[IRCA] 2 Seattle AM Stations Catch Fire

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

>From Tom Taylor's Radio newsletter:

Transmitter fire knocks out two Salem AMs in Seattle.

Bainbridge Island fire marshal Luke Carpenter says it could’ve been worse,
given the dry conditions on the island. But for Salem’s conservative talk
“Freedom 1590” KLFE and Spanish Christian “Radio Luz 1680” KNTS, it was
pretty darn bad. The Bainbridge Island
Review<http://tomtaylornow.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=78b390ff9f5b002e3f050238c&id=745e87e794&e=8f13540c27>
describes
an early-morning fire that started yesterday morning in the transmitter
building, “but then spread from the 12 foot by 12 foot structure to nearby
grass, and then started a brush fire.” It didn’t become the far larger
conflagration that spread on Catalina Island in 2007, when a blaze was
sparked by a contractor cutting steel wire in a job for “K-Brite” KBRT,
Avalon, CA (740). Salem tells NOW that “Freedom 1590” was back on the air
later yesterday, while “Radio Luz” remained off. Engineering-wise, the
tower site is a nine-mile ferryboat ride northwest of downtown Seattle, and
it’s a two-tower array. KLFE/1590 is directional at night, and needs the
second tower for full operation.

Here's the newspaper article:
http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/215553741.html

Paul Walker
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