It will take six to eight months to rebuild the tower to its 500-foot height and top it with a new antenna, he said. The signal doesn’t reach as far as the old signal and the reception might be fuzzier, but Kistler estimated that the temporary antenna covers about 85 to 90 percent of the original territory.

“We have a temporary antenna up at about the 370-foot level of what used to be a 500-foot tower,” said Claude Kistler, KSPS general manager. 29, killing the over-the-air reception (although the station was still available on cable and satellite).

The KSPS-7 public television broadcast signal – both digital and analog – went back on the air Tuesday, but without its usual oomph.Ī windstorm toppled the old antenna and 130 feet of its tower on Nov. The soldiers are part of a Spokane-based National Guard unit and most of the movie takes place after they have returned to their hometown. Look for a rash of reviews to come out this week. However, most of the major critics have yet to weigh in. Critic Andrew Sarris of the New York Observer has already written a favorable review, saying that “we owe it to our troops in the field to see this film and to start thinking seriously about their plight when they return to us.” That date is subject to change, depending on the film’s reception in limited release. This is strictly to qualify for awards the wide release, which should include Spokane, won’t be until Jan. Irwin Winkler’s soldiers-returning- from-Iraq movie will begin a limited run on Friday at three theaters in New York and L.A.

Jackson, Jessica Biel and 50 Cent were all in attendance at this gala event. “Home of the Brave” had its world premiere on Tuesday – not in Spokane, where it was filmed, but in Beverly Hills.

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