{"id":378354,"date":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/378354\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","slug":"eastern-shore-radio-returns-to-terrestrial-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/378354\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Shore Radio returns to terrestrial broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

After nearly six days without terrestrial radio signals, Eastern Shore Radio\u2019s two stations\u2014103.3 FM WESR \u201c103 The Shore\u201d and 105.7 FM Coastal Country\u2014are now back on the air.<\/p>\n

Following several days of scrambling, troubleshooting, game planning and execution, both stations resumed broadcasting around 2:00 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

The primary signal, 103.3 FM WESR, is currently operating at reduced strength as the station is using a lower-powered backup transmitter. Full signal strength is expected to be restored within approximately one month.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the risk of leaving someone out, we would like to thank several individuals and organizations,\u201d said owner Charlie Russell. \u201cFirst and foremost, we want to once again thank all the volunteer firefighters who responded in the middle of the night when we needed them, as well as the Accomack County Department of Public Safety and the Virginia State Police. We also want to thank everyone who has assisted in our reconstruction efforts, including Cullen Lewis with Lewis Construction, Wessells Masonry, Mike Phelps with SCMS, Ken Wittfeld, Bundick Well & Pump Company, A&N Electric Cooperative, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority, Mr. Sparky Electrical, and Brian Shaw.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eastern Shore Radio also expressed appreciation for its insurance provider, Avery Hall Insurance, along with its advertisers and listeners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout our listeners and without our advertisers, we wouldn\u2019t be here,\u201d said General Manager Will Russell. \u201cTo anyone who has ever tuned in or spent a dollar advertising with us, we sincerely thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After nearly six days without terrestrial radio signals, Eastern Shore Radio\u2019s two stations\u2014103.3 FM WESR \u201c103 The Shore\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-378354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}