yesterday we had a good snowstorm and i had to clean off the dish a few times to keep a signal.What do the broadcasters do to keep the big dishes clean of snow or does it really matter.
How do the broadcasters keep there big dishes clean of snow in the wintertime??
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Same here in Iowa at the TV / newspaper I used to worked at as whoever was the tech on duty or on call had to go out and clean them with a long broom, more than once had to come in from home to do it. Now I just step outside to clean them, but at least not in the middle of the night.
The local Fox affiliate here has huge black covers over their dishes..not sure what they're made of though. I've seen them when I go downtown Cincy
With all those dishes at ESPN in Ct wonder if they draw straws to see who the luckey wins are to go out into the snow. 
"get the intern"With all those dishes at ESPN in Ct wonder if they draw straws to see who the luckey wins are to go out into the snow.
They use automatic de-icing systems. Some use forced air and some use heat blankets.
Must not be a big outfit if they have to send someone out to manually brush out the snow. But, I have seen de-icing systems fail to operate and they send some poor guy up and into the dish (a solid dish) to sweep it out. Just don't do it when an uplink is in progress.
I've seen them out sweeping at one local TV station during a snowstorm. Seems to be a team effort by who ever is available. Maybe the office staff gets to go out and get some fresh air? Don't think they have heaters or there would be a mass of ice building up below the dishes where the water would drain off. Snow just gets pushed off the side of the building (I think there's a sidewalk below!)
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It's a Savannah named Magic, you can find many vids on YouTube. That be one l-o-n-g cat.
I used to wonder why my former local RTV station used to off during a snow storm until I saw the dishes behind the station during the local weather broadcast. The meteorologist was doing a live weather report outside the studio in the backyard and the dishes were buried with snow. Didn't appear as though anyone ever brushed them off.
saw this post recently in the "dishes we have seen" thread. hXXp://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151182223793443&id=109273548442&set=a.368214853442.152500.109273548442&refid=52&_ft_=fbid.125943060901089
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