[BC] Automation Keeps You On The Air

[Sam Roffe]

Construction crews down the street from us broke a gas main.  We had to
go fully automated for a couple hours.  Automation systems come in handy
once in a while. <grin>

KBCS 91.3 FM
Sam Roffe
Engineering Director
(425) 564-5698

> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
> bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of r j carpenter
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:07 AM
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> Subject: [BC] Automation Keeps You On The Air
> 
> Cox stations in the Miami area had a small fire.  Note that automation
> kept most of them on the air.
> =============================================================
> from South Florida Sun Sentinel:
> 
> A radio station in Hollywood was knocked off the air for about 15
> minutes Wednesday morning after a car in its parking garage burst into
> flames.
> 
> The three-story building at 2741 N. 29th Ave., Hollywood, that houses
> Hot 105 FM and three other radio stations was permeated with smoke
from
> the 6:40 a.m. fire in the first-floor garage, officials said.
> 
> "It was unbelievable, the amount of smoke in the garage. You couldn't
> see three feet ahead of you," said Alex Chisholm, 33, the radio show
> host whose 2000 Ford Expedition caught fire.
> 
> Interestingly, he said, he had just received a notice that the vehicle
> was being recalled for a possible electrical problem.
> 
> Hot 105 FM was knocked off the air for about 15 minutes while the two
> dozen people in the building were evacuated and firefighters put out
the
> blaze, Chisholm said. The other three stations -- 99 Jams, 97.3 Coast
> and 93 Rock -- were on automatic play and were knocked off only
> momentarily, Chisholm said.
> 
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