[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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