WEAU Starts Report From New 2000ft Tower

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Jan 5, 2012 4:55 PM

WEAU began report Jan. 4 from its new 2000ft building in Fairchild, WI, reduction than 10 months after an ice charge defeated the formerly structure.

The hire is transmitting a UHF vigilance from the new tower. Over-the-air viewers will must be indicate a UHF receiver toward Fairchild and rescan channels on their converter boxes and/or digital televisions. WEAU will no longer announce a VHF signal.

The hire moreover will stop simulcasting on 18.3 (WQOW/Eau Claire) and 25.2 (WLAX/La Crosse) on Jan. 12.

The new building is at the same place and tallness as the formerly tower, that fell during an ice charge on Mar 22, 2011. The initial building was finished in the spring of 1966 and was Wisconsin's tallest make up until it fell. The new building is right away the tallest make up in Wisconsin.

Construction of the new building began in July 2011, and it began to be erected in Fairchild on Oct. 7, 2011. The new building was custom-designed and built by Stainless in Pennsylvania. The splendid make up weighs more than 1 million pounds and stands on a indicate at the base. The new building was built entirely out of galvanized steel, inclusive 8in steel legs. The new building has 24 man lines and meets or exceeds stream requirements.

Construction will go on as weather permits but will not start WEAU's broadcast. Items left to total add installing the WAXX FM 104.5 receiver and newsgathering technology, together with fine art the structure. The building will be embellished white and orange stripes in the spring.

The new designation includes a Harris PowerCD 3-tube UHF transmitter and an ERI circular-polarized antenna. The transmitter building was remodeled by Royal Construction of Eau Claire.