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Magic 100.3 expects to be back on air soon
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Posted on Jul 25 2023
After the copper wire theft that cut off local broadcasting for Magic 100.3 last Thursday, the radio station should be able to resume broadcasting in a week if everything goes smoothly, according to KWAW vice president of engineering, Danilo Ganacias.
In an interview with Ganacias last Friday at the radio station in San Jose, he said they are in the process of securing material to make the repairs and, if the process goes smoothly and the materials arrive on time, it would take about five to seven days to fix the damage.
“I’d like to apologize to our listeners and our sponsors for this unfortunate situation We are doing our best to get the station back on air so they can continue to enjoy the entertainment and be…updated on the news and the weather,” Ganacias said.
About $6,000 worth of copper wires were stolen from the radio station’s transmission site on Mt. Tapochao last Thursday.
It was Ganacias who discovered the break-in and assessed the damage.
He estimates the cost of repairing the cables, replacing the missing wires—plus the damage to the site itself—to cost about $10,000.
He hopes the thief or thieves will be caught, but also that lawmakers will create a law to deter theft of this kind.
“I’m almost sure that whoever stole the copper wire is going to sell it to…a scrapyard. So they [lawmakers] can maybe put up a law that…like…whoever’s going to buy these stolen materials should get an ID of whoever’s trying to sell it. Maybe that will help deter this kind of criminal activity,” he said.
