BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – WCAX and other local television stations on Mount Mansfield will power down for some needed maintenance on the WCAX tower beginning on Friday at 10:00 a.m.
We expect to be back on the air in less than three hours. Maintenance work needs to be done as quickly as possible when good weather is available in an area like Mount Mansfield, where conditions are hazardous during the fall and winter. WCAX and other local TV and radio stations share the site on Mount Mansfield and work together to power down as a precaution for the tower climbers’ safety.
Viewers watching WCAX and other local TV stations over the air or through programming providers like satellite and cable systems, which use the over-the-air broadcast to receive programming, will not receive WCAX or some other local stations during the maintenance, but programming will return automatically when the maintenance is complete.
Viewers will not have to do anything other than be patient, and programming will return as soon as possible. Streaming newscasts on WCAX.com and our apps will not be affected.