For a generation of radio listeners, the late Jane Dornacker in New York, Washington, D.C. icon Walt Starling and KIIS-FM in Los Angeles’ “Commander” Chuck Street were essential eye-in-the-sky assets to commuters tuned to the radio seeking the latest information on traffic and transit. Then came Shadow Traffic, Total Traffic & Weather Network and the like.
Now, a Bellevue, Wash.-based transportation data and analytics company has brought to market “a breakthrough platform that completely automates TV and radio traffic reporting by replacing human reporters with fully AI-generated audio and video broadcasts.”
