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Company Name: WIXT TV
Address: www.wixt.com
Business Description: WIXT-TV, NewsChannel
9 , is the hub for a seven-station regional network
of news-driven television stations serving Upstate
New York. The combined coverage areas of the stations
extend from northern Pennsylvania into southern
Canada in a wide swath that extends across most
of the width of the state.
White Paper/Customer Quote: "Each of
the stations has a number of reporter / videographer
teams who cover news around the state, as well
as microwave and satellite remote trucks for live
coverage of breaking news. With personnel scattered
over such a broad area, and with the tough demands
of live news gathering, it is essential that each
of our stations be able to contact crews quickly.
Alpha pagers turn out to be an excellent tool
for us because they can communicate information
precisely without making noise or creating a distracting
interruption, unlike cellular phones. And they
can serve as an automatic message pad for essential
details -- satellite coordinates, for example
-- so that the field crews needn't take notes
while driving or conducting interviews."
"PageGate has become a significant asset
in our regional communications system. The software
is intuitive for the end user, and can perform
powerful functions easily. The ability to maintain
a common base of pagers -- even pagers served
by different companies -- is extremely helpful
in this kind of regional setting. Ultimately,
we expect to extend the system beyond New York
State to our other regional station groups in
the Pacific Central and Pacific Northwest areas."
Jeff Hartman, WIXT-TV
WIXT-TV PDF Case Study
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WIXT TV White Paper 