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Swanson makes pitch for tower redundancy

By BroadCasting & Cable Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/11/2002 5:00:00 AM MT

WNBC-TV president and general manager Dennis Swanson said Monday that one of the key lessons Sept. 11 should have taught the industry is the need for redundant communications facilities in New York.

Swanson said that after the Twin Towers fell -- and took with them a host of TV-station towers, including his own -- he was often asked why he didn't have backup facilities. He did, he responded, but they were also housed at the World Trade Center.

He said it is remains crucial for the communications gap represented by that lack of redundancy to be bridged.

Swanson was on a morning panel on disaster response (moderated by Broadcasting & Cable editor in chief Harry Jessell) as part of the National Association of Broadcasters' Service to America Summit in Washington, D.C.

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