Snowstorm's Effects On Local Radio

[David]

103.1 The Wave posted a message on their Facebook page about an hour ago stating that their broadcast signal is down because of "Snowmageddon". The Ogden booster is on as of this writing, but the signal is very weak. Has anyone noticed if any of the Humpy Peak stations besides KLO-FM are off the air or have a reduced signal strength after yesterday's snowstorm?

[Timmy]

Yesterday evening around 8:30 I heard silence on 98.7 for a few minutes.. I switched around to see if other stations were silent, but just 98.7 from my quick scan.

[David]

Whatever the problem with The Wave's OTA signal was, it doesn't appear to have lasted very long. They're back up to full strength as of 1:00 PM Wednesday, and the only thing I noticed during a quick band scan this afternoon was that the 99.9 translator for KSVN is off the air. We only had about 6-7 inches of snow in Ogden, but I heard West Jordan and some other areas have had as much as 18 inches so far.

[amanuensis]

I can confirm that it was 18 inches for us in West Jordan. My daughter and I took turns shoveling yesterday and we still need to shovel more today before we can get our cars drive-able.

[David]

I noticed that the Ogden booster for Utah Public Radio (UPR) on 89.5 is broadcasting dead air again this morning. Not sure if it's related to "Snowmageddon", but I'm going to send friendlee a PM just in case. The 99.9 KSVN translator is still off as well.

[friendlee]

I'm sure it is but since I have to snowshoe into that site and with the instability of the weather over the next week, I'm not sure when I can safely trudge up there. Between Rocky Point and Reservoir Hill in Brigham, these two sites win the prize for being the most difficult to get into within spitting distance on a windy day of houses!

[David]

FWIW friendlee, the audio is back on the 89.5 UPR Ogden booster since approximately 11:30 AM Thursday.