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WCHS and WSWW Radio tower knocked down due to storms.

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West Virginia AM Loses Towers To The Week's Spring Storm Wave - Radio Ink

As spring storms whipped across the United States this week, two West Virginia AM broadcast towers were toppled by beyond-gale-force winds
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This is due to 90mph winds hitting their transmitter.

As strong spring storms whipped across the United States this week, two West Virginia AM broadcast towers were toppled by beyond-gale-force winds reaching 90mph on Wednesday night. Both towers belong to WCHS, a news station serving the Charleston area.

WCHS, a cornerstone of the West Virginia MetroNews network and a vital source of news across the southern and southwestern part of the state, faced a temporary halt in its operations. The station, also a critical component of the state’s Emergency Alert System, extends its reach through two FM translators, which were also affected.
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I hope everyone is safe.

90 mile an hour winds. You don't expect that much wind unless you are in a coastal area. Tornadoes are usually in a limited area. With the coal business still not employing folks like it did several decades ago thanks to longwall and other technologies, the Stagers Act allowing the railroads to charge what they want, and the EPA killing the thermal coal business, storms are just another "kick in the teeth" for the Mountain State.

On a positive note, I did read an article that they can use coal to replace graphite in lithium batteries which could break China's near monopoly on graphite.
 
secondchoice said:
Have they made any progress on getting the towers replaced? IIRC you could see them from Interstate 64. Kinda a landmark.
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in this day and age, they should just file to go non directional at night.. to rebuild towers, the array and get everything working again would be prohibitively expensive, ..and theyd likely get lesas then the 1.25kw sta for nights.. but itd be enough to cover what couynts
 
If I was running any radio station in WV I would have insurance for "business interruption" which would require a policy to rebuild the station. As long as the phasing "box" survived and transmitter was undamaged, it will not be that expensive to rebuild. WWVA had a similar incident and CC / iHeart rebuilt their direction field.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
in this day and age, they should just file to go non directional at night.. to rebuild towers, the array and get everything working again would be prohibitively expensive, ..and theyd likely get lesas then the 1.25kw sta for nights.. but itd be enough to cover what couynts
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It's the PEP for EAS in Charleston....
 
RadioFixerCLE said:
It's the PEP for EAS in Charleston....
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If they are "politically connected" they could get a grant from the local emergency planning folks. Having lived in WV this is a slow process. Of course the financial environment in the Mountain State is challenging so this could take time with or without government help.
 


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