Faced with business closures, stay-at-home orders and limits on the size of public gatherings due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, building officials have been looking for ways to celebrate Building Safety Month in their jurisdictions while ensuring everyone’s health and safety. For one city in rural Virginia, the solution has been to enlist a tried and true technology that continues to play a central role in the community — radio.
James Moss, project manager for the city of Galax, Va., and president of the Virginia Building and Code Officials Association, is teaming up with the two FM radio stations in town — 96.5 WCGX “The Cat” and 98.1 WBRF — to produce radio spots on the Building Safety Month weekly themes that will air throughout May, and to air a special feature program on building safety.