Yesterday (8/4), severe storms brought down all 3 of the towers belonging to “The Big One”, Clear Channel’s WWVA-AM 1170 in Wheeling, West Virginia. WWVA’s programming has been temporarily diverted to WWBD-AM 1400. Of course, range has been greatly reduced since WWBD is a 1kW “graveyard” AM vs the 50kW regional voice of WWVA.
According to the WWVA website, engineering crews are on the scene and hope to erect temporary towers in place as soon as possible. Here are some pictures of the downed towers and wreckage. Hopefully, WWVA will be able to return to the air quickly.