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Mt. Wilson Fire

jeffdfw said:
Looks like things are getting quite smokey up on Mt. Wilson. This could really devastate the LA Radio/TV market.

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/images/towercam.jpg
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Special Factual Report from Los Angeles:

1) How is this relevant to Dallas or is there nothing to talk about here?

2) Not true on radio. Almost every major FM station with the exception of a handful have backup transmitters for this reason.

3) Cable/satellite penetration is over 90% in the Los Angeles DMA so there will be only minor interruption to TV service

4) We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
 
Radioresearcher said:
jeffdfw said:
Looks like things are getting quite smokey up on Mt. Wilson. This could really devastate the LA Radio/TV market.

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/images/towercam.jpg
Click to expand...

Special Factual Report from Los Angeles:

1) How is this relevant to Dallas or is there nothing to talk about here?

2) Not true on radio. Almost every major FM station with the exception of a handful have backup transmitters for this reason.

3) Cable/satellite penetration is over 90% in the Los Angeles DMA so there will be only minor interruption to TV service

4) We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
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I agree
 
Special Factual Report from Los Angeles:

1) How is this relevant to Dallas or is there nothing to talk about here?

Yes, I forgot that the hot topic of the day in Fort Worth/Dallas is Jasmine vs. Monkey...
 
I think the Mt. Wilson thing is relevant. What if we had a natural disaster at Cedar Hill, as in tornado? They do have a nasty habit of going to that part of the metroplex.

How many stations there have a backup somewhere besides Cedar Hill? I'd say not many. Maybe on another tower at the farm but that wouldn't be much help if the antenna farm took a direct hit.
 
Russ Martin probably believe's his s**t don't stink. ;D Btw Where's Greggo? ;) Seriously, the original post was fine it was about radio. I have seen posts about other cities on here before. I don't see any need for anyone to get bent out shape over a post not directly related to DFW.
 
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