Radio Station Uses Carrier Pigeons to Communicate with Reporters

In an age when people seem obsessed with mobile devices and smart phones, we thought we’d introduce you to a man who has brought back an older method of sending messages.  His name is Charles Edwards. If that name sounds familiar, that’s because he’s the interim news director here at WABE.  But what many people don’t know is that he sometimes uses carrier pigeons to communicate with reporters in the field.  WABE’s Steve Goss began this interview by asking him how he got started.

Here are the names of all of our carrier pigeons: