[HCDX] Earthquake in NZ's Gisborne City 945AM on local studio feed

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A 6.8 Richter level earthquake has struck 50km SE of the city of
Gisborne on New Zealand's North Island at 07.55 UTC, December 20.

There are 3 AM stations in the city. From monitoring in Wellington,
1485 BSport is on air carrying network programs, 1314 RNZ National
Radio is on air carrying network programs, 945 NewstalkZB is on air
with obvious technical difficulties and is currently [1000 UTC]
carrying the Gisborne FM feed for Classic Hits. 

It has also had live studio announcements from Gisborne with
eye-witness reports and is not on the normal NewstalkZB feed. It
sounds to be operating on full power [2kW] at times, and less [maybe
500w] at other times.

No casualties are reported, major building collapses in the CBD have
occured [at least 3], and roading damage is widespread. Water is
secure, power is being returned, phone service was overloaded and now
returning to normal. Widespread damage to buildings across the urban
area [shelves collapsing, windows broken etc].

No tsunami has resulted from the earthquake, which was felt as far
away as Dunedin at the southern end of the South Island. No major
aftershocks reported as of 1010 UTC.

David Ricquish
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net






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