WYOW transmitter in Eagle River off air due to fiber optic outage

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (WSAW) - The WYOW transmitter in Eagle River is off the air because of a network outage in the Rhinelander and Eagle River area.

NewsChannel 7’s engineering team will resume transmitting in the area once fiber optic service is restored to the transmitter site. There is no estimated time for restoration.

According to the latest update, the outage is widespread and was caused by a large fiberoptic line being cut. Crews are on site to repair the fiber. Service may not be restored until later Wednesday evening.

The outage may affect some viewers’ ability to watch the World Series on FOX on channel 33.10. Some viewers in the affected area may be able to watch FOX on channel 7.3 through the Sayner transmitter.

This is a developing story and we will provide an update as soon as possible.

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