Top portion of WFUP tower has tipped over

[MWmetalhead]

https://www.9and10news.com/2025/04/01/9 ... ice-storms

[TC Talks]

Oof

[statmanmi]

This posting on Tues. 4/8 from the 9and10 News website indicates that a current workaround available is that the low power broadcast on RF31 from a tower north of Harbor Springs has been reprogrammed to include one or more of the main channel streams from Heritage Broadcasting/Val Vista:

https://www.9and10news.com/2025/04/08/s ... ng-repair/

"Viewers who were able to receive Channel 31 can re-scan to pick up Channel 9 programming."

No mention whether the licensed auxiliary equipment for WFUP RF21 might be utilized. I'm not entirely familiar with the area, especially from the vantage point of the photo above--but there's a chance that the tower seen to the right of the injured one is the auxiliary. Back in late 2019 when WFUP was transitioning from RF45 to RF21 because of the repack, I'm recalling they filed about using the RF21 auxiliary while the antenna was swapped on the taller main tower.

Cheers! ~~ Statmanmi

[TC Talks]

I thought this antenna was near Vanderbilt which is just North of Gaylord. I believe any Tower north of Harbor Springs would be on boyne highlands or nubs nob. That area was hit pretty damn hard with ice as well so it would make sense that they couldn't do much until now.

[Bull Shannon]

I thought this antenna was near Vanderbilt which is just North of Gaylord. I believe any Tower north of Harbor Springs would be on boyne highlands or nubs nob. That area was hit pretty damn hard with ice as well so it would make sense that they couldn't do much until now.

WFUP's tower is on Hudson Lookout.

[TC Talks]

I thought this antenna was near Vanderbilt which is just North of Gaylord. I believe any Tower north of Harbor Springs would be on boyne highlands or nubs nob. That area was hit pretty damn hard with ice as well so it would make sense that they couldn't do much until now.

WFUP's tower is on Hudson Lookout.

Right, so near Vanderbilt.