The Tulsa World and broadcast stations are working hard to get the news out.

A three-day blackout has made getting out the news more difficult than usual.

The Tulsa World and local broadcasters have overcome challenges caused by the power outage.

Mark Appleby, city-metro circulation manager for the Tulsa World, said the newspaper has received a consistent flow of calls from readers complimenting carriers for getting their newspapers to them despite streets littered with fallen trees.

''We want to thank all of the carriers,'' Appleby said. ''We know they are dealing with the same problems everyone is, but they're still showing up every day to get the papers out.''

With the help of the newspaper's district managers and assistant district manager, 95 percent of papers in the metropolitan area are making it to doorsteps on time, Appleby said.

Readers have told stories of carriers climbing through fallen trees and walking into areas inaccessible by car to get the paper delivered, he said.

Three of the World's satellite offices, where the Tulsa World Community World is written and edited, are without power.

The Community World reporters and editors moved to the newspaper's central newsroom and shared space to get Wednesday's issue produced.

Meanwhile, the newspaper's main section increased its normal size by two pages to accommodate the story.

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Local broadcasters also have had to deal with special challenges as a result of the power outage.

Four of Tulsa's 12 area television stations were knocked off the air by Sunday's ice storm, while the rest relied on generators to keep their signals on the air.

KDOR, channel 17; KMYT, channel 41; KWHB, channel 47; and KRSC, channel 35 ceased broadcasting Sunday when power to their transmitter sites failed.

KMYT had its power restored and expected to be back on air by noon Wednesday, said Brian Egan, chief engineer for KOKI and KMYT, in a phone interview Wednesday.

KWHB, channel 47, is transmitting via a fiber line to Cox Communications, said Dennis Hendrickson, business manager and program director for the station. The channel's programming can be seen on Cox cable channel 7, but will not be available over the air until power is restored.

Similarly, Dish satellite subscribers can watch KRSC, channel 35, programming thanks to a fiber feed the station has with the satellite carrier. It also is waiting for power supply repair, said Nicole Nascenzi, public relations coordinator for Rogers State University in Claremore.

KTPX, channel 44, Tulsa's ION affiliate, is operating at 30 percent power, which limits viewership to a 30-mile radius of its Mounds transmitter, said Ron Martin, master control operator for the station.

The station, which was off the air Sunday night through Monday night, is using a diesel generator at its transmitter site. Martin said station engineers have been hauling 55-gallon drums of fuel to keep the station going, because the station has been unable to get fuel deliveries to the area.

KGEB, channel 53, also has been able to stay on air since the storm started.

The city's five major stations -- KJRH, channel 2; KOTV, channel 6; KTUL, channel 8; KOED, channel 11; and KOKI, channel 23 -- have been broadcasting regular programming, as well as frequent weather reports and extended newscasts, with the aid of generators.

Those generators, according to KMYT engineer Egan, burn approximately 40 gallons of fuel per hour.

"We have not heard from AEP-PSO, so we have no idea when power will come back on," said Pat Baldwin, KTUL general manager. Baldwin spent the first day of the ice storm working with Promotions Director Larry Nitz to remove trees from the road up Lookout Mountain to the station.

"We have been keeping our generator topped off, so we know we have about a week's supply of fuel," Baldwin said.

Tulsa's KRMG-AM 740 radio has been breaking into its syndicated programming lineup for extended local reports on the storm since Monday morning, General Manager Dan Lawrie said Wednesday. It, too, is operating on a backup generator at its transmitter site in Mannford.

"We are playing it day by day as far as the needs of the community are concerned."