WUNI and WUTF off-air Sunday 10/30

[ssetta]

It would appear that on this Sunday morning of 10/30, both WUNI and WUTF have been knocked off the air. I would know this because on my one cable-free TV, they are normally the only 2 stations that come in with perfect reception. And today I'm getting NO reception on either of them. Are their transmitters still in the Worcester area?

 

[KML0224]

WUNI-TV (UNI) channel 27 has their transmitter in Shrewsbury, MA. I don't know about channel 66 though.

 

[MarcB]

Their sister stations in Hartford are down too. WUVN 18.1 and 18.3 - On DirecTV on 18 it says Please Don't Call. We are aware of the problem. On COX 18.1 has a frozen image on the screen. 18.3 is blacked out on COX. 18.3 was having problems Saturday night with a frozen image for several hours.

 

[KML0224]

I wonder if WFSB-TV was off the air as well? The CL&P outage maps listed both Avon and West Hartford as at or damn close to 100% out of power. I know Avon Mountain straddles the town line, but guessing that WFSB's transmitter is on the Avon side. Anyways, since my Comcast service was out for hours, I toyed with a few antennas and saw what they'd pull in. Not a single one got a hint of either WFSB or WUVN. Granted, Avon Mountain has always done poorly at my house (analog AND digital), but I usually will get some signal from both, but with some chop at times in normal conditions. For reference, I'm in the south end of New Britain.

 

[jlehmann]

WUNI's tower is in West Boylston. As for WFSB, they probably have a generator.

 

[KML0224]

@ JLEHMANN: Thanks for the correction on WUNI-TV! It's a very obvious tower as you leave north and east out of Worcester on I-290! I at least have that part right!

 

[MarcB]

Just got my Comcast back WUVN 18.1 and 18.3 are back.

 

[necrat123]

WUNI is in West Boylston , WUTF is in Hudson

WFSB does in fact have a generator.