Fwd: [ABDX] 1590 WSMN Towers Down

SteveOrdinetz hykker@grolen.com
Tue Dec 20 07:39:32 EST 2005


Scott Fybush wrote:
> From Bruce Conti in Nashua, via the ABDX mailing list:
>
>>The three-tower directional array of 1590 WSMN was torn down today, leaving
>>an empty space in the Nashua skyline at Routes 3 and 111.  I missed all the
>>action, as the last of the heavy equipment was seen being carted away 
>>while on my
>>commute home from work.  What remains of the old WSMN is the once stately and
>>now abandoned house on the hill that served as the studios and offices.
>>Meanwhile 1590 WSMN is diplexed with the 900 WSNH tower, a weak signal 
>>relaying
>>ESPN from WSNH, in what appears to be a slow and painful death, awaiting
>>transplant to a new location that may never be found.


Not sure what effect it has on Nashua's "skyline"...those towers barely 
cleared the trees anyway.

It is a shame to see the house in such disrepair, though it looked to be in 
dire need of some TLC even when the station was still on the air. 



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