Retire the GroupMe. Real-time station chat with official channels, direct messages, @mentions, and reactions — all inside WATCHDESK, where your roster and roles already live.
Station chat usually lives in a consumer app nobody controls — former members still in the group, no roles, no record. WATCHDESK Messaging keeps the conversation inside the system that already knows who’s active, with official channels and moderation — and when something truly can’t wait, Station Paging texts the crew.
Everything you expect from a modern chat app, scoped to your station and your roster.
Official public or restricted channels, ad-hoc groups, and one-to-one direct messages.
Tag a member to get their attention and trigger a notification straight to them.
Acknowledge a message with a tap — quick confirmation without the reply clutter.
Find any past message, decision, or detail across your channels in seconds.
Members who turn on notifications hear about new messages and @mentions on their phone — a busy thread rolls up into one alert instead of a buzz per message.
Live delivery across every device and instance, with moderation tools for the channels that need them.
Live conversation with the people who are actually on the roster.
Send to a channel or DM a teammate.
Everyone sees it in real time across devices.
Members away from the app get a push notification on their phone.
Chat, paging, and staffing all coordinate the same crew.
In-App Messaging is a premium add-on available to every member once it’s enabled. Sign in to turn it on, or see how it fits with everything else.