Beacon Radio is plunged into dark
A radio station has been forced to broadcast shows in the dark after a power cut hit Wolverhampton.
A radio station has been forced to broadcast shows in the dark after a power cut hit Wolverhampton.
Presenters at Beacon Radio, in Tettenhall Road, Newbridge, have been in darkness since a sub-station fuse blew at 8pm last night, plunging another 65 properties into darkness.
Other shops in the area affected included the Newbridge Fryer in Newbridge Crescent.
As the Express & Star went to press 25 of the properties were still without power, with Central Networks blaming an underground main fault.
Kate Fuller, marketing manager at Beacon Radio, said: "We have been broadcasting in darkness since 8pm last night, and staff have been using torches to read out the news. "