Re: WBZ Reception Is Worsening

[<umar@nerodia.wcrb.com>]

> There was an earlier tower at 1170, the original TV tower, which Hurricane
> Carol blew over in 1954.

According to J. Leonard Batchelder, secretary of the Mass. Bay Railroad
Enthusiasts, WBZ once had a transmitter site in Millis. He writes (1991):

"Immediately on crossing the Charles River, we come upon a dirt road
crossing leading to a couple of houses north of the track. Just past this,
a new industrial building on the south side houses the Radio Frequency
Company. Beyond their plant, there is an abandoned brick building located
on top of a small hill. This building housed the original transmitting
equipment of Radio Station WBZ in the 1930s. Two 150-foot high towers held
the station's antennas. After WBZ moved to its present Brighton location,
this facility was used by the Federal Communications Commission as a radio
monitoring station. It was abandoned about 1950."


Rob Landry
umar@nerodia.wcrb.com