Tower site vandalism is to blame for a full week — and
counting — of silence from talk radio station WUTI 1150 AM. The damage was so extensive, officials with
Leatherstocking Media Group say repairs on the Oriskany transmitter site could
take another three weeks.
General Manager Don Wagner tells CNYRadio.com today, the
station was already operating at low power when the vandals struck last
Thursday. ”They took almost all the
transmission line from the phase shack to each of the five towers,” Wagner said.
Wagner says repairs have already been made to the shacks at
the base of each tower, but the work is on hold as Leatherstocking awaits the
arrival of new transmission lines.
Wagner says police told him the vandals were likely looking
to turn a quick buck to buy drugs — and because it’s relatively easy to
sell-off scrap metal, it’s unlikely police will be able to track down the
culprits.
Tom’s Take: The 1150
AM frequency was WRUN when a young Dick Clark worked there in 1945. The station was then owned by Clark's uncle.
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