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Post by David on Mar 18, 2020 12:51:15 GMT -7
Noticed a few changes while I was scanning the AM & FM bands today after this morning's earthquake. KMRI 1550 is off the air, and KIHU 1010 seems to be operating at reduced power. 1010 is barely audible in NE Ogden this afternoon, and it's usually as strong as KSL-AM during the day here. IIRC, the towers for both KIHU and KMRI are located at the same site in Magna. KZNS 1280 is on the air, but with an open carrier. 97.5 is re-broadcating KSL as of this writing. One of the jocks at KSQN (I think it was Chet Tapp) posted on Facebook this morning and said their studio building was unsafe to enter earlier today. Chet is back on the air now, so I assume they've gotten the all clear at 257 East. That's all for now, folks! :-)
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Post by christopherjohn on Mar 18, 2020 23:18:49 GMT -7
So what is odd. Is it looks like the 1550 tower is gone. There were two the other day but only one as of now. Anyone have any info?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 19, 2020 4:54:10 GMT -7
If I'm reading this right, KMRI is 1 tower non-directional. KIHU (yes, at the same site) uses 2 towers directional critical hours and nights. I don't see any new apps for KIHU. (I'm going to bend my usual rule here and talk TV in this thread since it's all one story.) Right after the quake hit I turned to KSL-TV and it seemed like things were crazy over there. The screen was a greyish blank but there was a mike open and we were hearing them trying to get everything together. I'd guess they were caught off guard since I don't think they were on air at the time. I jumped over to KJZZ where they were on air as it hit. KJZZ/KUTV uploaded the video of what happened on air as the quake happened: www.youtube.com/watch?v=THDM0-HjjEo When I checked back later KSL was running The Today Show though of course they did end up going wall to wall coverage at some point, though I wasn't taking notes. I'd be really interested in the background of what was going on there if anyone has that. Transmission-wise the only issues I saw where with Nexstar. For a while KUCW was dead air and I think KTVX was having some tiny glitches, maybe in the STL. |
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Post by christopherjohn on Mar 19, 2020 8:06:53 GMT -7
Farnsworth took a power hit, I heard certain stations STL’s went offline for a short time. We went off the air for about 20-30 seconds as the generator had to come online. For the craziness, it seems like everyone held up pretty good.
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Post by amanuensis on Mar 19, 2020 11:47:17 GMT -7
Anyone know if any of the radio stations broke format and played songs like REM's Its the End of the World As We Know It? Or Jerry Lee Lewis' Whole Lot of Shaking Going On? Or are the corporate handcuffs too tight for any improvisational mood lightening?
As far as tv goes, my wife was watching Channel 2's coverage of the earthquake so I decided to watch Channel 5's. I saw that they were broadcasting with the network, so I assumed they were having issues. I then tried watching Channel 4's coverage. They were doing a good job until the lights abruptly went out on their studio set. There was still just enough light to see that the anchors were still there. And then a few seconds of electronic hash and the feed cut back to the network. So I assumed the power had just failed there and that some type of STL fail safe at the transmitter had just kicked in. So then I switched to Channel 13, where I saw that Big Buddha was doing his best attempt at hard news reporting from Magna.
After a while, I switched back to Channel 5 and saw that they were doing a remote from in front of Broadcast House. The reporter said something like, "that humming you hear in the background is our emergency generator." Thus explaining why they had the network on earlier. Then I switched to Channel 2, where I saw one of their sports reporters covering the story at the airport. So it was obviously a case of all hands on deck. Not that the sports reporters had anything else to report on with the virus shutting all sports down.
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Post by kenglish on Mar 19, 2020 12:45:56 GMT -7
Folks at Godfrey Trucking confirmed that KMRI's tower fell yesterday. Guess they don't have to worry about their lights any more.
Probably puts KIHU in a bind. Not sure how much power they can run at night or CH as an omni. I guess Mario is on that right now.
I noticed 1010 and 1160 were both off a couple of times in the afternoon, probably when RMP was rerouting power.
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Post by radiowyoming on Mar 19, 2020 18:22:27 GMT -7
I have *CONFIRMED*i what we were all pretty sure of.. the KMRI tower did collapse, and KIHU lost power but remained on air with a generator, but they're at lower power because the generator isnt big enough to run it at full power. The tower collapse missed the KIHU transmitter building and tower completely,
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Post by David on Mar 19, 2020 19:32:42 GMT -7
I have *CONFIRMED*i what we were all pretty sure of.. the KMRI tower did collapse, and KIHU lost power but remained on air with a generator, but they're at lower power because the generator isnt big enough to run it at full power. The tower collapse missed the KIHU transmitter building and tower completely, Wow, that's a bit spooky IMO. A bit of divine intervention, perhaps? It's obvious that KIHU is operating with a non-directional pattern tonight. CBR is barely audible under KIHU, and CBR is usually the dominant station on 1010 at night in Ogden. |
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Post by David on Mar 19, 2020 20:47:50 GMT -7
I noticed that both KBLQ 92.9 and KLZX 95.9 are on the air with a dead carrier tonight. I'm not sure if it's related to yesterday's earthquake or not, but I know there were a lot of people in Cache County that felt the earth move on Wednesday. :-)
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Post by radiowyoming on Mar 20, 2020 4:36:16 GMT -7
I have *CONFIRMED*i what we were all pretty sure of.. the KMRI tower did collapse, and KIHU lost power but remained on air with a generator, but they're at lower power because the generator isnt big enough to run it at full power. The tower collapse missed the KIHU transmitter building and tower completely, Wow, that's a bit spooky IMO. A bit of divine intervention, perhaps? It's obvious that KIHU is operating with a non-directional pattern tonight. CBR is barely audible under KIHU, and CBR is usually the dominant station on 1010 at night in Ogden. absolutely, devine intervention for sure. Their staff is certainly praying extra heavy today |
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 20, 2020 7:26:04 GMT -7
I agree that everyone held up pretty well given the circumstances. Not that there weren't a few moments I'd guess some wished they could take back....
There's a line between mood lightening and poor taste and in my opinion those song suggestions would go over it at most stations. On a station where juvenile jokes are the norm it might work. I'd be really careful though and think two or three times before going there considering how scary it was for people near the epicenter. They might not appreciate it.
I find it interesting that I haven't seen any mention of the tower falling in the news coverage. Did I miss it or was their really no mention of it?
And just a reminder that the no tolerance policy on attacks is still in effect. A now removed post violated that rule and the poster is no longer a member of the board.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Mar 20, 2020 9:01:08 GMT -7
Regarding songs about shaking, on Jeff Caplan's afternoon news on KSL when he would play songs going to breaks I did hear Carol King's "I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet" and "Shake shake shake your Booty." Is that KC and the Sunshine Band? I should know that being the oldies guy. Several days before the earthquake, more referring to the coronavirus, Jeff told everybody to sing along and then played the REM song "The End of the World as We Know It." The earthquake scared me to death and I for one appreciated the songs. It felt good to laugh but, though spooked, I was uninjured and didn't lose anything including power or internet. I live in the Rose Park area. So I can understand that people worse off than me might not appreciate humor as a way to cope. May I ask which member was removed? If that's an inappropriate question, please disregard it.
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Post by David on Mar 20, 2020 10:04:01 GMT -7
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 21, 2020 12:18:27 GMT -7
Asking about the removed member is a valid question. I've been going back and forth about publicizing it and what I've decided to do is give it out by private message to anyone who really wants to know. Just send me a message through the 'messages' link at the top of any page. oldiesfunhouse, I already sent one to you.
But on to better things... I saw the notification for KMRI. We've criticized AASAA quite a bit over the years so it's fair to give them credit when they get something right. From the file number stamp it looks like the STA was filed less than 24 hours after the quake hit. Considering everything that's going on that's good work. I'm trying to remember the requirement for notification of suspension of operations and I want to say 7 days. Can anybody confirm?
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Post by David on Mar 21, 2020 17:50:25 GMT -7
The FCC's web site says stations have 10 days to notify them of suspension of operations. Stations aren't required to file an STA if the station will be silent for less than 30 days, but they're still required to notify the FCC any time a station will be off the air for more than 10 days. With electronic filings being the norm these days, I'd imagine the process is a lot quicker and much more efficient than in the past.
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