We are a United Way of Eastern Kentucky Member Agency
Director, Teresa Brown is
presented with a Weather Alert Radio
from Morehead State Public Radio
Morehead State Public Radio will distribute fifty Midland
AM/FM
Weather Alert Radios this spring to eighteen primary counties served
by MSPR including Bath, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill, Fleming,
Lee, Lewis, Martin, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas,
Owsley, Powell, Rowan and Wolfe counties. The radios will be presented
to public officials and placed in public buildings such as schools,
health clinics, libraries and first responder facilities. In addition,
MSPR will distribute informational brochures on emergency preparedness
from the Ready America project provided by the Federal Emergency
Management Association (FEMA).
The radios utilize Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.)
technology, which allows the radios to be programmed to receive only
those warnings that apply to local counties. Operated by AC or
emergency battery, the radios can be programmed for up to thirty
counties and features AM/FM tuning, color coded alert lights and
several alarm functions. The radios were purchased my MSPR through a
Rural Listener Access Incentive Grant from the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
Hitchcock quote: "It's our goal at Morehead State Public Radio to
inform our listeners about impending weather and to protect the
families in the communities we serve. We hope the weather radios will
be used at key locations in our primary service region to supplement
the national emergency alert system to further protect our listeners."
Further information on Ready America and this project is available on
MSPR's website at www.msuradio.com