SIDNEY - A lightning strike during Tuesday night’s thunderstorm damaged broadcasting equipment at Cheyenne County Country’s tower in Legion Park, temporarily knocking the station off the air.

Station officials said programming was restored to 1340 AM on Wednesday morning, but the FM signal at 95.7 remains down until replacement equipment can be installed.

Listeners can still hear Cheyenne County Country programming - including Sidney High School sports and Nebraska volleyball - on 1340 AM, online at newschannelnebraska.com or through the News Channel Nebraska app.

Flood Communications, which operates the station, apologized for the outage and thanked listeners for their patience.

987 The Big Boy (98.7 FM) was unaffected by the weather and remains on-air.