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This isn’t the first time Mt. Wilson has been threatened by fire, most notably by the Station fire in 2009, which burned more than 160,000 acres in the Angeles National Forest.
Broadcasters with antennas atop Mount Wilson and the slightly lower site just to its south, Mount Harvard, are no stranger to changing weather conditions. Photo following the Eaton fire from Mt.
Mt. Wilson is home to more than two dozen towers that occupy its peak just north of Sierra Madre. It supports antennas that beam signals for television and FM radio stations throughout the region.
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. Should the ...
A burned body was found in the Mt. Wilson area, but authorities could not yet confirm whether a fire still burning in the area was responsible for the death, officials said Thursday.
Many broadcast engineers consider Mt. Wilson one of the busiest and largest antenna farm in the nation. Located approximately 25 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains, ...
On Monday, fire managers predicted growth of 1 to 2 miles at its southern edge, into residential areas east of Pasadena and through the mountains to Mount Wilson.
California Fire Map, ... Found at the southern end of the Angeles National Forest, the Mount Wilson Observatory houses around 50 buildings and several telescopes used by leading astronomers.
The Mt. Wilson Group Project was formed to meet those needs. The group is made up of KDOC-DT, KJLA-DT, KOCE-DT and KXLA-DT, all of which serve Los Angeles. The goal of the system design was to combine ...
This isn’t the first time Mt. Wilson has been threatened by fire, most notably by the Station fire in 2009, which burned more than 160,000 acres in the Angeles National Forest.