When a deadly line of tornadoes swept through Tennessee and Kentucky in the early morning hours of Dec. 11, 2021, WPLN News whirred to action.
Veteran newscaster Nina Cardona provided breaking news updates — including the latest weather warnings — starting at 4 a.m. WPLN News reporters and editors spoke to meteorologists and emergency responders to deliver the news on fatalities and the scope of the damage. And WPLN’s Blake Farmer was among the first reporters to be on the ground in Mayfield, Ky., more than two hours from Nashville, to describe the devastation of a small community hit straight on by an EF-4 tornado.
WPLN News was the eyes and ears not just for Middle Tennessee but for all of public radio amid a dangerous natural disaster.
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