Re: Weather Related Radio/TV Problems

[Mike Thomas <nostatic@earthlink.net>]

WERZ-Exeter, NH was off the air from 5:15 to 6:15 last night due to the
storms.  I don't know the exact reason for the outage, but I would suspect that
their TX site in Stratham lost power, and when I worked there the generator at
the TX was less than reliable.

Mike Thomas
WXLO & Mediabase 24/7


Mark wrote:

> WCAP(980) Lowell has been off the air since about 5:30 PM today.A severe
> thunderstorm rolled through the Lowell area,bringing down numerous trees
> and power lines.Power was knocked out in the area of WCAP's TX site,and as
> of just before starting to type this,the power is still out in that
> area.(my parents live just down the street from WCAP's TX).I thought WCAP
> had a generator at the TX,unless it failed or maybe there was damage at the
> TX site.
>
> Also,about 10:15PM,I was watching CH 56's news when the station went
> off,replaced by a Media One pay per view promo.Flipped through all the
> other Boston TV's,found all but Ch 2 apparently off and replaced by the
> same Media One PPV promo.About 15 sec after this all stations were back
> on.Any one else notice this occurance on their cable system?
>
> Mark Watson

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