[BC] 810 WEUS Orlavista-Orlando, Florida

[Scott Fybush]

At 12:02 PM 12/9/2005, you wrote:
>My understanding is that before WCBS moved its transmitter to High Island in
>the early 1960s, its transmitter was located on Columbia Island, which was a
>true island.  The station had boats and a staff of boat operators to
>transport the transmitter technicians between the mainland and the island.
>Once the FCC permitted remote control of 50 kW transmitters, and if you
>factor in the costs of the transportation system to Columbia Island, the
>move to High Island was cost effective.  The joint venture with WNBC to
>share the site made the move very cost effective.

There's a picture of Columbia Island, and lots of High Island, on my 
WFAN/WCBS page:

http://www.fybush.com/site-030424.html

There are other watery towers in New York - WMCA (which is the cover 
of the 2006 Tower Site Calendar) has its three towers on pilings in 
the swamps of Kearny, N.J. (http://www.fybush.com/site-030424.html).

A few others that come to mind are WRIB in Providence RI 
(http://www.fybush.com/sites/2004/site-040806.html), which does 
require a boat to reach, even now (it was featured in the 2005 
calendar), and WTIX 690 (now WIST) in New Orleans, with four towers 
stretching out into the water in Chalmette, Louisiana 
(http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-050902.html).

KGO in San Francisco almost counts 
(http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051014.html), but the towers 
actually sit on a little causeway, just above the water.

And I'm told the old array of CKEY 580 Toronto extended into the 
water off Toronto Island, but those towers were gone long before I 
was out toting a camera around...

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