Re: [IRCA] 2 Seattle AM Stations Catch Fire

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

1680 is back.  Just heard them at 15:00 UTC (08:00 local) and very strong
in Victoria.  1590 is there, in the mud....73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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