Were you able to hear Columbus or Philly while they were silent or was there too much daylight by then?

It is astounding to me they wouldn't have backup. That's just irresponsible. Imagine if the kind of storm that hit here and Eastern Ontario happened there and residents left in the dark were depending on their only real news/talk station for ongoing info - and they weren't there. 

Still, I'm not entirely sure what really took place. They've been hit by power problems before at their TX and were on for several days at a lower power - but at least they were there. This time, the signal stayed on but the studios were down. How does that happen in this day and age?

Now it's Sauga960's turn. Their signal disappeared around 1:50 PM Wednesday. As of this posting, it's still not on the air. Don't know what happened here, but you'd think all these guys would be more prepared. 

(Waiting for Charlie to post that no one noticed they're gone!) 

Back in the days many stations had a basic back up studio at the transmitter site.