Complex sentence: There are questions as to whether anyone actually was able to hear the station's initial half-hour broadcast, as technical problems forced the station to shut down the following day and it remained off the air while a new ordered transmitter was awaited.
Split into simpler sentences: There are questions as to whether anyone actually was able to hear the station's initial half-hour broadcast. Technical problems forced the station to shut down the following day, remaining off the air while a new ordered transmitter was awaited.