The smoke and haze from the 190-square mile Station Fire near Los Angeles isn’t just making it difficult to see in the area of the San Gabriel Mountains. It’s also having an impact on advanced forms of communications in Southern California: cellphone signals, television and radio broadcasting, even transmissions among the police, sheriff and fire crews battling the blaze and directing evacuation procedures for suburban residents. Federal Communications Commission officials are maintaining close contact with first responders and commercial broadcast interests in the region.
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FCC Eyes Flames Threatening LA Broadcasting, Communications
Posted by: Renay San Miguel September 1, 2009 08:35 AMThe smoke and haze from the 190-square mile Station Fire near Los Angeles isn’t just making it difficult to see in the area of the San Gabriel Mountains. It’s also having an impact on advanced forms of communications in Southern California: cellphone signals, television and radio broadcasting, even transmissions among the police, sheriff and fire crews battling the blaze and directing evacuation procedures for suburban residents. Federal Communications Commission officials are maintaining close contact with first responders and commercial broadcast interests in the region.