[BC] Westinghouse at NAB - WPEN?

[SHAFFER, RANDY L]

>> Didn't WPEN do a complete tower overhaul in the mid- to late 70's? I
>> thought WPEN was off the air for a week or two while the work was done.
>> Is that when the MW-5 was installed?

>That I don't know, but I find it hard to believe that a major market
>station would go off the air for a few weeks, especially back then. There
>is always a way to get *some* kind of signal on the air, even if it's
>lower power.

>I note that the old Overbrook site where I worked appears to be the
>current Day site, which is, and was, 5 kW N-DA, but now a different night
>site is 21 kW DA, but I think that came along much later.

That was sort of the point at the time, that WPEN was so determined to rebuild
that they left the air to do it right. However, I don't recall anyone mentioning
two sites. Perhaps that was the deal, the night site was down during the rebuild
and the day site was used at low power. In that case, they wouldn't have been 
totally off the air, just not on at the night site.
I thought I read an article on it many years after the fact. If I come across it
I'll fill in the details.

Thanks!

Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA