[BC] Old abandoned AM stations and Art Deco Buildings

[Alan Alsobrook]

Talk about a station that brought forth many engineers WGGG was one. I 
know of about 5 different people who were the CE of WGGG at one time or 
another add to that Greg isn't one that I was counting. Normally in 
their late teens early 20's and going to UF at the time.

David Reaves wrote:
> Oh, dear!
> My first radio station!
> That building once housed WGGG, 1230, which was the dominant station
> in the market in the mid 60s-70s.
> 
> The tower was plain old red and white, unguyed and fed by a slant
> wire when I worked there in the early 70s with Greg Strickland. WGGG
> was his first CE job. Maybe he'll have a comment.
> 
> I would hazard <g> a guess that the present paint scheme is FCC/FAA
> non-compliant.
> 
> Unfortunately for WGGG, its east Gainesville location was opposite
> that of the population growth, which was westward. The present 1230
> transmitter site is quite a bit west of town.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> David
> 
> 
> 
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Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
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