Major L.A. TX site in fire danger

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Major L.A. TX site in fire danger

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Mt. Wilson could go up in flames at anytime.

Here's an excerpt from R-I post saying which stations are threatened:
...The following FMs are there (on Mount Wilson), though the stations with asterisks have
backup facilities at other sites:

[90.7 KPFK], 89.3 KPCC, 91.5 KUSC, 92.3 KHHT, 93.1 KCBS-FM*, 93.9 KXOS*, 94.7 KTWV*,
95.5 KLOS, 97.1 KAMP*, 99.5 KKLA, 100.3 KSWD, 101.1 KRTH*, 101.9 KSCA,
102.7 KIIS, 103.5 KOST, 104.3 KBIG, 105.1 KKGO, 105.9 KPWR*, 107.5 KLVE

The following TVs are there or on adjacent Mount Harvard, and I know of
no backups:

2 KCBS, 4 KNBC, 5 KTLA, 6 KSFV-LP, 7 KABC, 9 KCAL, 11 KTTV, 13 KCOP, 18
KSCI, 22 KWHY, 28 KCET, 34 KMEX, 40 KTBN, 44 KXLA, 46 KFTR, 50 KOCE, 52
KVEA, 54 KAZA, 56 KDOC, 58 KLCS, 62 KRCA
The only major L.A. FM stations who are not threatened are KYSR and KROQ, who broadcast from different mountain ridges.

Millions of dollars worth of equipment could literally go up in flames... Wow.

Never mind the observatory...

That's a lot of dead air for a market that size, should the worst happen.
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Wilson cam image as of 9:43 PM PST.

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Doesn't look good...
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You know they've already set up a human shield of part-timers.
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Lester wrote:You know they've already set up a human shield of part-timers.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Translators are a Pox on the FM radio dial.
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dont forget about that outer layer of interns it has to burn througg as well.. :wink: :lol:
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What a shame the automation equipment and satellite dishes don't burn first.
Or at least right after the translators ...

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With all that burning going on, I wonder how much pot has gone up in smoke. :lol:
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The People's DJ wrote:With all that burning going on, I wonder how much pot has gone up in smoke. :lol:

That's a much bigger fear than stations going down. People will be smoking the wood out of their pipes for months.
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