4-16-2013
CBS Radio operates five radio stations including Newsradio WBZ-AM in Boston. It's Mark Hannon's job to manage
the stations and all the employees that make them run smoothly. Hannon (pictured) has been with CBS Radio for 24 years, the last five years running the Boston market. It was hours after the explosions before Hannon was able to get confirmation that his team was safe. All the while he's making decisions, along with Director of News & Programming Peter Casey, about how to cover a devastating attack on their city. We spoke to Hannon about what goes on in the GM chair on a day the unexpected happens. LISTEN HERE
Pictured here are WBZ?s PM Drive Co-Anchors Anthony Silva and Diane Stern with WBZ's wall-to-wall coverage of the Marathon Tragedy in Boston. Casey tells Radio Ink that CBS's other four stations started simulcasting WBZ News Radio at 3 p.m. Monday and stayed with it until midnight -- nine hours. "Our PM drive anchor team stayed on from 3 p.m. until midnight. Cell phones and land lines were overwhelmed making it nearly impossible to keep in communication with our reporters on scene. Cell service was even shut off for a period of time around the crime scene for safety reasons. The WBZ staff was amazing. Our people stayed late, came in early, worked long hours, and never questioned it at all. Many of them just came in once they heard what was happening."
(4/17/2013 6:03:50 AM)
Peter and Mark are two of the best. Blizzards, hurricanes, huge Senate elections, a Presidential candidate from their backyard seemingly every four years, and now bombings, Boston has seen recently. And Peter and Mark have been an incredible source of information for all of it.
(4/17/2013 4:10:24 AM)
"The WBZ staff was amazing. Our people stayed late, came in early, worked long hours, and never questioned it at all. Many of them just came in once they heard what was happening."
What a bunch of suck-ups! You're nothing special!
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