They heard from a veteran who’d lost his home and just wanted to hear familiar voices. The two heard from a woman stuck on the second floor of her flooded home with no power. Living in a place, knowing the streets, the landscape, the history and the people - and being known as part of the community - is also a critical part of the job.
Being a morning show host is a lot of fun, he said.
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In the ’90s, he had a TV show in Tampa Bay. Jones’ voice has been part of Florida’s Manatee and Sarasota Counties for 35 years.
Last Friday, after Hurricane Ian shifted south and devastated southwest Florida, the two stayed on the air for 12 hours talking with callers, finding answers and crowdsourcing information. Normally, their work includes playing music, taking calls and brightening up listeners’ mornings. Jones and Michaels are the hosts of “ Jones and Company, ” a morning show from Sarasota’s WSRZ, part of the iHeartMedia network. They won’t spend the coming months interrogating evacuation orders or recovery efforts.īut last week, they were there for listeners in ways they’ve always been and in ways they’ve never had to be before. They didn’t file stories from the businesses or homes hit last week by Hurricane Ian. And it made me cry, the comfort of hearing your voices.”ĭavid Jones and Meredith Michaels are not breaking news reporters. “I just want to tell you, the first thing I heard was your voices the next morning,” said a caller, her own voice wavering.
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