Complex sentence: Several equipment failures (most notably the failure of broadcast hardware located in Old Falvey) crippled the station's ability to generate and broadcast quality programming, and as a result, almost all mainstream production came to a complete standstill.
Split into simpler sentences: Several equipment failures (most notably the failure of broadcast hardware located in Old Falvey) crippled the station's ability to generate and broadcast quality programming. As a result, almost all mainstream production came to a complete standstill.