RE: WTIC (AM) anniversary broadcast

["Mike Fitzpatrick" <fitzradio@map.com>]

WBT's towers were knocked down in Hurricane Hugo in Sept. 1989. 

Click this link and scroll down to see a picture of the collapsed towers

http://www.exit109.com/~jimh/radiob.html#wado

--MIKE



> 
> At least two of the towers you saw at the WBT site must 
> have been specially made. The originals were destroyed 
> in a hurricane (not sure exactly when, but maybe as late 
> as the 70s) and were replaced with exact replicas. I 
> suspect that Blaw-Knox was still in existence, and 
> though I doubt whether the "diamond" towers were still 
> in their catalog, I'm sure they could have built some 
> for the right price.
>