Transmitter fireOne of the casualties of the fire: the radio transmitter for CKNW’s sister station AM 730 Traffic.
“I’ve been in the business for 30 some odd years, and through my entire life experience I have never come that close.”
Corus Radio chief engineer Rob Brown says Delta Fire called him down to the site to manually kill the power in the building.
“So basically about 15 seconds into that room, the air intake started to get the smoke and within seconds had filled the entire room.”
Brown says it was so thick he had to shut the system down by feel before running outside.
“First what drew my attention was the sound, the sound of like a fire – the crispy crackling sound that you would get. And then turning and seeing it almost right on top of me.”
Brown says he’s been told the transmitter may have been irreparably damaged.
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