Power Outage, Transmitter Problem Puts TV Stations Off-Air
Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 7:18pm
FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT
DULUTH - An outage left a Duluth television station without power on Saturday night.
According to Minnesota Power, a power outage near the antenna farm was reported around 5:30 p.m.
They said the outage affected 31 customers.
WDIO's (Channel 10) Facebook page said they were without power.
Minnesota Power said crews restored power at 7:18 p.m.
Residents have called the Fox 21 Newsroom reporting that channel 3 and channel 6 are also off the air.
Northland's Newscenter's Facebook page said they were experiencing a transmitter problem and are working to get it fixed.
The power outage was caused by a failed regualtor which controls voltage.