Bellingham Translator Briefly Off Air Tonight

Gillian Coldsnow — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:00:00 +0000

The translator carrying our NPR News service to the Bellingham area on 104.7 FM will be off the air for about an hour beginning at 8 PM. This is to allow the owners of the site to carry out maintenance work.

During this outage, Bellingham listeners can still tune in to the NPR News service online on this page. Another choice is to tune in to the NPR and Classical Music service at 91.7 FM, KZAZ.

Spring Solar Outages May Affect Radio Signals

Gillian Coldsnow — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:39:00 +0000

Solar outage time is here again. Twice a year, the sun moves into a position directly into the line of sight between an earth station and a satellite. When this happens, for a few minutes each day solar radiation may distort satellite signals, You maybe hear your radio signal becoming fuzzy, you might hear static, or the signal possibly become silent. This spring, the interruptions are most likely between February 28 and March 4, at about 10:38 AM each day.

You won’t have to do anything. Just wait a few minutes and your signal will be back to normal.