EARLIER: The devastating Eaton fire is now taking aim at Mt. Wilson, threatening the antenna farm and broadcasting transmitters located up there, as well as the historic Mt. Wilson observatory.
Power is out on southern California’s Mount Wilson for a second straight week, forcing broadcasters to rely on backup ...
Meanwhile, the Mt. Wilson Observatory has been evacuated ... That being said, relatively few consumers get their TV signal from a broadcast antenna, with most accessing the networks via cable ...
Electrical power to the Mt. Wilson transmitter tower ... to generator power to maintain their broadcast signals to viewers who rely on over-the-air antennas. On Thursday, the Eaton fire came ...
ABC7 (KABC), the ABC affiliate station in Los Angeles, lost its over-the-air signal Friday morning as the Eaton Fire burned near the Mount Wilson observatory and communication towers in the Angeles ...
Towers for all the major TV stations are located on the mountain, as are transmitters for many FM radio stations.