Skidder Crashes into WILQ Transmitter Building

A Williamsport radio station is operating on reduced power because a suspected joy-rider crashed a logging vehicle into the station's transmitter building. General manager Dan Farr says someone drove a skidder into WILQ-FM's transmitter building at about 4 a.m. Thursday. The station is now broadcasting at about one-tenth its normal power. WILQ serves listeners in a six-county area, and Farr says many won't be able to pick up the signal until repairs are made. That's expected to take about a month. Officials say if the skidder had hit the transmitter, the rider could have been electrocuted.