An Erwin, TN radio station destroyed by flooding throughout Hurricane Helene has been named “Legendary Station of the 12 months” by the Tennessee Radio Corridor of Fame.
Jet Broadcasting’s information/discuss WEMB (1420) introduced the respect on social media this week and mentioned the award will probably be introduced in the course of the Corridor of Fame’s annual ceremony in July.
The station suffered main harm throughout Hurricane Helene, which devastated elements of Unicoi County, experiences WBIR-TV. Floodwaters destroyed the studio and broken the station’s radio tower, knocking WEMB off the air.
Within the aftermath of the storm, Jet Broadcasting GM Maria True continued sharing data with residents by means of social media. WEMB and its sister station had been Erwin’s solely regionally owned radio stations and in addition carried native highschool sports activities broadcasts.
“I did go on our social media and did dwell feeds and let folks know the place to get water, the place to get shelter, the place to get hay, the place to get free meals,” True mentioned in December 2024. “I did a variety of dwell interviews to let folks know what was accessible to them and I need to proceed to try this.”
The station returned to the air a few 12 months later with the assistance of a donated radio tower.
“When the precise radio studio was destroyed and washed away throughout Hurricane Helene, most individuals would have given up,” Bob Kesling, the President of the Tennessee Radio Corridor of Fame, says in a launch asserting the award. “What Maria True and her employees did was what radio folks do, they used the whole lot inside their energy to tell the folks in Erwin what was happening throughout these tough days. It’s an instance all radio stations ought to observe.”
The Tennessee Radio Corridor of Fame awards ceremony is scheduled for July 25 at Battle Floor Academy in Franklin.
