For this week’s Ask 13 we bring it a little closer to home.
News 13 viewer Dick Gray asked, “What's the deal with the bright white flashing light on top of the WLOS transmitter tower on Mt. Pisgah?”
He goes on to say he thinks it is harsh and not as appealing as the red one.
It turns out that this was a light failure that is now resolved. The issue came about due to a lightning strike.
"We are required by the FAA to have a red flashing light on the Pisgah mountain tower," News 13's director of engineering says. "We had a failure in the red beacon light, so we put a white flashing light so that planes could still see the tower. The light has been repaired on December 4th, so it has been back to the required red flashing light. While there is no set timeline for when these issues must be resolved, all news stations across the country are required to report it to the Federal Aviation Administration when it is failed and then again after repair."
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