[BC] Power Glitch on Mt. Wilson

[Dennis Cope]

I can't believe this,,  when I was at their transmitter site they had three
power feeds from three different directions.  I guess, even with all the
redundancy it can still happen...

Dennis
WESR, WCTG


Power Outage Knocks KABC Off the Air
 From
<http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-me-briefs16jan16,0,7489109.story?coll=cl-
tvent>Los
Angeles Times Staff and Wire Reports

KABC-TV in Los Angeles was knocked off the air for more than three
hours Sunday by a power outage at its Mt. Wilson transmitter.

William Burton, vice president of programming, advertising and
promotion, said the outage from about 1 to 3:30 p.m. affected all but
direct satellite viewers of the station.

"There has been some ongoing power maintenance" at Mt. Wilson, Burton
said, "and somehow the backup equipment did not kick in as it is supposed
to."

Burton said the snafu interrupted coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating
Championships, which were rebroadcast when the station regained
power. The programming change led the station to cancel several other
programs.