0645 UTC Sunday: 15 Dec 2024
There has been a large explosion, probably of one or more transformers, at the WRMI transmitter building which occurred at approximately 0415 UTC Sunday. Electrical power is out to most of our building, and most of our transmitters are off the air. We still have power for transmitters #11-14 (which are 7570, 5850, 7780 and 5010 kHz. 7570 kHz is scheduled to be off the air until Sunday evening, but the other three frequencies will be on the air until at least their normal sign-off at 1500 UTC Sunday. Florida Power and Light is sending a crew to our site as soon as possible to determine the exact cause of the problem and to repair it. We'll update you as soon as we have more information.
(WRMI Radio Miami International Facebook page, 15 Dec)
(BDXC/Alan Pennington)
1600 UTC Sunday December 15: We are still without power in most of our transmitter building. Florida Power and Light has promised several times to send a crew out to investigate and repair the problem, but no one has arrived, and no one has been able to give us any information by telephone either. This is very unusual, as we generally have very few power outages here, and they are usually very short if they occur. But they are totally absent now. Hopefully they will respond soon. Meanwhile, all frequencies are off the air at this time.
(WRMI Radio Miami International Facebook page, 15 Dec)
