[BC] WLW my take

[John Vodenik]

Right after VOA / Bethany got new transmitters, I had the job of sorting 
through the ORIGINAL velam (?) drawings of the Crosley orginazation. 
Naturally, being a radio history type, I kept some for myself, then dumped 
the rest. A couple years ago I donated these to the VOA museum there. 
Sometimes I wish I had held on to them, as I didn't see them when I was 
there a few weeks ago.  I hope someone hasn't thrown them out.  They were 
truly one of a kind.  These were the same folks who built the 500 Kw rig 
just down the street.

John @ VOA / Delano


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Christensen" <attorney at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] WLW my take


> >"I can't imagine any commercial broadcaster investing the kind of money 
> >that
> that 500 kW plant cost just for the sake of 'quietly' submitting data to 
> the
> FCC."
>
> Money wasn't much of a factor then.  Several years ago, I recall seeing 
> the engineering organization chart for WLW during the 500KW legacy period. 
> This may have been published in one of the three major radio engineering 
> publications or perhaps it was posted on Jim Hawkins' web site.  Anyone 
> have a link to the source?
>
> The depth and breadth of the WLW engineering organization was absolutely 
> incredible.  Just guessing, they had somewhere between 75-100 FTEs in the 
> department, some of which were dedicated to specialty occupations like 
> sound effects and audio gain riding.
>
> Here's an interesting Decision and Order from the FCC concerning Crosley's 
> Extension of STA from 1935.  In the Order, the FCC granted daytime 
> super-power operation but denied night-time operation.  Through a rather 
> informal treaty, the U.S. government had entered into an agreement with 
> Canada in 1932 to reserve and protect 690 kHz for Canadian broadcasts. 
> Interference to CFRB in Toronto was a major factor in the new Commission's 
> decision to grant only limited super-power operation.
>
> ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/documents_collection/350125.pdf
>
> Paul
>
>
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