[BC] Re: WABC on Columbia Island

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/14/2005 7:42:46 PM Central Standard Time,  
amstereoexp at yahoo.com writes:


Topographical maps still show the towers at the River Road  site
(identified as "WNBC Radio Towers").  Also shown is a huge arrage  of 12
towers, spanning more than a mile from end to end, on the other side  of
River Road in Franklin Township.  This may also have been part of  the VOA
transmission facilities, or may have been for some other  government
communications during the WWII and/or Cold War era.  It,  too, has long
since been replaced by housing developments.  I doubt  any evidence still
exists, except perhaps for a few concrete tower bases in  people's
backyards.



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That was probably was know as NBC's  "Radio Central"  The  had commercial 
message service at the site prior to the war and after the war  for a while. Also 
during the war many of the european correspondents reported  back to New York 
via shortwave.  In fact some of you old farts,  like  myself,  may remember 
the shortwave reports that were used on the early  Today Show on NBC TV.  They 
put a slide up maybe with a photo of the  correspondent and pushed a button on 
a big reel-to-reel tape recorder and played  the shortwave report.
 
 
Dave