when hurricane irma hit anguilla, a deejay became vital for many people. michael holmes has his story. that s right. 11 days after hurricane irma. and you have it on 103.3. reporter: before hurricane irma, deejay jamie patterson was to play music and keep up an upbeat banter. it went from me to getting the party started to you re the guy we re looking to for all of the information now. reporter: irma change his job description and his life. since his workers have switched from deejays to lifelines. you don t need to go in the line or the cues to get gas if your tank is on half. there s no gas shortage. reporter: this island was battered by irma. and the days that followed were brutal.
no power damaged, infrastructure. the communication mast was destroyed. but the humble studios next door survived. staying off air was not an option. so, they knew what they had a job to do. when we saw the damage, we re like, okay. we re off air. we need to get back up. reporter: one mast later, 103.3 cool f.m. was back on-care. listeners take advantage of the barbershop, listening to the radio on generator power. we understand what is going on with the hurricane. reporter: people turn to the deejays for information and guidance and comfort here and on other islands. how important was the radio station when the hurricane had gone through? it was very important to get
european, that a fantastic job as far as its location was forecasting, with the right turn from cuba towards southern florida. right now, they make that right turn and keep it off the eastern united states. it s seven days out before we get to that point. a lot can change. that s uncomfortly with close for what will be a significant storm. there s a lot of people in the path of the storm system, guys. on-deck, puerto rico. they do feel, many people i spoke with, feel they dodged a bullet. they felt the intensity of the storm but could have been much worse. now, they have storm coming that way. pedram, thank you. in anguilla, a radio deejay known for spinning hit, was a lifeline during that storm. that s right. 11 days after hurricane irma. and you have it on 103.3.
staying off air was not an option. so, they knew what they had a job to do. we need to get back up. reporter: one mass later, 103.3 cool f.m. was back on-care. listeners take advantage of the barbershop, listening to the radio on generator power. reporter: people turn to the deejays for information an comfort here and on other islands. how important was the radio station when the hurricane had gone through? it was very important to get information around. to know what is happening is st very vital to our community. reporter: vital to communities throughout the region, through irma.