[IRCA] 50 Year Old AM Tower Comes Crashing Down...

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

...and you won't believe how!

In the early morning hours of March 9, 2013 in Road Town, on Tortola in the
British Virgin Islands, a 300 ft tall, 50 year old tower that had stood up
against several hurricanes and other storms came crashing down after a
drunk driver crashed, catching a guy wire and toppled the tower.

ZBVI-AM 780 is operating with 1000 Watts into a long wire using a
transmitter The Department Of Disaster Management keeps as a backup. ZBVI
is privately owned, but the ONLY AM station there and the government keeps
the transmitter in case of emergency.

Here are a few links to some pictures shared with me by the Operations
Manager at ZBVI.


Here is the vehicle that is perched/lodged up in the trees after the
accident:
http://www.onairdj.com/towerzbvi.JPG

This is the base of where the tower stood.. after it came crashing down and
the scrap was cleared:
http://www.onairdj.com/zbvitowerbase.JPG

One part of the longwire ZBVI 780 is operating with using a 1KW backup
transmitter:
http://www.onairdj.com/zbvilongwire.JPG

Another part of the longwire ZBVI 780 is using with a 1KW backup
transmitter:
http://www.onairdj.com/zbvilongwire1.JPG

ZBVI is licensed for 10,000 Watts Non Directional but according to an
article, a station staffer is quoted as saying they run 1KW to 5KW
http://www.bviplatinum.com/news.php?page=Article&articleID=1362829610



*Paul*
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