WNYC’s AM station (820 kHz) was forced off the air yesterday because of flooding in Kearny, where its antenna is located. The New York public radio network, which purchased four of the former-New Jersey Network radio licences in July, continued to broadcast on its FM station and streamed its AM programming online at wnyc.org. The stream is also available at NJPublicRadio.org.
According to the station’s website, the mediumwave transmitter is back on the air, but at very lower power as repairs continue. WNYC spokeswoman Jennifer Houlihan said the extent of the antenna damage is not yet known. Parts of it remained under water yesterday, making inspection difficult. The network expects repairs to take a week.
(Sources: NJ.com, wnyc.org)
on Aug 31st, 2011 at 14:10
This is also the transmitter site of 570 WMCA..
on Aug 31st, 2011 at 20:51
(SOURCE INSIDE RADIO) The two New York market stations silenced by Hurricane Irene are back on the air. Salem’s religious teaching WMCA (570) and New York Public Radio’s WNYC (820) were both silenced when their adjacent transmitter sites along the New Jersey Turnpike were flooded. WNYC is still operating at what the station says is “very low power” while repairs to its facilities continue. Now there’s Tropical Storm Katia brewing in the Atlantic.