Mother Nature Can Be Mean!

So late Friday night into early Saturday, we got some very much needed rain in the Wabash Valley.  I know my brown grass in my front lawn sure needed the rain, and farmers all over the valley were probably estatic.

I left the radio station around 2 AM, and before I left I saw a huge mass of green, orange, and red on the radar heading our way.  I knew it was just heavy rain, no severe weather, so I went ahead and headed home for the night.  I sleep very well in thunderstorms, and was looking forward to a nice night of sleep.  Evidently, I slept thru an impressive lightning display.

The call came way to early Saturday morning.  The WIBQ transmitter had blown up as result of the storm.  Most likely, some type of lightning strike:

(Okay, so maybe not as vicious as THIS picture, but you get the idea)

We had some parts fail, and while we fixed what we could, we had to order one more part, which is due first thing Tuesday morning.  The timing of the storm on a early Saturday morning, meant having to wait until this morning to order the part, which added a couple days to the process. 

We are still on air at a very reduced power, so you might be able to get us just fine in your car or truck radio, and in downtown Paris.  However, radios inside your home or work may have difficulty until we are back at 100 % power (hopefully by mid-day Tuesday).   It's us, not your radio.

We here at WIBQ would like to thank you for your patience, and appreciate those who have sent E-Mails, left phone messages, and have posted on our facebook page.  If you have any other questions, you can e-mail me at the link below or Steve Hall ( steve.hall@wibqfm.com ) We hope something like this never happens, but every now and then Mother Nature has her way!

-- Kyle West

Kyle.West@wibqfm.com