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Radio Saigon Houston keeps Vietnamese community informed during Hurricane Ike

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Noel King

Tuesday, September 30 2008

When Hurricane Ike tore through the Texas Gulf coast, the region’s 160,000 Vietnamese Americans knew where to turn for information. For four days, Radio Saigon Houston struggled to stay on air despite power outages, keeping Vietnamese-Americans from Galveston to Houston informed. When the storm was over, the station was deluged by calls from listeners in the tiny town of San Leon who did not know where to turn for help.

Guest: Thuy Thanh Vu, journalist and CEO of Radio Saigon Houston
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