So Near And Yet So Far

[Larry Weil]

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> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org 
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org]
>  On Behalf Of Laurence Glavin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:46 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Subject: So Near And Yet So Far
> 
> The folks at Costa-Eagle must be fuming.  WCCM-AM 1110 is 
> still off-the-air.

> 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. 

Being that many homes in Salem (including mine!) get their water from
private wells which require electricity to operate, National Grid is correct
in restoring them first.  And they just may have separate crews for business
accounts.

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH