SCHOOL'S CHOICE FOR PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLET RAISES EYEBROWS

Daytona Beach Community College has contracted with an area Christian radio broadcaster, Port Orange-based Cornerstone Broadcasting, to be it's primary news outlet in the event of an emergency for students and staff to learn about closures and other changes. The arrangement allows Cornerstone to use one of the towers of DBCC's television station in exchange for Cornerstone's radio stations to give the school priority in airing information on the top and bottom of every hour in a crisis.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports this morning that the arrangement has caused some concern that during a crisis students and staff would be the captive audience of evangalical preaching and programmes such as Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family.

The City of Palm Coast has a similar arrangement with Cornerstone.