One of the services that radio stations like WFDD provide is broadcasting alerts from the National Weather Service. These emergency alerts let listeners know about weather concerns, helping folks stay safe. With Hurricane Florence being on track to hit the East Coast this week, and a state of emergency in place in North Carolina, these types of messages are important.
And many times, those announcements are clear. But sometimes, those messages are clear as mud. You may have heard one that was a little noisy, or distorted, and felt frustrated that you couldn't decipher it.
Listener Howard Covington shares your concern.
He asks, “Why in an era of broadcasting advances can't the weather service produce an alert that can be easily understood?”
Covington feels that with modern technology, we should hear crisp audio.
“Here you have a government agency