WBZ - WBZA synchronization

[Cohasset / Hippisley]

Dale's description is just about what I recall WBZ's Chief Engineer 
telling me in 1966.

Bud Hippisley
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Dale H. Cook wrote:

> At 12:58 AM 5/6/2007, A. Joseph Ross wrote:
>
>> This thread makes me curious to know whether WBZ-WBZA had any special
>> synchronization in place when they were both in operation.
>
>
> They did. I would have to do some digging to uncover the details, but 
> IIRC, a submultiple of one transmitter's oscillator was fed via phone 
> loop to the other site, where it was multiplied back up. Also, IIRC, 
> the program audio at the originating end was delayed before being fed 
> to that transmitter so that the modulation at both ends would match in 
> phase.
>
> Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
> Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
> http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml
>