Re[2]: No remote start on generator at WSRS xmtr site

["Lorraine Smith" <smithl@alden.com>]

     Please tell me that this isn't another Capstar budget cut!
     
     Lorraine

At 10:20 AM 7/30/98 -0400, Bill Piacentini wrote:
>The Town of Paxton, MA lost power yesterday (7/29/98) at around 2:10 PM. 
>Consequently, WSRS (96.1FM) transmitter, based in that town, went off the 
air.
>Everything, except the start-up of the backup generator, is 
>controlled/monitored remotely from the studios. The station was off the air 
>for about 55 minutes. Evidently help was dispatched to Paxton to start the 
>generator.
     
     
Usually they're set up to automatically kick in when power goes out...at 
out station we're only off for a fraction of a second....just long enough 
to trip a status alarm.  Guess somebody hadn't tested it in a while.

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