Why is 1200 WEMM am off the air?

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Why is 1200 WEMM am off the air?

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Do anyone know why WEMM am is off the air? It's been silent for several weeks...
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Was told their ground system was damaged or stolen by copper thieves.
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It is my understanding it included the transmission line and all the parts in the ATU taken.
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Heard today that they expect it to take 30 days to get it back on the air.
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After an almost a years silence I noticed today WEMM am is back on the air. The format appears to be syndicated gospel . It appears they're broadcasting from the same site in the west end.

They should have gone with a regional Mexican format then maybe their transmitter wouldn't be stolen again by the cartel.
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I had not noticed that they were still off the air.
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From STA application:


WEMM IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE AT REDUCED POWER PER THE TERMS OF BSTA-20140418ABD.

UNDERSIGNED COUNSEL IS ADVISED THAT WEMM WENT SILENT ON JULY 12, 2014, DUE TO A TRANSMITTER EQUIPMENT FAILURE. THE STATION HAS ORDERED REPLACEMENT TRANSMITTER EQUIPMENT.

BARRING UNFORESEEN DELAYS, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE STATION WILL REMAIN SILENT FOR ROUGHLY 6-12 WEEKS DURING WHICH PERIOD THE NEW TRANSMITTER WILL BE MANUFACTURED, SHIPPED, INSTALLED AND ADJUSTED.
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