WBIG off the air

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Posted by Mike G on October 16, 2008 at 05:23:10:

An Air Angels helicopter en route to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago carrying four people struck the radio tower for WBIG 1280-AM in Aurora. All four people, including a 1-year old girl, aboard were killed. According to the station owner, the station has been pulled off the air for now.

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Aurora Radio Tower: Lights Back On chicagomedia.org 23:46:20 12/04/08 (0)
Air Angels crash report released chicagomedia.org 14:59:37 10/31/08 (1)
Crash-involved tower was not WBIG, WLEY chicagomedia.org 10:22:26 10/20/08 (0)
Helicopter crash: Radio tower lights at issue chicagomedia.org 09:42:36 10/17/08 (5)
- Re: Radio tower stabilized, tower lights diagnosed Extra Extra 21:48:37 10/21/08 (0)
- Radio tower stabilized, tower lights diagnosed chicagomedia.org 07:37:42 10/19/08 (1)
- Radio tower "well known" to locals chicagomedia.org 07:36:08 10/19/08 (1)
- Tearing down radio tower chicagomedia.org 12:16:51 10/17/08 (0)
Re: WBIG off the air Sad 19:31:39 10/16/08 (6)
Helicopter crashes in Aurora, radio station tower chicagomedia.org 07:06:45 10/16/08 (1)
- More on helicopter crash, AM tower chicagomedia.org 12:23:48 10/16/08 (0)

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