A radio transmitter building owned by Salem Communications
in the Seattle
market was destroyed in a fire Monday
morning.
According to bainbridgereview.com, the fire was discovered by Bainbridge Police Officer on
patrol in the area and smelled smoke.
The fire appeared to start in a radio transmitter building
located at the base of a radio tower on the property, but spread from the
12-foot-by-12-foot structure to nearby grass and then started a brush fire. Bainbridge Island Fire Marshal Luke Carpenter
said the cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
The transmitter building fire silenced four AM stations inSeattle ; KNTS 1680, KKOL
1300, KLFE 1590 and KGNW 820.
The transmitter building fire silenced four AM stations in
The company does own 4 stations in the Seattle area. However, only two of them transmit from the Bainbridge site: KLFE and KNTS. KKOL transmits from Fife and KGNW shares towers with KJR on Vashon Island.
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