Power outage sacks Giants telecast

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PORTLAND – A power outage at Portland-area television stations WPXT (Channel 51) and WPME (Channel 35) knocked the scheduled live broadcast of the New York Giants-Tennessee Titans game off the Maine airwaves Sunday afternoon. A surge caused when electrical power resumed blew some transformers at…
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PORTLAND – A power outage at Portland-area television stations WPXT (Channel 51) and WPME (Channel 35) knocked the scheduled live broadcast of the New York Giants-Tennessee Titans game off the Maine airwaves Sunday afternoon.

A surge caused when electrical power resumed blew some transformers at the station, effectively knocking out the station’s broadcast capability until approximately 6 p.m. Sunday.


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