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NBC RADIO NETWORK NEWS
April 1, 1964
TOM PETTIT OF NBC NEWS REPORTS HOW RADIO HELD COMMUNITIES OF SHATTERED ALASKA TOGETHER WITH 'ROUND-THE-CLOCK BROADCASTS OF EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Radio served the common good in earthquake-shattered Alaska "probably as it has never been served before," NBC News correspondent Tom Pettit reported from Anchorage.
Here is Pettit’s report as broadcast yesterday (March 31 ) and today (April l) by "Emphasis" on NBC Radio:
The television pictures tell their own story. What perhaps has not been told is the story of how radio stations of this and other Alaskan cities literally have held their communities together by their 'round-the-clock broadcasts of emergency announcements.
Within minutes after the earthquake, stations like NBC affiliate KENI of Anchorage went on the air and, under auxiliary power, moved mobile units into position and began communicating to the public.
Through the blessings of portable generators and battery-powered radio, the people were able to get information.
This information did not get through immediately to the outside world, but it did here. And the radio stations, in the opinion of many people, prevented panic from running through the streets of Anchorage.
By regular radio frequencies, oil companies got orders to deliver fuel oil or gasoline. Doctors were told where to go. City departments gave instructions to the rescue crews. Families were told where missing relatives had been found. By baling wire and will-power, radio stations
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