[BC] 5 killed - some fatally...

[FrankGott at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/2/2008 10:55:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
barry at oldradio.com writes:

Frank.  You must have a whole slew
of these that you hear almost daily.

Care to share some of what you
tell your people to avoid?


Well, WPXI television moved to new studios a year ago.  Most of the  old 
facility has since been demolished.  What remains is the transmitter  building 
housing the analogue and digital transmitters, plus at least one 50kw  FM 
transmitter.
 
Some yahoo broke into the old facility this morning  to steal  copper.  
Whoever wrote the story referred to it as an abandoned  studio.  I asked the writer 
(who's been in the biz for some time) to  change the copy -- to refer to it 
as the transmitter building -- and pointed out  it is no more abandoned than 
the radio transmission sites he's familiar with  operated via remote control.
 
If the yutz who broke in had tried to steal copper pipe from the  transmitter 
room he would have had a shocking surprise, and most certainly  could have 
been fatally dead.  He should be thankful police were alerted by  either a 
burglar alarm or an alert neighbor.
 
If the brain cells kick-in Barry I'll send you more.
 
Yours in news,
 
Frank