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Topic Name: Providence Station Goes Dark...
Message Name: WOW
Date Posted: 05/08/2005
In Reply To: WLNE - AFTER MORE THAN A DAY IN THE DARK, ABC 6 IS FINALLY BACK ON THE AIR. OUR ANALOG TRANSMISSION LINE SUFFERED A BURNOUT SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,CAUSING CHANNEL 6 TO GO OFF THE AIR. THOSE OF YOU WITH CABLE NEVER NOTICED,BUT ANYONE WATCHING WITHOUT CABLE WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE ABC 6 UNTIL EARLIER TONIGHT. TO THE HUNDREDS OF VIEWERS WHO CALLED OR E-MAILED US ABOUT THE PROBLEM, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE ALSO BACK ON THE RADIO AT 87 POINT SEVEN FM. THAT SIGNAL WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE BURNOUT ABC6 will re-air "LOST" on Saturday, May 7 in the 5:00pm - 6:00pm time period. The original episode aired on Wednesday evening. http://www.abc6.com/engine.pl?station=wlne&id=16488&template=breakout_top_story.shtml&dateformat=%M+%e,%Y
Message: I had no idea that WLNE was off the air. I hate to say this but I don't think the state of Providence knew either.

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