as the wnep-tv analog broadcast tower collapsed on december 16, 2007, one of the falling guy wires supporting the wnep-tv tower damaged the neighboring tower broadcasting wvia-tv (analog and digital) and wvia-fm by shearing off the top section of the wvia tower supporting the antenna for the analog and digital tv signals. the antenna for wvia-fm remained intact, as it is located on the lower section of the shared wvia-fm-tv tower. the wvia-tv analog signal on channel 44 was temporarily put off the air until service was restored through a back-up tower on penobscot knob. the collapse of wnep-tv's analog tower also severed power to the transmitters for cbs affiliate wyou (channel 22) and nbc affiliate wbre-tv (channel 28), putting those stations off the air for a time.