A full day's programming of music and a large news operation could be heard clearly for 150 miles in all directions.

"We wanted to make sure our views were heard and the impact of budgets on news operations was clear."

How does the news operation during those hours differ from working days?

But the news operation has taken note of the special.

I would have liked to hear how these local news operations are actually going to survive.

He kept his news operation on the air for 84 straight hours.

"We think this is a great place to run a regional news operation," he added.

The news operation is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

As a result, the physical presence of the news operations at the convention is changing, too.

"We are like all the other news operations in town, quick to follow the body bags," he said.