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Kansas Wichita's KFTI 1070 off air.

CalebC said:
I see Lance is really the only one to have reported this. I haven't even seen anything about it locally here in Wichita.
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Not too long ago, this would've been a major story in the news. 1070 and 101.3 were THE sources for news and weather coverage.

From what I understand, they've ditched their news and weather departments altogether since Summit took over. It seems like it's company-wide. Last year, Kara and I were in Springfield when tornadoes went up I-44 to St. Louis. When Greene County was under tornado warning, KTTS was off-air, and KSGF was still running satellite talk.
 
radiofan2023 said:
What was KWTO doing?
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Don't remember if I checked KWTO 560/93.3 or not, but the Zimmer FM's I checked were running their regular programming. If they interrupted, it didn't seem to be happening frequently. The iHeart stations might have been airing KOLR 10 audio, but pretty much nobody was doing much of anything. We pulled up YouTube TV and watched the coverage on KY3 and KOLR.
 
Kent said:
Don't remember if I checked KWTO 560/93.3 or not, but the Zimmer FM's I checked were running their regular programming. If they interrupted, it didn't seem to be happening frequently. The iHeart stations might have been airing KOLR 10 audio, but pretty much nobody was doing much of anything. We pulled up YouTube TV and watched the coverage on KY3 and KOLR.
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This reflects the sad state that over-the-air radio is in today. Younger people are ditching the medium for whatever they can find on the Internet, not realizing that the U.S. can just as easily shut down this new medium as countries such as Russia, Iran, and China have. Meanwhile, to protect themselves and their stockholders, radio companies, both profit and nonprofit, are shedding jobs--the kinds of jobs that can keep track of tornadoes like the one you were trying to track. And, to top it off (and we may be seeing this elsewhere soon), because copper prices have risen, thieves are removing (or are attempting to remove) copper lines from transmitters (the original subject of this post) for reselling on the black market in hopes of making their own profits. (Funny, the BBC ran a story on the copper theft issue earlier today.)
 
WEll, heres our answer to the next AM thats going to get a serious downgrade in signal
 
ted chittenden said:
This reflects the sad state that over-the-air radio is in today. Younger people are ditching the medium for whatever they can find on the Internet, not realizing that the U.S. can just as easily shut down this new medium as countries such as Russia, Iran, and China have. Meanwhile, to protect themselves and their stockholders, radio companies, both profit and nonprofit, are shedding jobs--the kinds of jobs that can keep track of tornadoes like the one you were trying to track. And, to top it off (and we may be seeing this elsewhere soon), because copper prices have risen, thieves are removing (or are attempting to remove) copper lines from transmitters (the original subject of this post) for reselling on the black market in hopes of making their own profits. (Funny, the BBC ran a story on the copper theft issue earlier today.)
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I was right there with you, Ted, until this highlighted portion. I've got some horrible news for you, partner. The scrap dealers, unless it's a catalytic converter off of an automobile, don't care, nor ask, from where the copper comes.

The only reason scrap dealers care about catalytic converters is that they face a stiff fine and/or business closure if they disregard this rather new legislation that has been put in place.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
WEll, heres our answer to the next AM thats going to get a serious downgrade in signal
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If it even comes back at all. KSGF 1260 was damaged in a storm shortly after the March one that came through the area and remains off-air. It has been filing with the FCC that it intends to get back on before the end of April, when the license would automatically expire due to silence.
 
And (at least when it comes to severe weather) they still are. 101.3 is first on air and last to sign off. Audacy has Tony Duesing which, if severe enough in metro Wichita, does simulcast on their stations. Ever since Dan Holiday is no longer able to be heard multi-cluster wide, he did help my family out during last severe-storm season on 100.5.
 


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