Posted by Brett Alan on September 11, 2001 at 19:03:03:
In Reply to: Re: What's Going On Between 4:15 and 5:00 PM on NY Radio posted by Joe Postove on September 11, 2001 at 18:03:15:
>Radio Disney could make its bones if they took this tragedy and explained it to the children listening in a way that they could
>understand (although that would be a extremely difficult if not impossible thing to do).
>They should make an attempt though, rather than ignore it. I'd be interested in hearing what they do.
I think it is very possible to use radio to do something like this...but not on the fly. Trying to do live coverage that would make sense to an audience that young would probably not work. It's probably correct that they (and most of the kid-targeted TV networks) have kept up regular programming.
But with the right personnel, they could certainly put together a program soon that would help kids to make sense of what is going on. Linda Ellerbee has done similar programming on Nickelodeon television in the past.