Hard-Core-DX.com: WFME 1560 NYC

WFME 1560 NYC

Tuesday, November 10 2020


I'd seen somewhere that someone reported not hearing it for a few days, and
thanks to Scott Fybush's column, someone pointed out to me something was
damaged.

Here's the STA filing from the FCC:
ON OCTOBER 13, 2020, A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMPANY PERFORMING SOIL BORING AND
COMPACTION TESTING ON THE PROPERTY STRUCK THE CONDUITS CONTAINING THE
CONTROL LINES TO TWO TOWERS WITH THEIR BORING EQUIPMENT. AS A RESULT, WFME
(AM) WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AND MODE CHANGE CAPABILITY DISRUPTED.

THE ARRAY WAS PUT INTO NIGHT MODE AND RETURNED TO THE AIR ON OCTOBER 14,
2020, OPERATING AT ITS AUTHORIZED NIGHTTIME POWER. UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE
TO THE CONTROL CABLES, THE LICENSEE OF WFME RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS AN
ENGINEERING SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FROM THE COMMISSION TO REMAIN IN
CONTINOUS NIGHT MODE AND AT ITS AUTHORIZED NIGHTTIME POWER.
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