One of the major radio companies has not hired a chief engineer to replace
the one who left and went to a competitor several months ago.
I believe they have a contract engineer who has to drive approximately 100
miles to get to the station if they go off the air. This is unbelievable.
You're right. At least WREF didn't take as long as most places these days
would after realyzing they were operating with no audio.
WREF was one of many stations who did away with locally originated
programming. The same thing happened over a year ago in Southwestern
Connecticut but that's a different topic.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Zuk" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:10 AM
Subject: [IRCA] WREF 850 off air
WREF 850 Ridgefield, CT was open carrier from at least 8:30 am Eastern to
about 10:50 am Eastern and has now dropped carrier. So much for AM drive
time! I remember, growing up in radio, when being on during AM drive was
sacred.Radio has now moved to casual engineering as seen during disasters
and everyday life.The attitude now is 'Oh, we're off the air? When I go
across town this afternoon or maybe tomorrow, I'll take a look at it.'No
one is home. No one cares. Let's see how long it will be before the
station returns.I am very impressed, though. It only took them 2 or 3
hours to find a way to turn off the transmitter. Karl Zuk N2KZ
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