I think this is via MW Circle....Mike Terry at any rate..
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16 stations in the path of Hurricane Michael were still dark on Sunday..
Thats 13 FMs, down from 14 on Saturday. The
silent list includes nine full-power FMs, two Low
Power FMs and two translators. (Another two FM
stations are reported down by the FCC, with
programming sent to another station.) On the AM
band, 3 stations are dark. Those are iHearts
WDIZ Panama City, Florida/590 and Albany, Georgia
sister WJYZ/960, and Radiojones-owned WXRS
Swainsboro, GA/1590. The damage to some cell
sites continues to linger, in some
heavily-impacted counties of Florida and Georgia.
In Florida, 69% of cell-sites in Gulf County are
out, as are 66% in Bay County, 44% in Washington
and Liberty Counties, and 24% in Jackson County.
Alabamas fine and most of Georgia has recovered,
though 50% of cell sites are silent in Early
County, Georgia. See Sundays FCC list of AM/FM
stations and cell sites here. A total of 110
counties are still being asked to be part of
D.I.R.S., the Commissions Disaster Information
Reporting System. Two stations have filed for
Special Temporary Authority to remain silent, one
of them in Panama City. Thats WFFL/91.7, whose
owner Family Worship Center Church says it cant
even reach the station to evaluate the level of
damage to both the station and grounds. 150
miles east, the same owner files a similar
request for STA for its WGSG Mayo, Florida at 89.5.
On Monday, 15 October 2018, 09:55:58 BST, Mike
Terry via Groups.Io <miketerry73=btinternet....@groups.io> wrote:
Hurricane MichaelCatastrophic damage causes
group owner Powell to cease broadcasting operations in Panama City, Florida..
For one thing, a piece of a 150-foot STL tower
punched a hole in the roof of the studio
building, allowing water to rush in, says Radio
Insight. Thats what market manager Jeff Storey
told a Powell sister station in Sioux City, Iowa.
Now COO Robert Bond tells the site We have made
the difficult decision to cease broadcasting
operations in Panama City
The hurricane did
catastrophic damage to our physical plant, to the
point that rebuilding was uneconomic. On the
personal level, PD/afternoon talent Greg
Fitzdog Fitzgerald of classic rock WRBA/95.9
lost his house and hes likely not the only one
to suffer such seriious property damage. COO
Robert Bond says We wish the entire Panama City
community Godspeed in re-building. But his Baton
Rouge-based company isnt planning on returning
its now-silent stations back to the air. Last
month, pre-Hurricane, Powell filed to sell Panama
City top 40 Hot 107.9 WPFM to K-Love parent EMF
(September 25 NOW). We dont know how the
destruction from the Category 4 storm might
affect that deal. Its also not clear what the
insurance situation was for the cluster. In
addition to WRBA, Powell has country Kickn
103.5 WKNK and variety hits 105.1 Bob FM WASJ.
Tom Taylor Now <radion...@tomtaylornow.com
Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
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