Very little information available regarding station outages etc across the
Caribbean. One possible casualty might be ZBVI [780]. On line streams were dead
and Facebook contributions had stalled. Yesterday 6/9.
On Barbuda the
storm has reportedly wiped out 90% of buildings and all
telecommunications is
down.
Keep your radios on for stations along the Florida Coast. All
stations are authorized to operate with max power and non-directional in case of
emergency. This is possible during this coming weekend when Hurricane Irma makes
US landfall. Current prediction suggest closest landfall in Florida might be
Miami area, but if storm stays offshore then the Bahamas could be the target,
Evacuations are taking place in both areas. 73s (Steve Whitt, UK, Sept 7,
MWCircle yg via DXLD)
Hurricane Irma DX target list
Here is a list
of stations to look out for if they are operating emergency daypower at night or
non-directional antennas
All of the following stations could boost their
night power significantly under emergency
conditions
kHz DAY NIGHT
540 WFLF FL PINE
HILLS 50000 46000
550 WAYR FL FLEMING ISLAND 5000 500
600 WBOB FL
JACKSONVILLE 50000 9700
640 WMEN FL ROYAL PALM BEACH 7500 460
670 WWFE
FL MIAMI 50000 1000
690 WOKV FL JACKSONVILLE 50000 25000
720 WRZN FL
HERNANDO 10000 250
760 WLCC FL BRANDON 10000 1000
770 WJBX FL NORTH FORT
MYERS 10000 630
810 WRSO FL ORLOVISTA 20000 400
820 WWBA FL LARGO 50000
1000
850 WFTL FL WEST PALM BEACH 50000 20000
940 WINZ FL MIAMI 50000
10000
950 WTLN FL ORLANDO 12000 5000
970 WFLA FL TAMPA 25000
11000
980 WDVH FL GAINESVILLE 5000 166
990 WDYZ FL ORLANDO 50000
14000
1000 WYBT FL BLOUNTSTOWN 5000
1010 WJXL FL JACKSONVILLE BEACH 50000
30000
1010 WHFS FL SEFFNER 50000 5000
1030 WONQ FL OVIEDO 45000
1700
1040 WURN FL BOYNTON BEACH 25000 1100
1050 WROS FL JACKSONVILLE 5000
13
1060 WIXC FL TITUSVILLE 50000 5000
1070 WNVY FL CANTONMENT 15000
28
1070 WFRF FL TALLAHASSEE 10000
1080 WHIM FL CORAL GABLES 50000
10000
1080 WHOO FL KISSIMMEE 19000 190
1110 WTIS FL TAMPA 10000
1140
WQBA FL MIAMI 50000 10000
1140 WRMQ FL ORLANDO 5000 8
1150 WTMP FL EGYPT
LAKE 10000 500
1160 WEWC FL CALLAHAN 5000 250
1170 WAVS FL DAVIE 5000
250
1200 WJUA FL PINE ISLAND CENTER 50000 1000
1210 WNMA FL MIAMI SPRINGS
47000 2500
1250 WHNZ FL TAMPA 25000 5900
1260 WSUA FL MIAMI 50000
20000
1270 WRLZ FL EATONVILLE 25000 5000
1270 WTLY FL TALLAHASSEE 5000
110
1280 WDSP FL DE FUNIAK SPRINGS 5000 46
1290 WJNO FL WEST PALM BEACH
10000 4900
1300 WQBN FL TEMPLE TERRACE 5000 160
1310 WYND FL DELAND 10400
115
1320 WJNJ FL JACKSONVILLE 50000 5000
1330 WEBY FL MILTON 25000
79
1330 WCVC FL TALLAHASSEE 5000
1360 WCGL FL JACKSONVILLE 5000
89
1370 WOCA FL OCALA 5000 33
1390 WAJD FL GAINESVILLE 5000 51
1410
WQBQ FL LEESBURG 5000 88
1410 WHBT FL TALLAHASSEE 5000 18
1420 WDJA FL
DELRAY BEACH 5000 500
1430 WTMN FL GAINESVILLE 10000 45
1430 WOIR FL
HOMESTEAD 5000 500
1460 WQOP FL JACKSONVILLE 15000 5000
1460 WZEP FL
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS 10000 186
1460 WQXM FL BARTOW 10000 155
1470 WWNN FL
POMPANO BEACH 50000 2500
1480 WKGC FL SOUTHPORT 5000 34
1510 WWBC FL COCOA
50000
1520 WBZW FL APOPKA 5000
1530 WYMM FL JACKSONVILLE 50000
1550
WNZF FL BUNNELL 11000 57
1550 WAMA FL TAMPA 10000 133
1550 WRHC FL CORAL
GABLES 10000
1560 WLZR FL MELBOURNE 5000
1570 WVOJ FL FERNANDINA BEACH
10000 30
1570 WTWB FL AUBURNDALE 5000 13
1580 WSRF FL FORT LAUDERDALE
10000 1500
1580 WTCL FL CHATTAHOOCHEE 10000
1580 WNTF FL BITHLO 10000
1590 WPSL FL PORT ST. LUCIE 5000
1600 WZNZ FL ATLANTIC BEACH 5000
89
1620 WNRP FL GULF BREEZE 10000 1000
1660 WCNZ FL MARCO ISLAND 10000
1000
1680 WOKB FL WINTER GARDEN 10000 1000
1700 WJCC FL MIAMI SPRINGS
10000 1000
During hurricane Irma look for those on the Atlantic
coast
73 (Steve, ibid.)
Report on Channel 4 TV here in the UK, by a
local on Anguilla, stated that all radio stations were off air and internet was
down. Some mobile comms seems to be working. Serious damage throughout. 73
(Steve, ibid.)
Turks & Caicos & hurricane Irma
Ahead of
Irma arriving in T&C (a few hours away) I tried to see how local stations
were dealing with it. Some stations have no mention of hurricane on air or on
their website/facebook or twitter
e.g. religious station Faith FM 98.9
completely oblivious of hurricane. Do they just expect their listeners to pray
for divine protection? Ditto for Radio Example of Christ 95.1
Tradewinds
Radio 104.5; no mention of Irma on website, last tweet by station was in Feb
2017; only one facebook post mentions hurricanes but dated August 17! Syndicated
news at top of hour comes from Washington DC even during a local emergency. Does
have brief local mariners weather forecast at 3 minutes after the hour covering
Irma, but nothing about emergency planning/response. Main music programming
seems automated with no local element.
The main T&C station Radio
Turks & Caicos is returning a network error on its internet streaming and
has just a handful of messages about Irma on its Facebook page. Not what I'd
call comprehensive coverage for its listeners.
Power 92.5Fm / Kiss FM
seems to have got its act together (despite
apparently automated music show)
with pre-recorded hurricane watch on air every 30 minutes. They claim "More
people listen to Power 92 than all other local Radio & TV Stations combined.
We've been the #1 Station in Provo since 1980." They are also warning listeners
that they may have switch to back-up generators (but no significant social media
presence). But not sure if anyone actually is in the studio.
93.9 Island
FM has a few recent posts on its Facebook; can't get live audio stream to work;
useless one page website
I'm not sure if R Vision Cristiana is on air but
the island lacks a a
suitable island wide MW broadcaster - to given the size
of the island FM would do also.
If I was on Turks & Caicos I think
tuning into the radio would not be much help. 73s (Steve Whitt,
ibid.)
Hurricane Irma & Puerto Rico
Reports (from Associated
Press) today say that 70% of homes are without electricity in PR. One other
report says 90%. The power company PREPA says nothing on its website about
outages or hurricanes! It is being reported that it might take months to restore
all power because PREPA has no money and not enough technicians.
I'm
having difficulty finding any information about radio stations affected by
hurricane Irma. Does anyone have any news? 73s (Steve, ibid.)
It seems
like Caribbean Beacon-1610 has been off the last two nights. WSTX-970 [USVI] was
heard here the 6th of September and tonight I listen to their webstream where
they continuously reported of damages in Virgin Islands and the surrounded areas
(Bernt-Ivan Holmberg, Sala, Sweden, Sept 7, ibid.)
Impact of Hurricane
Harvey on radio
At the height, just nine Texas radio stations were
silenced due to Harvey, scattered across the region, leaving others to step up
and serve listeners. That's a far cry from during Hurricane Katrina when the FCC
estimated about 100 broadcast stations
were knocked off the air. Source: FCC September 6 (Steve Whitt, Sept 7,
ibid.)
