered crucial community updates when both internet and mobile phone services failed.?Never underestimate the power of local radio. \u2014 Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CBS Evening News: After Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, a couple of radio broadcasters played a critical role in keeping residents informed. Now, six months later, they have taken on a new role in the recovery. Skyler Henry reports. Click here to view on YouTube. Having experienced the devastation of Hurricane Helene firsthand, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,3],"tags":[625,1384,10615],"class_list":["post-62485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-fm-radio","tag-hurricane-helene"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gfP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63124,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":62485,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Helene, Milton exposed need to protect AM radio&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"June 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura, who shares this article from the Ponte Vedra Recorder highlighting how Hurricane Helene has exposed the critical need to protect AM radio as a vital emergency communication tool: https:\/\/www.pontevedrarecorder.com\/stories\/helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio,129870","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60834,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/radio-waves-amateur-radio-triumphs-post-helene-and-am-radio-a-lifeline-during-disaster\/","url_meta":{"origin":62485,"position":1},"title":"Radio Waves: Amateur Radio Triumphs Post-Helene and AM Radio a Lifeline During Disaster,","author":"Thomas","date":"October 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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Recently, the pace of articles here on the SWLing Post has slowed down. 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