off the air
I see that sort of things a lot around the different boards. A station gets hit by lightning or goes off for the reason you describe and it's posted on this board as if it's impending doom (but, as you said, usually just the chance to cheap-shot somebody).
Pretty pathetic.
> yes, let's bash "another Clear Channel station off the
> air"....folks, sometimes stations HAVE to go off the
> air...again, it was tower painting....safety of the tower
> painters supercedes everything....
>
> geez!
>