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Radio
In The Public Interest
(Radio News)
to be in coiisliiiu two-way coniimiiiic;ition with the police division's short wave station.
Tvpical oi the type ol acti\ii\ canitd on l)y the helicopter is the time that l.t. Mehring noticed a Ijrush fire. Two adults and two diildren were trying to control the bla/e I)elore ii readied some neai-by buildings. The pilot dropi)ed to Avilhin a lew leet ol the fire anil kejJt the blade whirling so that it blew the flames away trom the buildings initil the (nemen could ariive on the scene. The helicopter then returned to its "regidai " job ol detecting and diic(ting traffic snarls.
The news department ol \\ KIK Piox iilerc e. R. I., is also ec|ui|jped with a lielicopter. Twice dining last vear, the station says, the (lalt was used in toopi'i ation with the state police lor seaidi and lesiue work. In one case, the (opter was usetl to tiansport a lost child to a hospital, and in another case it was used to help track down a suspected mmclercr.
When woid came that two brothers, who were wanted lor the nuirdcr ol a Philadel|)hia police officer, had been lound in .Massachusetts, W'FIL Philadelphia dispatched one ol its newscasters to report du ccth
Irom the scene. The station reports that one ol the biothers was killed trying to escape, and that the newscaster rode in the car with the remaining brother and police oliicials, getting first-hand interviews on tape.
An interesting example ol how a station uses its mobile facilities to give thorough coverage to a local disastei is provided bv W'CiHI Scranton, Pa. Karlv last year, the Suscjuehaiuia River tore thiough its ii\er bed and flooded a coal nn'ne neai .Scianton, napping 17 miners.
The station dispatched its news ciuisei to the scene as soon as woicl ol the disaster had been reported. ,\c(oiding to the station, the news crui.sei iciuained on the scene 2 1-hours-a-day loi the next six clays, with an average of three bicjadcasts an houi dm ing that pei iod ol lime. The reports lioni the news ciiiisei axck i.ipecl and played through beep-phone lacililies loi si. II ions in (Canada and as far as Kansas, the station lejx)! Is.
NEWS FEATURES
The swift repotting ol exents is only pait ol a station's usual efloiis in the peilormance ol its job as a
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