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Raycom Media to air special on the gulf coast
June 22, 2010
Raycom Media is pooling the resources of five television stations to air a live, hour-long special about the Gulf oil spill’s impact on Alabama and the Gulf Coast. “Coastal Crisis: Impact Alabama”will air Wednesday, June 23rd at 7:00pm on the following Raycom Media stations across Alabama and Georgia: WAFF (Huntsville), WBRC (Birmingham), WSFA (Montgomery), WTVM (Columbus), WDFX (Dothan) and WTOC (Savannah). The program, which will be broadcast live from Gulf Shores, will focus on how the spill is affecting Alabama’s tourism industry, overall economy and wildlife, as well as what is being done to protect and restore Alabama’s pristine beaches. It will feature interviews with experts as well as first-hand accounts from those coastal residents whose lives have been impacted by the spill. The show will also feature a live interview with Alabama Governor Bob Riley to discuss the state and federal response to the disaster as well as his views on the future of the Alabama coastal region. There will also be a web component to this hour-long special, giving people the opportunity to interact directly with the stations airing the special. Viewers with questions about the oil spill are encouraged to log on to their local Raycom Media station website to participate in live chats with local experts, including Dr. George Crozier, Executive Director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, and Bruce Stallsmith, professor of aquatic biology and fisheries biology at the University Of Alabama-Huntsville.
“Raycom Media, based in Alabama, has television stations throughout the Gulf Coast region,” said Paul McTear, President and CEO of Raycom. “This regional presence enables us to deploy the assets of multiple stations to tell the stories of those who are dealing with this unprecedented disaster in the communities we serve.” Raycom owns all six of the stations that are airing the special. Raycom Media, an employee-owned company, is one of the nation’s largest broadcasters and currently owns and/or operates 46 television stations in 18 states. Raycom stations cover more than 12.6 % of U.S. television households and employ 3,500 individuals in full and part-time positions. In addition to television stations, Raycom owns Raycom Sports (a marketing, production and events management and distribution company in Charlotte, North Carolina); Raycom Post (a post production facility in Burbank, CA) and Broadview Media (a post production facility based in Montgomery, AL).
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