Our Hispanic sports station returned to the air last week. The April 16th tornado leveled its tower just south of downtown Raleigh and 1550 AM/ESPN Deportes was off-air for 2.5 weeks.Our engineers, Keith Harrison and Will Patnaud, quickly came up with a plan for a temporary antenna. It smacks of amateur radio – an antenna wire stretched between two poles.
However, their ingenuity was thwarted by the demand for poles. It took a while to get ‘em; demand for utility poles was acute across the south following the tornado outbreak.
…but they got it done: The show must go on! (El programa de radio debe continuar!)
Here's a photo of our science project. Will and Keith get a Blue Ribbon.
The fallen antenna: 285' of steel destined for the recycling yard.
