Mountain Lake PBS station’s tower collapses

[CrankyYankee]

Mountain Lake Public Television’s 400-foot tower collapsed this week, partially damaging the transmitter building at its base. The cause of the collapse is unknown.

The tower is located on Lyon Mountain in Saranac. The damage was so extensive that it cannot be repaired, but must be replaced.

Read more at: http://www.vtguardian.com/dailies/042007/042007.shtml#article2

 

[jiminCT]

WCFE has quite a large coverage area with that antenna. Folks in Ottawa and Montreal can pick up the signal. It also stretches into a good chunk of St. Lawrence county (Potsdam).

For those of you who like backpacking...its a really nice hike up from Chateguay Lake up to the WCFE tower. Great views.

 

[CrankyYankee]

Update: Mountain Lake PBS is back on the air

From WCAX NewsScript for Apr 24 07-6pm cast-

WCAX-TV has agreed to let them use our(their)third digital channel .. which will show up as channel 57 if you have a high definition set and digital receiver. It is also being fed to the cable companies.
Mountain Lake hopes to build a new tower this summer.

http://tv3.wcax.com/n/tue6p.htm

 

[CrankyYankee]

Here's a link to another story on this topic.

http://www.vtguardian.com/dailies/042007/042307.shtml#article2

 

[necrat123]

Re: Update: Mountain Lake PBS is back on the air

From WCAX NewsScript for Apr 24 07-6pm cast-

WCAX-TV has agreed to let them use our(their)third digital channel .. which will show up as channel 57 if you have a high definition set and digital receiver. It is also being fed to the cable companies.
Mountain Lake hopes to build a new tower this summer.

You don't need a HD set, 99% of Set Top Boxes have a standard composite output that works with a regular TV set.
A digital set top box will map to "57-1" for WCFE (same goes for those TV sets with built in ATSC tuners).

 

[CrankyYankee]

Update on repairs...

WCAX-TV reports...

The plattsburgh station is ordering a new tower and making plans for its installation . But first permits must be obtained from the adirondack park agency ... it could take about two months to erect a new tower. They hope to be back on the air with full power by october first. the station will present a special show about the mishap at 8 PM on may 31st.

http://tv3.wcax.com/n/fri6p.htm