Brice Phillips is an
amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communi ...
operator (KB5MPW) in
Hancock County Hancock County is the name of ten counties in the United States. All are named for John Hancock who was a leader in the American Revolution. The counties are:
* Hancock County, Georgia
* Hancock County, Illinois
* Hancock County, Indiana
* Hancock ...
,
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...
. He operates
WQRZ-LP
WQRZ-LP (103.5 FM) is non-commercial low-power FM community radio station licensed to Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, United States. The station is currently owned by the Hancock County Amateur Radio Association.
History
On August 14, 2001 ...
, a
low-powered FM station. He gained national media attention for his efforts during the
Hurricane Katrina disaster,
both in warning people to evacuate and in directing survivors to relief centers.
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers (born Billy Don Moyers, June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and political commentator. Under the Johnson administration he served from 1965 to 1967 as the eleventh White House Press Secretary. He was a director of the Counci ...
, in his television show ''Moyers on America'', used Mr. Phillips' example to highlight the importance of media diversity (and the dangers of
media consolidation
Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates in ...
).
References
1966 births
Living people
Amateur radio people
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