[R-390] WWL was off the air, New Orleans

[Tom M.]

Ken,

That is correct, during the height of the storm they were knocked off as were
most of the New Orleans broadcasters.  I was hoping is was not the antenna, and
apparently it was not.

Many backup gens down here simply ran out of fuel due to the long duration of
outage.

WWL set up shop is a makeshift control room when they can back on, and now I
think they are in Baton Rouge.

They had sports guys (former Saint fullback Hookie Gajan) working the graveyard
shift, sending out storm information.

I just checked and WTIX (690) is still off the air.

Tom

--- Kenneth <crips01 at msn.com> wrote:

> As I understand it from their web site they where off the air for a few days
> on their AM broadcast band side.  The HF side was always up and running
> because their two HF transmitters/towers are located in land.
> 
>                       Ken de W7ITC
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