WATO Oak Ridge, Tennessee tower falls
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WATO Oak Ridge, Tennessee tower falls
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It took the station TWO DAYS to find out that the tower fell down?
"While the station remained on the air for two days, personnel discovered the fallen tower Thursday, forcing Horne Radio to shut down WATO due to exposed wires and other variables which were deemed unsafe."
Looks like the hard drive that was running the station failed to check
tower lights or base currents.
"While the station remained on the air for two days, personnel discovered the fallen tower Thursday, forcing Horne Radio to shut down WATO due to exposed wires and other variables which were deemed unsafe."
Looks like the hard drive that was running the station failed to check
tower lights or base currents.
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Don't you have a feeling there is a fine on the horizon? Now that this is hitting the trades (already in http://www.allaccess.com) it will be difficult for the FCC to ignore that the station was at least out of pattern for 2 days before discovering and taking action.
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Lessee...Force Commander wrote:Don't you have a feeling there is a fine on the horizon? Now that this is hitting the trades (already in http://www.allaccess.com) it will be difficult for the FCC to ignore that the station was at least out of pattern for 2 days before discovering and taking action.
Tower light violation(s) - check.
AM Fencing requirement violation - check.
Directional monitoring violation - check.
Directional field-strength violation - check.
Harmful Interference violation - check.
Exposed rf radiation/current violation - check.
Form of payment the US Treasury receive from the licensee - check.
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A sad illustration on the state of (some) broadcast operations today.Force Commander wrote:Don't you have a feeling there is a fine on the horizon? Now that this is hitting the trades (already in http://www.allaccess.com) it will be difficult for the FCC to ignore that the station was at least out of pattern for 2 days before discovering and taking action.
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...but this is exactly the kind of station you guys say you want!!Hoosier Daddy wrote:A sad illustration on the state of (some) broadcast operations today.
...small-town station owned by a small owner that's kept it local-ish with small-town school sports and local church services....
I don't get it........
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Yep. Absolutely. Underlined. Bold face.Arp2 wrote: ... exactly the kind of station you guys say you want ... small-town station owned by a small owner that's kept it local-ish with small-town school sports and local church services....
You didn't go far enough. Add the part about giving a damn and/or having your shit together so you'd realize you had a tower on the ground. Surely to God there was a transmitter meter reading messed up or an alarm or your transmitter's failsafe shut you down because when you went to the night pattern you set the grass on fire or a listener called and said they can't hear you in Nagatuck Falls anymore but a farmer reported five electrocuted cows caught in a barbed wire fence next to the antenna farm ...I don't get it.
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I agree with HD... if the tower fell and the station was nothing more than fire and forget satellite programming (except for the occasional local sportscast), I'm pretty sure no one here has advocated such a beast.Arp2 wrote:...but this is exactly the kind of station you guys say you want!!Hoosier Daddy wrote:A sad illustration on the state of (some) broadcast operations today.
...small-town station owned by a small owner that's kept it local-ish with small-town school sports and local church services....
I don't get it........
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Only after the plate current, voltage, and base-current meter had been altered downward to reflect legal operation.Big Media wrote:If a tower falls in a field... and no one is around to hear it... does it make a sound?
I swear, this sounds like something that would happen to Rosco Peters, rest his soul.
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