What follows is a blow-by-blow retelling by Larry Friddle (my Asst. Chief Engineer at the time) on 10 JAN 2001 of a very difficult and stressful couple of weeks where everything seemed to be going wrong and the weather was definitely set against us…

My name is Larry Friddle. I am the Assistant Chief Engineer at ABC 40/29 and have been in television broadcasting for over twenty years. The events of the last two weeks have been the most catastrophic I have ever witnessed for a television station. Allow me to take you for a behind the scenes look at ABC 40/29 as disaster after disaster strikes and the effort made to restore your television service.

CHRISTMAS DAY, December 25, 2000 Monday

Everything of course begins on Christmas day, December 25, 2000. Freezing rain began falling over the 40/29 viewing area just as the weather men had predicted. Continue reading ‘KHBS-KHOG-TV Ice Storm of 2000 and 2001′