Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

WKYC Channel 3 will be off the air Friday afternoon, as of 11:40 a.m. The outage could remain in effect for a few hours. It will impact anyone using an antenna or whose cable/satellite provider receives our signal over-the-air, meaning you will not be able to watch us during this period of time. It comes as we work to complete installation of our brand new antenna, which is a project mandated by the FCC. With storms set to roll into the area this afternoon, we have no choice but to complete work on our tower now to ensure safety. We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause. We have hopes that this will be the last of interruptions as we update our antenna. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have rescanned for us previously and got our signal, you DO NOT need to scan your TV again. You will receive our signal once we power back up. Thousands of stations across the country are affected by this transition, including many here in Ohio. We're very sorry for this disruption ...

Special to the Director's Cut Blog from wkyc.com Safety concerns during antenna installation mean we will be off-air for a significant amount of time.As we continue installing our brand new antenna, today brings another big moment in this project. One that means we will be off the air for several hours Saturday. Starting around 8 a.m., crews will be adding and/or removing more wiring on our tower. This work will position them near our auxiliary antennas, which emit dangerous levels of radio frequency signals. To protect the workers during this phase of construction, we have to power down our signal. We will have the signal restored in time for our 6 p.m. news. Because the work they will be doing is time-consuming, we will be dark for several hours. This will impact anyone using an antenna or whose cable/satellite provider receives our signal over-the-air (including Dish and DirecTV), meaning you will not be able to watch us during this period of time. IMPORTANT NOTE: ...