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The massive earthquake of Jan. 12 silenced virtually all of the TV, newspapers and 50 radio stations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. But miraculously, private radio station Signal FM’s transmitter kept functioning. An hour after the earth shook, Signal managing director Mario Viau and four employees overcame their fears, entered the station’s creaking building and took up their microphones. In the following days, Signal FM conveyed advice and information from rescue workers, aid workers, health experts and engineers, relaying locations where people needed help and linking relatives with missing loved ones.