RADIO HOAX STIRS POWER SCARE

Stevens

Really doesn't actually.

1. Was a post on r.a.p about checking in when power came back on line
(Not a good r.a.p subject. Nothing about piloting).

2. Put a short bit about news paper article on above thread, to show
the kooks riding on the power outage (and disruption to flight).

3. Found article in the wife's waste basket and posted it complete in
a new thread. If you had been going to fly (GA or Commercial) around
DFW would guess you would have canceled your fight based on this
kook???

All that being said, was not a very narrow post on just GA piloting.

Next time I will put "Piloting not" in post to stay on subject.

Big John


On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:32:49 -0400, wrote:


Pardon my ignorance, but what does this have to do with piloting?
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:38:14 -0500, Big John wrote:

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DFW disc jockey causes angst for morning commuters

An on-air stunt by a Dallas radio disc jockey Friday morning had some
people believing that the blackout in the Northeast had spread to
north Texas.

It hadn't, but a radio personality who goes by the "The Fitz" on the
weekday morning show on KRBV 100.3 FM spent more than two hours
telling listeners that the power was out.

"It was awful. Something like this is dangerous," said Julia Butler,
who lives near Lancaster and commutes to work in Fort Worth. "Fitz
went on for two hours about blackouts in the area. He said schools
were closed and that a virus had infected the electrical system and
that grocery stores were mobbed by people getting supplies.

I took an alternate way to work, which made me late. It was only
later that he said it was a joke.

Butler said that in these times when terrorism is on th minds of
people, such jokes are not welcome.

This person is not mature enough to be on the radio. It caused a lot
of stress for me," Butler said.

Dan Kieley, the station's program director said he didn't hear the
show. He declined to comment and referred questions to station manager
Dave Seibert, who did not return calls to his office.

John Knight of Euless said it was irresponsible to tell people that
businesses were closed and they shouldn't go to work.

Knight said he was planning a formal complaint to the FCC, which
regulates radio and TV stations.

The station's online message board was filled with comments pro and
con.

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I wonder who gave a 'pro' comment to the stupid idiot. He must be a
brother of ZZOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooom.


Big John