{"id":3445,"date":"2011-08-29T17:44:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-04-29T13:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:53:33","slug":"hurricanetropical-storm-irene-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2011\/08\/hurricanetropical-storm-irene-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane\/Tropical Storm Irene wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Creek overflows roadway, Ulster County, NY. Tropical Storm Irene, August 28, 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I read through the FCC’s Hurricane Irene information on which stations were off the air and when, I believe there are a few more to add to the list.  Starting from South to North:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. WNYC (820 KHz) (New York Public Radio) See WMCA below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. WMCA (570 KHz) (Salem Communications) went off when the fetid swamp known as the Meadowlands flooded, which is where their transmitter sites are located.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. WFAF (106.3 MHz) Mount Kisco, (Cumulus Broadcasting) Loss of power, no backup power<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. WLNA (1420 KHz) Peekskill (Pamal Broadcasting) is another AM located in a fetid swamp, this time in Peekskill. \u00a0It is likely this station will be off for several days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. WOSR (91.7 MHz) Middletown (Northeast Public Radio) reasons unknown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. WKIP (1450 KHz) Poughkeepsie (Clear Channel Broadcasting) transmitter room flooded with about 18 inches of water, water overtopped the base insulator and ATU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. WVKR (91.3 MHz) Poughkeepsie (Vassar College) no backup power, back on at 12:00 pm 8\/29<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. WKXP (94.3 MHz) Kingston (Clear Channel Broadcasting) Loss of emergency generator when fan belt broke, restored four hours later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. WAMK (90.9 MHz) Kingston (North East Public Radio) Kingston transmitter site, which looks like it is located in a Revolutionary War relic, is noted for being unreliable.   It goes off frequently and was off and on all day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. WFGB (89.7 MHz) Kingston (Sound of Life Radio) Located in the same building as WAMK, is an LP-1 station.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. WKNY (1490 KHz) Kingston (Cumulus Broadcasting) antenna field flooded, back on the air by 9 am 8\/29.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. WYJB (95.5 MHz) Albany (Pamal Broadcasting) Generator voltage regulator failed, equipment was secured to prevent damage. \u00a0Is an LP-1 station.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. WZMR (104.9 MHz) Altamont (Pamal Broadcasting) Co-located with WYJB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. WAJZ (96.3 MHz) Voorheesville) (Pamal Broadcasting) Co-located with WYJB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. WROW (590 KHz) Albany (Pamal Broadcasting) STL passed through the WYJB transmitter site<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. WPTR (96.7 MHz) Clifton Park (Crawford Broadcasting) reasons unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. WTMM (104.5 MHz) Mechanicville (Townsquare Media) reasons unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. WEQX (102.7 MHz) Manchester, VT (Northshire Broadcasting) loss of power<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Most of these stations are now back on the air, however, several suffered much water damage due to flooding and will be off for a while. \u00a0Lots and lots of roadways washed out, trees down, and power still out for tens of thousands of people, it’s a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These stations that went off the area are but a small fraction of the radio stations that serve the Hudson Valley and upstate NY. Most of the large class B stations, and regional AM stations, which are also the LP-1 EAS stations, stayed on the air for the duration of the storm, as did all of the NOAA Weather Radio<\/del> All Hazards stations in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kudos to the DJs, meteorologists, news people, and field reporters for keeping us informed and safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I read through the FCC’s Hurricane Irene information on which stations were off the air and when, I believe there are a few more to add to the list.  Starting from South to North: Most of these stations are now back on the air, however, several suffered much water damage due to flooding and will … Continue reading Hurricane\/Tropical Storm Irene wrap up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3],"tags":[220],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fcc","category-general","tag-disaster-recovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11732,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/11732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}