WSAZ-DT off air

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:05 pm

Tuesday night
9:30 or so past 10:00 pm.
Storm, guess generator didn't start.
Lots of lightning, maybe worse problems.

lastone · Post by **lastone** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:20 pm

There was a "trees down, wires down" 911 call on Barker Ridge. Generator fail probably correct.

WOWK has a microwave link that goes out in heavy rain-xmtr was still on.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:57 pm

Back on 10:50 or so.

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Wed May 27, 2009 11:07 am

genlock wrote:Storm, guess generator didn't start.

Do they have a generator at WSAZ now?

oldtvman2 · Post by **oldtvman2** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:49 pm

WSAZ-TV has always had a generator at the transmitter site. don't know the age WOWK has a generator that is several years old at the transmitter and it has a generator at the studio. the one at the studio has a lot of trouble with it's block heater busting and letting all the water out. Both the studio and transmitter generators should run once a week. transmitter on Monday and studio on Saturday. at ;east they did when i was in charge.

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:07 pm

Thanks for the clarification on the generator -- it makes sense that WSAZ has one at the transmitter site. I know that they didn't have one at the studio during my time there, though I don't think any of the TV stations I ever worked at had a generator at the studio location.

tvchick · Post by **tvchick** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:19 pm

Ace Purple wrote:Thanks for the clarification on the generator -- it makes sense that WSAZ has one at the transmitter site. I know that they didn't have one at the studio during my time there, though I don't think any of the TV stations I ever worked at had a generator at the studio location.

The last three stations I've worked for have all had generators both at studio and transmitter. It's a must-have where I am now as we head into hurricane season.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:01 pm

Public Broadcasting has a generator at the Charleston and Beckley studio facilities.
The important transmitters have generators.

Hoosier Daddy · Post by **Hoosier Daddy** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:04 pm

Does Huntington (WPBY-TV) even have (or need) a studio anymore?
I thought all the WVPB television stations were nothing more than translators originating in Morgantown or Grandview or somewhere ...

The-Hammer · Post by **The-Hammer** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:20 pm

Hoosier Daddy wrote:Does Huntington (WPBY-TV) even have (or need) a studio anymore?
I thought all the WVPB television stations were nothing more than translators originating in Morgantown or Grandview or somewhere ...

Nope, it was turned over to MU SOJMC several years ago. The studio being renovated by the $800,000 state grant is the old WPBY studio.

I'm not involved with the television side so I don't know what else is in store, but they performed asbestos abatement last week.

Jack Deakin · Post by **Jack Deakin** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:12 am

WSAZ has a generator at studio and at the transmitter. I know they run the studio generator test at least weekly. Many times I have driven down the alley behind the station and it is running, I assume it is a test. Generators only work in the case of the loss of commercial power. Not if there is an internal failure. Even with lots of UPS s_ _ t happens.

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:12 am

aninsider wrote:WSAZ has a generator at studio and at the transmitter.

I'm glad to hear that -- you don't know how important a studio generator is until you lose power for an extended period of time leading up to a newscast.

lastone · Post by **lastone** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:37 pm

How many on here remember network 'news by candlelight' in the great eastern power grid failure?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:58 pm

A lightning hit had wsaz off air for a period today.
Studio hit.

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:34 pm

Yep.. lightening is abound. I just ordered another carton of US Robotics 56k external modems. Damn things quit every time it gets foggy.

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