{"id":34192,"date":"2018-09-17T07:08:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34192"},"modified":"2018-09-17T07:08:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:08:47","slug":"hurricane-florences-toll-on-radio-stations-and-cell-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/hurricane-florences-toll-on-radio-stations-and-cell-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Florence’s toll on radio stations and cell services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Tom Taylor Now<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The FCC last night reported that more FMs were out (20) than AMs (three). While nearly 14% of cell sites in the affected areas were out of service \u2013 and like the AM\/FM picture, virtually all the outages are in coastal North Carolina. Forecasters had predicted the brunt of the storm would fall around Wilmington and New Bern, and that\u2019s how it played out, in slow motion. Friday morning\u2019s NOW reported the Curtis Media radio stations in New Bern were off, as well as Sinclair\u2019s ABC-TV affiliate, WCTI-TV. Both Channel 12 and the Curtis cluster are located very hear the Neuse River, and Sinclair was forced to originate programming from Greenville, instead. WCTI-TV\u2019s still off, as well as sister Fox affiliate WYDO (digital channel 47\/virtual channel 12). Likewise, a range of radio stations including Cumulus-owned classic hits \u201c94.5 the Hawk\u201d WKXS and not-for-profit EMF\u2019s contemporary Christian \u201cK-Love\u201d affiliate, WBNK\/92.7. One of the three silent AMs carries an ominous name for the current conditions \u2013 Cumulus-owned talk \u201c980 the Wave\u201d WAAV. Read last night\u2019s FCC \u201cStatus Report\u201d\u00a0here<\/a>. The agency\u2019s main page for Hurricane Florence communications is\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Tom Taylor Now) The FCC last night reported that more FMs were out (20) than AMs (three). While nearly 14% of cell sites in the affected areas were out of service \u2013 and like the AM\/FM picture, virtually all the outages are in coastal North Carolina. Forecasters had predicted the brunt of the storm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,3781,3],"tags":[1241,7300,7312,6372],"class_list":["post-34192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-fm","category-news","tag-fcc","tag-hurricane-florence","tag-hurricanes","tag-tom-taylor-now"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Tu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34394,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/fcc-might-reduce-am-clear-channel-power\/","url_meta":{"origin":34192,"position":0},"title":"FCC might reduce AM clear channel power","author":"Thomas","date":"October 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Tom Taylor Now) Are the protected night signals of monster 50,000-watt AMs \u201can anachronism?\u201d And is the FCC poised to do something that will frustrate late-night DX\u2019ers? 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