[CTSARA] Fwd: [CT ARES Discussion] Info: WABC NY To Feature Amateur RadioFW: [GNARC] Amateur Radio Featured on WABC-TV/New York Special

[Jon Perelstein]

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From: Betsey Doane <k1eic at att.net>
Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:34 PM
Subject: [CT ARES Discussion] Info: WABC NY To Feature Amateur RadioFW:
[GNARC] Amateur Radio Featured on WABC-TV/New York Special
To: discussion at connares.org


FYI
73,
Betsey K1EIC SM


The emergency operating capabilities of ham radio will be featured as part
of WABC-TV/New York's annual "Operation 7: Save a Life" special, tomorrow --
Saturday, January 24th -- at 7pm ET, on Channel 7 in the greater New York
area.

The ARRL contributed video from W1AW and yours truly, as president of the
Broadcast Employees Amateur Radio Society (BEARS), was interviewed. I also
demonstrate the operating capabilities of the BEARS EmComm van. BEARS, as
some of you know, is the flagship repeater system for NYC ARES - and
maintains a large multi-state repeater system, the Disney Amateur Radio
Interconnect (DARI), linking affiliated repeaters in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, greater Washington DC, Pennsylvania,
Florida and California. (You can learn more about our system at
www.w2abc.org).

The Op 7 specials each year are dedicated to emergency preparedness -- and
this is the first year in the long history of these shows that ham radio
gets a star turn.

WABC-TV is the most watched television station in the NY/NJ/CT area, and is
also the most watched station in the nation. We gave the show's producers a
fair amount of material...but it's impossible to know how much made the cut.
Still -- and even on a Saturday night -- we'll get a lot of eyeballs exposed
to the critical role ham radio plays in emergency response, in the largest
media market in the world.

As the person who directs emergency preparedness for the broadcast and
support units of the ABC Television Network, I am especially excited about
getting an opportunity to shine a spotlight on amateur radio. If you're in
the greater New York area, I hope you'll watch -- and remember, if you are a
subscriber to New York-area cable systems, you can also view the show on the
WatchABC app on your mobile device. The app is in iTunes and in Google Play.

73 de KA2QPJ
Howard Price
BEARS President