As Hurricane Helene cut a devastating path through the Southeast, killing more than 90 people, it has also hammered media outlets, broadcasters and telecommunications.
As of Sunday, Sept. 29, at 9 a.m. ET the FCC reported that in the parts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia that were impacted by the storm, 1,004, 610 subscribers (down from 1,199,087 on Saturday Sept. 28) had lost telephone, television, and/or Internet services.
The FCC also reported that 5 unidentified TV stations had been knocked off the air, down from 6 stations on Saturday, Sept. 28. Two of the TV stations were in Georgia and three were located in North Carolina. None of the stations were identified.
In addition the storm had knocked 35 stations radio stations off the air on Saturday, down from 48 on Saturday.
More specifically, the FCC reported this breakdown of FM and AM stations by state on Sunday Sept. 29:
- Florida: There is 1 (down from 3) FM station reported as being out of service, one of which has programming rerouted to another transmitter. There are no (down from 1) AM stations reported as being out of service.
- Georgia: There are 15 (down from 19) FM stations reported as being out of service. There are 2 (down from 3) AM stations reported as being out of service.
- North Carolina: There are 2 (down from 4) FM stations reported as being out of service. There are 2 (down from 4) AM stations reported as being out of service.
- South Carolina: There are 7 (no change) FM stations reported as being out of service. There are 5 (down from 6) AM stations reported as being out of service.
- Tennessee: There are no AM or FM stations reported as being out of service.
- Virginia: There is 1 (no change) FM station reported as being out of service. There are no AM stations reported out of service.
The full report for Sunday is available here.
This is a developing story.
