So Near And Yet So Far

[Laurence Glavin]

The folks at Costa-Eagle must be fuming.  WCCM-AM 1110 is still off-the-air.  Their
other outlets: WNNW-AM 800 and WCEC-AM 1490 are broadcasting as normal.  Now here's
the deal...WCCM is the only directional station out of the three, so I wouldn't
be surprised if they have to run a few tests before they can resume broadcasting
(that may be why WEIM-1280 in Fitchburg appears to be running at lower power and
WFGL-AM 960 is nowhere to be found.) The transmitter with assorted phasing equipment
has been sitting there for five days or so in the dark and cold.  So I thought
I'd go out to the transmitter site, which is at the end of a dirt road perpendicular
to the main drag, Pelham Road.  There was a truck blocking the street and it 
wasn't from Costa-Eagle;  it was for workers cleaning up the area.  One of
them said, yes, all the RESIDENCES in the area got their power back, but Public
Service of NH was not yet restoring power to BUSINESSES along the street;
oops, the ONLY business for a couple of miles IS the WCCM transmitter.  So
that station may be off at least until tomorrow.  I also noticed that WDER-AM 1320
in Derry is still off-the-air.  Its studio and transmitter site is near downtown though.


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