RE: NorthEast Radio Watch 7/31: Of WBTN(AM) and Big Blue Bags...

["Mike Fitzpatrick" <fitzradio@map.com>]

> *Almost nothing happened in CONNECTICUT this week, except for a
> transformer explosion that knocked WTIC-TV (Channel 61) off the air
> for a few minutes Thursday night.  East Farmington firefighters cut
> power to the building to stop the fire that resulted.  Cable viewers
> were not affected by the problem, thanks to a direct feed from the
> WTIC-TV studios in Hartford.


Was the transformer at the transmitter site or on the powerlines to it? Also
did WVIT (Channel 30) or WRCH (100.5) get knocked off as well, seeing that
they are at the same sight?


--MIKE