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July 4, 2026 8:56 pm  #1


CING-FM Hamilton off air

CING 95.3, as well as CITS-DT and CHCH-DT are off air as of posting. I noticed CING off air about 45 min ago while driving. Hope it's only a power issue and not a failure on the tower.

 

July 4, 2026 9:08 pm  #2


Re: CING-FM Hamilton off air

Update: CING came back but at a lower power, so might be on a aux site. No HD. CITS and CHCH transmitters are now back.

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July 5, 2026 1:51 am  #3


Re: CING-FM Hamilton off air

Sounds like they've found a temporary back up source while the engineers do their thing to fix this mess...


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July 5, 2026 3:07 am  #4


Re: CING-FM Hamilton off air

Lingering Hydro One issues from Thursday's storm...  one of the incoming power phases is still high

 

July 5, 2026 6:19 am  #5


Re: CING-FM Hamilton off air

Any out of town stuff creep in while 95.3 was down?

 

July 5, 2026 8:45 pm  #6


Re: CING-FM Hamilton off air

Nothing at all on 95.3 but conditions were fairly settled. Goes to show the protection zone CING has. I was able to hear adjacents Rochester 95.1 and Quinte 95.5.  When I checked this morning, HD was back up and signal level was back to normal.

Thanks for the update Glen on what took place. Good it was only a power problem and not a transmission cable fire!
 

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