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<\/p>\nTownsquare Media studios in downtown Wenatchee will be impacted by emergency Chelan PUD repairs on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
The utility discovered damage as the result of vandalism to distribution equipment near the Townsquare Media building at 231 N. Wenatchee Avenue.<\/p>\n
The isolated emergency repairs will force several radio stations to suspend broadcasting for several hours while PUD crews work on the repairs.<\/p>\n
Chelan PUD crews will need to shut down power to the Townsquare Media building for up to 8 hours on Thursday evening, Jan 29th, starting at 9:30pm.<\/p>\n
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The vandalized PUD equipment provides electricity to the building that houses the studios of KPQ-AM and FM, The Quake 102.1, KW3, 99.5 The Apple, KYSN, 1340 The Hawk, Talk 106.7, and KWNC in Quincy.\u00a0 The YWCA Thrift Store is located in the same building.<\/p>\n
The effected radio stations will suspend broadcasting temporarily at 9:30pm on Thursday, and are scheduled to resume regular broadcasting by 5:30am on Friday, January 30th<\/p>\n
The repairs cannot be delayed, according to Chelan PUD, and must be performed as soon as possible.\u00a0 The PUD is delaying the power shutoff to the radio stations until a live Cashmere High School basketball broadcast has concluded on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The planned outage is not related to the just-completed repair work to the KPQ-AM transmitter located off Hawley Street in Wenatchee.\u00a0 A damaged part that forced the station to temporarily operate at lower power has been replaced.\u00a0 KPQ-AM 560 is now at full power, and poor reception in outlying areas has been cleared up.<\/p>\n