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Re: Channel 68 and Prudential fire (was Re: Channel 68)

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From: Gerald Feldman
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:23
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In article <1iceqiINN8r7@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan5.150926.15191@mips2.ma30.bull.com>, mgelman@cyclades.ma30.bull.com (Michael A. Gelman) writes:
|> |> Since we're speaking of tv stations, I noticed that I'm no longer
|> |> receiving 68.  Is it off the air or is my TV broken?
|> 
|> Geeze, don't you read the news :-)?
|> 
|> There was a small electrical fire on December 29 in the Proudential Building,
|> in a room housing equipment belonging to Channel 68.  The article about it in
|> the Globe said they'd be down for at least a few days.  I don't have a TV with
|> me here at work, so I can't check to see if they're back up :-), but I suspect
|> that this outage is what you noticed.
|> 
|> -- 
|> Jonathan Kamens                                         jik@MIT.Edu
|> Aktis, Inc.                                 Moderator, news.answers

-- 
A notice on Continental Cable says that they plan to be back up on
January 11 

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From: gaf@alpha.aosg.gsf.dec.com (Gerald Feldman)
Subject: Re: Channel 68 and Prudential fire (was Re: Channel 68)
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