RADIO

After a dozen years of coolly reporting battles, invasions and bombings, broadcasters and engineers at Beirut Radio began fainting and calling for help when the facility’s air conditioning broke down over the weekend. “Our morning news bulletin will be very short today,” said one broadcaster. “It is not possible for anybody to remain alive inside the locked studios, which are like a sauna, without air conditioning or ventilation,” she added. The woman remained on the air to tell listeners that two sound engineers had collapsed after temperatures in the studio soared above 122 degrees.