Wireless Radiation TV News What TV Network Provided the Most News Coverage about Wireless Radiation Issues in the Past Year?

Monday, July 13, 2015

Wireless Radiation TV NewsWhat TV Network Provided the Most News Coverage about Wireless Radiation Issues in the Past Year?

During the past year, CBS and its affiliates provided the most television news coverage about wireless radiation and health reporting on safety issues related to cell phones, cell towers, Wi-Fi, and smart meters. Besides CBS national news, almost all major CBS stations ran stories including stations in New York, Boston, Washington, DC; Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

CBS covered the year's two major wireless policy developments: the International EMF Scientist Appeal and the Berkeley cell phone "Right to Know" ordinance.

With the recent publication of Norm Alster's book,"Captured agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is dominated by the industries it presumably regulates," it is time for CBS 60 Minutes to do an investigative story about why our government has not updated the obsolete wireless regulations adopted in 1996 that fail to protect the health of the American public.

News coverage on the other major networks paled in comparison. Are advertisers and the wireless industry influencing television news coverage of wireless safety issues?

Links to the TV new stories appear below.

CBS News

Will Berkeley Cell Phone Ordinance Harm Consumers?
CBS This Morning, Jul 27, 2015

Retired Electronics Professor Wants To Create Wi-Fi Free Refuge

Mark Ackerman, CBS Denver, Jul 9, 2015

Are Wi-Fi Signals Making You Sick?

Marissa Bailey, CBS Chicago, July 1, 2015

People Believe Wi-Fi Is Making Them Sick
Dr. Mallika Marshall, CBS Boston, Jun 8, 2015

Seen At 11: Is Wi-Fi Making You Sick?
CBS New York, May 20, 2015

Why I Declared Our Bedroom A Wireless-Free Zone
Julie Watts, CBS SF Bay Area, May 20, 2015

Special Report: Upgrade Outage
WMMT (Kalamazoo, MI), May 19, 2015

Berkeley Passes Nation’s First Radiation Warning For New Cellphones

CBS SF Bay Area, May 13, 2015

Berkeley, California, to require cellphone health warnings

CBS News, May 13, 2015

Cellphone safety: Where do you keep your phone? (web article)

Elizabeth Hinson, CBS National, May 12, 2015 (last updated May 14, 2015)
       KMOV (St. Louis, MO)
       KPAX (Missoula, MT)
       WCTV (Tallahassee, FL)
       WDTV  (Weston, West Virginia)
       WFMY (Greensboro, NC)
       WIVB (Buffalo, NY)
       WKBN (Youngstown, OH)
       WREQ (Memphis,TN)
       WTSP (Tampa Bay, FL)

Can you get radiation poisoning from your cellphone?
CBS News, May 12, 2015

Woman Cuts Family Off From WiFi Over Health Concerns
Gerri Constant, CBS Los Angeles, May 5, 2015

LA County Firefighters Address Lawmakers Over Cell Tower Concerns

CBS Los Angeles, Mar 24, 2015

Local parents concerned about WiFi radiation
Andrea McCarren, WUSA (Washington, DC), Mar 7, 2015

Planned Smart Electric Meters On Long Island Draw Fears About Privacy, Radiation

CBS New York, Mar 6, 2015

Woman believes cell phone radiation nearly killed her husband

Samantha Cortese, KESQ (Palm Desert, CA), Feb 18, 2015 (also ABC affiliate)

In-depth investigation: Examining reports of a cancer cluster at La Quinta Middle School
Natalie Brunnell, KESQ (Palm Desert, CA), Feb 12, 2015 (also ABC affiliate)

Failure to follow cellular antenna regulations raises safety issues
CBS Atlanta, Nov 17, 2014 (updated Feb 10, 2015)

Some residents worried about health effects of smart meters
WMMT (Kalamazoo, MI), Dec 3, 2014

New smart meters installed in Spokane raise questions

KREM (Spokane, WA), Dec 2, 2014

CPS Energy's smart meters show random spikes in radiation output

KENS (San Antonio, TX), Nov 18, 2015

Cell phone towers raise new concerns about safety
Jason Barry, KPHO (Phoenix), Nov 10, 2015 (updated Nov. 25)

FPL, Foes Of Smart Meters Square Off

CBS Miami, Sep 30, 2014

Are Cell Phones Really Giving Us Cancer?

CBS Pittsburgh, Sep 15, 2014

Brain Cancer Warning Stickers Proposed For Cellphones Sold In Berkeley
CBS SF Bay Area, Aug 22, 2014

ABC News

Alki Beach residents protest plan for cell antennas near school

Theron Zahn, KOMO (Seattle), May 7, 2015

Lake Ronkonkomo residents speak out against proposed cell tower in neighborhood
Kristin Thorne, WABC (New York), Apr 29, 2015

Workers say cell tower sites putting them at risk

Cristin Severance, KGTV (San Diego), Mar 19, 2015 (updated Mar 24, 2015)

Ann Arbor family has power shut off by DTE in dispute over installing new SMART meter on their home

Dave LewAllen, WXYZ (Detroit, MI), Mar 18, 2015

Smart meters' slammed at House committee hearing

WZZM (Lansing, MI), Dec 2, 2014

Man claims OUC's smart meter made him sick, files federal lawsuit

WFTV (Orlando, FL), Dec 2, 2014

Alamo Heights residents voice concerns over smart readers

KSAT (San Antonio), Sep 22, 2014 (updated Sep 23, 2014

3 Reasons Not to Sleep With Your Phone in the Bed
Camille Chatterjee, ABC News, Aug 5, 2014

City pushes for cancer warning stickers on cell phones
WCVB (Boston), Jul 15, 2014

Berkeley City Council proposes ordinance to get warning labels on cellphones
Tiffany Wilson, KGO (San Francisco), Jul 15, 2014

NBC News

Neighborhood fights possible new cell tower on church property
Forrest Sanders, WSMV (Nashville, TN), Jul 30, 2015

Residents protest cell tower installation citing health concerns
Sophia Kunthara and Melissa Etezadi, NBC Southern California, Jul 20, 2015

Wireless companies sue Berkeley over cellphone radiation warning ordinance

Tamara Palmer, NBC Bay Area, Jun 8, 2015

Berkeley approves "Right to Know" cell phone radiation warning ordinance
Jean Elle, NBC Bay Area, May 12, 2015

West Seattle residents protest new cell phone antennas
Alex Rozier, KING (Seattle), May 7, 2015

Bay Area documentary "Mobilize" examines cell phone dangers
Jean Elle, NBC Bay Area, Mar 28, 2015

Fox News

Mount Tabor neighbors fight cell phone tower proposal
KPTV (Beaverton, Oregon), Jun 4, 2015 (updated Jul 2, 2015)

Berkeley passes cell phone safety ordinance

Amber Lee, KTVU (Oakland), May 12, 2015

Experts: Why wearable tech could pose health risks

Brooke Crothers, Fox News, Oct 20, 2014

CNN

No wireless radiation safety stories were found in a Google search and a search of CNN's web site for the past year.