[BC] Oldest Transmitter still in daily service

Jeff Johnson jjohnson
Sat Dec 10 17:58:06 CST 2005


>  and of course the 1927 Western Electric at WLW. Sadly, I was told during 
> my last visit to WLW a month ago that the heat exchanger for the Western 
> failed a couple of years ago, and so the old beast isn't currently 
> operable - but, being WLW, they hope to get it fixed sometime soon.
>
>s  (Fybush)

We all know that Paul Jellison had that Western Electric on the air at 
midnight Y2K.

With Randy Michaels gone from CC and WLW AM, and Paul gone from WLW, I hope 
they still care about history.

During a visit to the site with Paul, Barry Mishkind, and me, plus Mike 
Martini and Mark Magistrelli of WVXU/Media Heritage, it was discovered that 
the original documentation of the 'Super Power' debates of the late '30's 
were stacked behind the 500KW TX.

I have a pix I took during an SBE meeting of the 50KW - 500KW antenna 
switch handle in the basement. Very matter-of-fact, make your choice!!

Jeff.Johnson at goodnews.net 



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