Re: WQSX off-the-air Saturday Morn

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

> The tower supports a main antenna and an auxiliary 
> antenna, but apparently there's no backup generator.

And apparently no BU site...

JP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lglavin@lycosmail.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: WQSX off-the-air Saturday Morn


> After windblown and wet snowstorms or sleet events, I
> like to check the AM and FM dials to see if any outlets
> were knocked off the air.  All the AM's were there..
> WJIB-AM in its weakened condition..but two FM's,
> one in the public band and one commercial were silent:
> WJUL 91.5 Lowell and WQSX 93.7 licensed to 
> Lawrence, transmitter Peabody, Mass for Boston 
> market penetration.  None of the other 91.5's in 
> Eastern Mass was coming in, so I left my tuner on 
> 93.7 to see if I could pick up the 93.7 in Hartford,
> (xmmtr W. Pique, Medriden, CT) but all I got was an
> occasional gurgle until WQSX came back on.  I don't 
> know when they went off, but they were missing at least half
> an hour Saturday.  Nobody here reported it; the honchos
> at Entercomm should be afraid, very afraid.
> The tower supports a main antenna and an auxiliary 
> antenna, but apparently there's no backup generator.
> 
> Laurence Glavin
> 
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