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Massive fire in Redding - radio stations off the air, KRCR-TV off as well

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crainbebo

The Carr Fire is more than 28,000 acres as of midnight...mandatory evacuations for many parts of Redding, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and KRCR TV has been evacuated due to safety concerns and the fire getting too close to the studio. KHSL/KNVN's Redding bureau has also been evacuated, the local newspaper is running on practically candles and lanterns as they have lost power.
I'm checking webstreams and I find the following stations OFF THE AIR...
93.3 K227AE/103.1 KHRD 'Red 103.1' - city cut power to xmitter
94.7 KEWB - same
97.3 KNCQ - same
96.1 KKXS (apparently they are still ON THE AIR per locals on facebook and airing wildfire coverage...but no webstream due to power cut)
107.1 KESR - same
98.1 KVIP - Generator lost power at transmitter, still on webstream. Translators receiving the 98.1 signal aren't receiving anything either.

Regular programming
99.3 KWLZ
100.1 KZRO
104.3 KSHA
1670 KQMS (Was in wildfire coverage, now airing George Noory)
106.1 KRRX
107.9 KKLC (assumed unless power is cut...K-LOVE obviously doesn't have a local stream)

Unknown
99.7 KTOR (no stream)
101.1 KWCA (no stream)
102.3 KSIZ (no stream)
105.3 KRDG (no stream)

KNVN-24/KHSL-12 were on the air with live coverage a little while ago.
Stay safe, get out while you can, Redding! I can't imagine what they are going through right now...it reminds me too much of the Fort McMurray wildfires a couple years ago. The winds are awful, the temperatures are *110 PLUS FAHRENHEIT* in the day...who knows how much of the city will be gone before they contain this monster.
Latest from Redding Searchlight here: https://www.redding.com/story/news/...ns-carr-fire-what-we-know-thursday/839966002/
 
A buddy of mine is a radio engineer there. One of his transmitter sites is completely destroyed from fire. KNCQ-AUX, KEWB-FM, KESR-FM and KHRD-FM are gone.


crainbebo said:
The Carr Fire is more than 28,000 acres as of midnight...mandatory evacuations for many parts of Redding, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and KRCR TV has been evacuated due to safety concerns and the fire getting too close to the studio. KHSL/KNVN's Redding bureau has also been evacuated, the local newspaper is running on practically candles and lanterns as they have lost power.
I'm checking webstreams and I find the following stations OFF THE AIR...
93.3 K227AE/103.1 KHRD 'Red 103.1' - city cut power to xmitter
94.7 KEWB - same
97.3 KNCQ - same
96.1 KKXS (apparently they are still ON THE AIR per locals on facebook and airing wildfire coverage...but no webstream due to power cut)
107.1 KESR - same
98.1 KVIP - Generator lost power at transmitter, still on webstream. Translators receiving the 98.1 signal aren't receiving anything either.

Regular programming
99.3 KWLZ
100.1 KZRO
104.3 KSHA
1670 KQMS (Was in wildfire coverage, now airing George Noory)
106.1 KRRX
107.9 KKLC (assumed unless power is cut...K-LOVE obviously doesn't have a local stream)

Unknown
99.7 KTOR (no stream)
101.1 KWCA (no stream)
102.3 KSIZ (no stream)
105.3 KRDG (no stream)





KNVN-24/KHSL-12 were on the air with live coverage a little while ago.
Stay safe, get out while you can, Redding! I can't imagine what they are going through right now...it reminds me too much of the Fort McMurray wildfires a couple years ago. The winds are awful, the temperatures are *110 PLUS FAHRENHEIT* in the day...who knows how much of the city will be gone before they contain this monster.
Latest from Redding Searchlight here: https://www.redding.com/story/news/...ns-carr-fire-what-we-know-thursday/839966002/
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Wow, I hope they'll have the $$$ to replace it (insurance or otherwise). They probably won't come back to air for several weeks.
96.1 KKXS is still on the air, rolling fire coverage, but stream is inoperable. Probably power still out at the studio. They may be operating from a mobile site. KQMS 1670 is live with fire coverage and stream is working; KSHA and KRRX are simulcasting. I'm not sure if KSHA's transmitter is in the path of the fire, but they are W of Redding. KQMS' transmitter should be OK as they are SE of Redding, KRRX is way out in Burney.
I did see someone at KRCR reporting earlier today, maybe they were allowed back in? It doubled in size overnight and is about 44,500 acres now with very little containment, 110 degree temperatures and the WIND! Shasta Lake City was forced to get out earlier today. Can't imagine what will happen if the fire engulfs downtown Redding. Haven't seen much on CNN or MSNBC about it...
 
At least it's now 35% contained...but there's a heck of a lot of cleanup and rebuilding to do. Over 1000 homes destroyed. What an awful thing for Northern California to experience.
 
crainbebo said:
At least it's now 35% contained...but there's a heck of a lot of cleanup and rebuilding to do. Over 1000 homes destroyed. What an awful thing for Northern California to experience.
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And sadly this stuff is going to be normal though for California where wildfires is a major contributor to bad air in the state.
 
I thought I heard somewhere that Mendocino County (Ukiah/Fort Bragg) has been experiencing a major fire as well. Is this not true? I've been to Hopland once before. Pretty area.

Yesterday, I heard 8 dead on the Redding fire. I'm kind of amazed it's not more. Fire and police have done a hard job.
 
What's the status of the stations in that market at this moment?
 
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