WLLH Lowell Transmitter Back On The Air

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Just goes to show you how many people actually listen or care about that
signal.

I can guarentee you if KNLV (AM 1060 or 103.9) went off the air, for even 5
minutes, we'd be getting phone calls out the wazoo asking what's going on.

Paul



On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:42 PM, SteveOrdinetz <hykker@wildblue.net> wrote:

> Sean Smyth wrote:
>
> > Apparently no one in
>> > WAMG/WLLH Master Control was aware that Lowell was off
>> > either. Once CE Chris
>> > Hall was made aware of the situation he went to the TX site
>> > and discovered
>> > the problem. National Grid has made repairs and restored
>> > power to the site.
>>
>> Chris Hall is a good engineer from the reading of it -- at least he's a
>> proactive one, and he seems to know his stuff -- but I'm amazed no one
>> noticed 1400 Lowell was off the air for ... days? Really? I guess 1400
>> Lawrence (presuming IT still is on the air) would have covered much of that
>> turf with a serviceable signal, but still.
>>
>
>
> Does he not ever visit his transmitter sites on a regular basis?  I've
> always made it a point to visit my sites at least once every couple months
> to clean filters, check remote control calibration, and look for potential
> problems.  Finding a noisy fan (or vines growing up a power pole) before it
> causes you to go off the air sure beats an emergency call on a Sunday
> afternoon.
>
> I rememeber seeing some pictures of the old WILD transmitter building
> before they moved to the WXKS tower.  Didn't look like anyone had paid that
> place a visit in years.  No excuse for this neglect IMHO,
>



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