Fifty to 100 Stations Still Off Air

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Between 50 and 100 TV and radio stations remain off the air in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according to Ken Moran, director of the FCC's Office of Homeland Security.

Many others, he planned to tell a House Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday, are relying on backup power.

Moran was testifying at a broad hearing on Katrina-related issues, including how the media responded to the disaster and how the communications infrastructure was impacted.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.