WSBE (Providence, RI) has purchased NewsTicker Closings and the
FreedomSD, allowing them for the first time to display school and business
closing information to the entire state.
Due to the large infrastructure requirements, PBS stations historically have
not collected and displayed school closing information. But, as part of
the Rhode Island Broadcasters Association centralized-closings
initiative, that barrier has been removed, allowing all media access to the
most current information.
This season marks the second year of RIBA's centralized school closing system,
which is powered by Newsroom's NewsTicker Closings module. The automated
system collects closures and delays on behalf of all media outlets in the
state, providing a continuously updated XML export to all area television
and radio stations.
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WSBE will also be able to utilize NewsTicker's intuitive web-based interface
to manage messaging during their fundraising activities.
"Since PBS is a non-traditional platform for school closings, this does open
the potential for WSBE to experiment and, perhaps, display the information
in a way that commercial stations cannot," said Rick Summers, Newsroom's
Vice President for Sales and Marketing.
WSBE is owned by the state-run Rhode Island Public Telecommunications
Authority.
