[IRCA] KTRS 550 Towers Damaged in Storm

["Pete Dernbach" <walace2fan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We had an unusual storm last night.
It came done from the north and made a right turn in to St. Louis.
500,000 people and businesses lost power, down to 450,000 as of 5:00 pm.

550 KTRS lost two of it's towers and will be non directional and 1250 watts
at night.

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>From St. Louis Business Journal
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/07/17/daily60.html?jst=b
_ln_hl


KTRS loses two Ill. towers in storm

Radio station KTRS said Thursday that two of its four broadcast towers in
Madison, Ill., toppled over during Wednesday night's storm, resulting in an
emergency broadcast license granted to the station by the Federal
Communications Commission.

The FCC granted KTRS 550 AM a six-month license to broadcast in the evenings
at 1,250 watts in a "nondirectional," or 360-degree, manner from one of its
two remaining towers. KTRS typically broadcasts at night at 5,000 watts in a
directional manner to the north, south and west, according to a release.

KTRS officials said in a statement that the changes will not affect its
listeners throughout the Midwest during the day nor those in the St. Louis
metropolitan area at night. However, the radio's evening signal will be
weaker beyond the St. Louis metropolitan area until the towers are repaired,
according to the release. 
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Pete Dernbach
St. Louis, Mo.

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