Released on = March 17, 2007, 4:49 pm

Press Release Author = John Lyman / Jet City Radio

Industry = Media

Press Release Summary = Tacoma Washington internet radio station provides service
commercial radio stations in Seattle-Tacoma market don\'t.

Press Release Body = To the average radio listener, it seems these days that
commercial stations in the greater Seattle-Tacoma market gear their efforts toward
two things: Playing commercials and changing their format every few months. Jet City
Radio, an internet-only radio station in Tacoma, Washington still believes in the
seemingly lost "public service" approach towards its listeners and has become the
first radio station in the Seattle-Tacoma market to provide real-time, 24 hour a day
AMBER Alerts to its listeners.
"Research by Arbitron and other sources show commercial radio listenership is
dropping and the forecast is for that to continue; now commercial stations are
scrambling to stop the bleeding," says John Lyman, owner of Jet City Radio. "Part of
the reason is commercial radio stations have forgotten that part of operating a
radio station involves being a 'public servant.' 20 years ago, commercial radio
stations played PSA's (Public Service Announcements) on a regular basis. It was
assumed that part of a station's job was to serve the public. Now, commercial
stations mainly serve the corporate interests that own them and have forgotten the
needs of their listeners. Jet City Radio is a station that still puts the listener
first and that's why we provide real-time, AMBER Alerts 24 hours a day whenever an
alert is issued."
Jet City Radio's format consists of top 40 hits from the 60's and 70's; streaming
live 24 hours a day-seven days a week at www.jetcityradio.com from it's studio in
Tacoma. Working in cooperation with RadioAmber.net, Jet City Radio is able to
receive and broadcast AMBER alerts within minutes of an alert being issued. Whenever
an alert is issued anywhere in the United States, the alert is fed into Jet City
Radio's internet broadcast stream and played once an hour at 40 minutes past each
hour.
The AMBER Alert is named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas. In
January 1996, she was abducted and was brutally murdered. While the details of the
suspect were provided to the police, there was no system to quickly inform the
community about Amber's disappearance. Through significant community effort, local
media was asked to devise a plan to immediately broadcast abduction information. In
remembrance of Amber, her name became the nationally recognized acronym for the
AMBER Alert (America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response). The AMBER Alert system
is a proven success and has helped rescue more than 230 children nationwide. More
than 85 percent of those recoveries have occurred since AMBER Alert became a
nationally coordinated effort in 2002.


Web Site = http://www.jetcityradio.com

Contact Details = John Lyman
Jet City Radio
2220 Westridge Avenue, West #P201
Tacoma, WA 98466
phone: (253) 564-2550
email: john@jetcityradio.com