Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] DXing Hurricane Irma by "Steve Whitt (MWN Editor)"

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Island 92 in Saint Mareteen is off the air too, i think and so is their BVI
sister station, Z Rock (105.1?)I think

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:30 PM, Glenn Hauser wghauser@xxxxxxxxx [ABDX] <
ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Very little information available regarding station outages etc across the
> Caribbean. One possible casualty might be ZBVI [780]. On line streams were
> dead and Facebook contributions had stalled. Yesterday 6/9.
>
> On Barbuda the storm has reportedly wiped out 90% of buildings and all
> telecommunications is down.
>
> Keep your radios on for stations along the Florida Coast. All stations are
> authorized to operate with max power and non-directional in case of
> emergency. This is possible during this coming weekend when Hurricane Irma
> makes US landfall. Current prediction suggest closest landfall in Florida
> might be Miami area, but if storm stays offshore then the Bahamas could be
> the target, Evacuations are taking place in both areas. 73s (Steve Whitt,
> UK, Sept 7, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
>
> Hurricane Irma DX target list
>
> Here is a list of stations to look out for if they are operating emergency
> daypower at night or non-directional antennas
>
> All of the following stations could boost their night power significantly
> under emergency conditions
>
> kHz DAY NIGHT
> 540 WFLF FL PINE HILLS 50000 46000
> 550 WAYR FL FLEMING ISLAND 5000 500
> 600 WBOB FL JACKSONVILLE 50000 9700
> 640 WMEN FL ROYAL PALM BEACH 7500 460
> 670 WWFE FL MIAMI 50000 1000
> 690 WOKV FL JACKSONVILLE 50000 25000
> 720 WRZN FL HERNANDO 10000 250
> 760 WLCC FL BRANDON 10000 1000
> 770 WJBX FL NORTH FORT MYERS 10000 630
> 810 WRSO FL ORLOVISTA 20000 400
> 820 WWBA FL LARGO 50000 1000
> 850 WFTL FL WEST PALM BEACH 50000 20000
> 940 WINZ FL MIAMI 50000 10000
> 950 WTLN FL ORLANDO 12000 5000
> 970 WFLA FL TAMPA 25000 11000
> 980 WDVH FL GAINESVILLE 5000 166
> 990 WDYZ FL ORLANDO 50000 14000
> 1000 WYBT FL BLOUNTSTOWN 5000
> 1010 WJXL FL JACKSONVILLE BEACH 50000 30000
> 1010 WHFS FL SEFFNER 50000 5000
> 1030 WONQ FL OVIEDO 45000 1700
> 1040 WURN FL BOYNTON BEACH 25000 1100
> 1050 WROS FL JACKSONVILLE 5000 13
> 1060 WIXC FL TITUSVILLE 50000 5000
> 1070 WNVY FL CANTONMENT 15000 28
> 1070 WFRF FL TALLAHASSEE 10000
> 1080 WHIM FL CORAL GABLES 50000 10000
> 1080 WHOO FL KISSIMMEE 19000 190
> 1110 WTIS FL TAMPA 10000
> 1140 WQBA FL MIAMI 50000 10000
> 1140 WRMQ FL ORLANDO 5000 8
> 1150 WTMP FL EGYPT LAKE 10000 500
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=EGYPT+LAKE+10000+500+%0D+1160&entry=gmail&source=g>
> 1160 WEWC FL CALLAHAN 5000 250
> 1170 WAVS FL DAVIE 5000 250
> 1200 WJUA FL PINE ISLAND CENTER 50000 1000
> 1210 WNMA FL MIAMI SPRINGS 47000 2500
> 1250 WHNZ FL TAMPA 25000 5900
> 1260 WSUA FL MIAMI 50000 20000
> 1270 WRLZ FL EATONVILLE 25000 5000
> 1270 WTLY FL TALLAHASSEE 5000 110
> 1280 WDSP FL DE FUNIAK SPRINGS 5000 46
> 1290 WJNO FL WEST PALM BEACH 10000 4900
> 1300 WQBN FL TEMPLE TERRACE 5000 160
> 1310 WYND FL DELAND 10400 115
> 1320 WJNJ FL JACKSONVILLE 50000 5000
> 1330 WEBY FL MILTON 25000 79
> 1330 WCVC FL TALLAHASSEE 5000
> 1360 WCGL FL JACKSONVILLE 5000 89
> 1370 WOCA FL OCALA 5000 33
> 1390 WAJD FL GAINESVILLE 5000 51
> 1410 WQBQ FL LEESBURG 5000 88
> 1410 WHBT FL TALLAHASSEE 5000 18
> 1420 WDJA FL DELRAY BEACH 5000 500
> 1430 WTMN FL GAINESVILLE 10000 45
> 1430 WOIR FL HOMESTEAD 5000 500
> 1460 WQOP FL JACKSONVILLE 15000 5000
> 1460 WZEP FL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS 10000 186
> 1460 WQXM FL BARTOW 10000 155
> 1470 WWNN FL POMPANO BEACH 50000 2500
> 1480 WKGC FL SOUTHPORT 5000 34
> 1510 WWBC FL COCOA 50000
> 1520 WBZW FL APOPKA 5000
> 1530 WYMM FL JACKSONVILLE 50000
> 1550 WNZF FL BUNNELL 11000 57
> 1550 WAMA FL TAMPA 10000 133
> 1550 WRHC FL CORAL GABLES 10000
> 1560 WLZR FL MELBOURNE 5000
> 1570 WVOJ FL FERNANDINA BEACH 10000 30
> 1570 WTWB FL AUBURNDALE 5000 13
> 1580 WSRF FL FORT LAUDERDALE 10000 1500
> 1580 WTCL FL CHATTAHOOCHEE 10000
> 1580 WNTF FL BITHLO 10000
> 1590 WPSL FL PORT ST. LUCIE 5000
> 1600 WZNZ FL ATLANTIC BEACH 5000 89
> 1620 WNRP FL GULF BREEZE 10000 1000
> 1660 WCNZ FL MARCO ISLAND 10000 1000
> 1680 WOKB FL WINTER GARDEN 10000 1000
> 1700 WJCC FL MIAMI SPRINGS 10000 1000
>
> During hurricane Irma look for those on the Atlantic coast
> 73 (Steve, ibid.)
>
> Report on Channel 4 TV here in the UK, by a local on Anguilla, stated that
> all radio stations were off air and internet was down. Some mobile comms
> seems to be working. Serious damage throughout. 73 (Steve, ibid.)
>
> Turks & Caicos & hurricane Irma
>
> Ahead of Irma arriving in T&C (a few hours away) I tried to see how local
> stations were dealing with it. Some stations have no mention of hurricane
> on air or on their website/facebook or twitter
>
> e.g. religious station Faith FM 98.9 completely oblivious of hurricane. Do
> they just expect their listeners to pray for divine protection? Ditto for
> Radio Example of Christ 95.1
>
> Tradewinds Radio 104.5; no mention of Irma on website, last tweet by
> station was in Feb 2017; only one facebook post mentions hurricanes but
> dated August 17! Syndicated news at top of hour comes from Washington DC
> even during a local emergency. Does have brief local mariners weather
> forecast at 3 minutes after the hour covering Irma, but nothing about
> emergency planning/response. Main music programming seems automated with no
> local element.
>
> The main T&C station Radio Turks & Caicos is returning a network error on
> its internet streaming and has just a handful of messages about Irma on its
> Facebook page. Not what I'd call comprehensive coverage for its listeners..
>
> Power 92.5Fm / Kiss FM seems to have got its act together (despite
> apparently automated music show) with pre-recorded hurricane watch on air
> every 30 minutes. They claim "More people listen to Power 92 than all other
> local Radio & TV Stations combined. We've been the #1 Station in Provo
> since 1980." They are also warning listeners that they may have switch to
> back-up generators (but no significant social media presence). But not sure
> if anyone actually is in the studio.
>
> 93.9 Island FM has a few recent posts on its Facebook; can't get live
> audio stream to work; useless one page website
>
> I'm not sure if R Vision Cristiana is on air but the island lacks a a
> suitable island wide MW broadcaster - to given the size of the island FM
> would do also.
>
> If I was on Turks & Caicos I think tuning into the radio would not be much
> help. 73s (Steve Whitt, ibid.)
>
> Hurricane Irma & Puerto Rico
>
> Reports (from Associated Press) today say that 70% of homes are without
> electricity in PR. One other report says 90%. The power company PREPA says
> nothing on its website about outages or hurricanes! It is being reported
> that it might take months to restore all power because PREPA has no money
> and not enough technicians.
>
> I'm having difficulty finding any information about radio stations
> affected by hurricane Irma. Does anyone have any news? 73s (Steve, ibid.)
>
> It seems like Caribbean Beacon-1610 has been off the last two nights.
> WSTX-970 [USVI] was heard here the 6th of September and tonight I listen to
> their webstream where they continuously reported of damages in Virgin
> Islands and the surrounded areas (Bernt-Ivan Holmberg, Sala, Sweden, Sept
> 7, ibid.)
>
> Impact of Hurricane Harvey on radio
>
> At the height, just nine Texas radio stations were silenced due to Harvey,
> scattered across the region, leaving others to step up and serve listeners.
> That's a far cry from during Hurricane Katrina when the FCC estimated about
> 100 broadcast stations
> <https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263813A1.pdf>
> were knocked off the air. Source: FCC September 6 (Steve Whitt, Sept 7,
> ibid.)
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