Brian Lehrer broadcasts through disaster, ‘providing comfort to people’
As Brian Lehrer hosted WNYC's coverage of Hurricane Sandy Monday night in New York City, what stood out, he says by phone, were "the eye-popping, outsized numbers that were coming in that I could hardly believe and had to do a double take before putting them on the air." Such as the 100 mile-per-hour gusts closing the Triborough Bridge -- "that’s not a figure you hear with respect to wind in New York City," Lehrer says.
Lehrer, 60, has hosted a show on WNYC since 1989. Since Sunday he's been camping out in Lower Manhattan near the station's studio. His usual two-hour morning show was extended to three hours Monday, and he co-anchored the station's special coverage during the storm Monday night. Tuesday morning he was back on for three hours; he's looking forward to getting back to his house at Manhattan's northern tip this afternoon. WNYC's offices -- which also house classical station WQXR and New Jersey Public Radio -- are operating on generator power now. (more...)
Lehrer, 60, has hosted a show on WNYC since 1989. Since Sunday he's been camping out in Lower Manhattan near the station's studio. His usual two-hour morning show was extended to three hours Monday, and he co-anchored the station's special coverage during the storm Monday night. Tuesday morning he was back on for three hours; he's looking forward to getting back to his house at Manhattan's northern tip this afternoon. WNYC's offices -- which also house classical station WQXR and New Jersey Public Radio -- are operating on generator power now. (more...)