- Dates
- 2018-01-23 – 2018-01-26
- Kind
- Service disruption
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weathercommunicationinfrastructure
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Severe icing disrupted WVBI’s FM transmission in late January 2018. The station directed listeners to its online stream and later reported a return to full power.
Evidence limits
The record is based on the station’s operational notices. It does not establish the exact outage duration, engineering cause, or calibrated ice accumulation.
Sources
- WVBI reported that severe icing had taken its FM signal off the air or reduced it, while the internet stream remained available; a later post said the station had returned to full power after several ice-impaired days. This is a first-party operational report, not an engineering log or independent weather measurement.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012701
- WVBI reported that it was back to full power after several ice-impaired days. This is a first-party service update, not an engineering log or independent outage measurement.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012706
Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “WVBI reports reduced-power service during January 2018 icing”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wvbi-ice-storm-power-reduction-january-2018/, accessed [date], citing WVBI, “Icing,” Beaver Island Forum, January 23, 2018. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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