Regular FM radio listeners in the city were greeted with silence when they tuned in to their favourite stations on Sunday evening. A lightning strike on the transmission antenna at Kudappanakkunnu at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday disrupted broadcast from all the private FM stations. Transmission was restored around 6 p.m. on Monday. The private FM stations work on a tower-sharing arrangement with All India Radio (AIR) and transmit from a common antenna.
AIR’s transmission was not affected as it had a stand-by arrangement.