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95.9 The River loses their tower

Crazy that this whole tower came down. I wonder if they will take the time to replace it or look for another tower to use. There is nothing really in that area that would work that I can think of. Could they do the following

1. Move the transmitter to Oak Brook with 93.5 and 94.3 with a directional signal to the west.
2. Move the Transmitter to Homer Glen with WSSR 96.7 with a directional signal nulling to the SE
3. Take the time and wait for the tower to be rebuilt.
4. Take the station Dark.
5. Something Else...
 
That would be a hard and expensive STA to get approved. They can file an STA for a relatively close tower or roof top that's a couple of hundred feet tall at a low power non directional with a simple one bay antenna and get back on the air faster.

Getting a directional antenna approved and then manufactured* would take time unless they get a "barrel" attached to the tower to create a null but then someone will have to figure the extra windload.
 
Depending who else was on the tower [governments, business', etc] VB might want to erect a new one post-haste instead of losing all that revenue. If it was just the station they may take their time or say "Find another tower, we ain't rebuilding."
 


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