Topic: Disaster Relief and Recovery
Posted on 11/5/2015
WLTX-TV aired more than 101 hours of storm, rescue and relief coverage. WLTX hosted a phone bank for the Salvation Army Disaster Relief fund and another for residents to access safety information such as road closures. "People in the Hispanic community didn�t understand the boil water advisory and their children were getting sick because they drank the water. We were able to get the word out�in Spanish," said WLTX President and General Manager Rich O�Dell.
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