Apple Urged to Activate iPhone’s FM Radio Chip After Hurricanes
- FCC head says co. must put safety of American people first
- Feature receiving new attention after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma
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For 19 nonstop hours as Hurricane Irma lashed Florida, disc jockey Nio Fernandez broadcast updates in Spanish from the 92.5 Maxima radio studios in St. Petersburg, Florida, fielding updates from those trapped in their homes as wind and rain whipped through the area.
“There was a sense of desperation in people’s voices,” he said of callers to the station. “They needed to know what was happening.”