WBZ/Westinghouse/Springfield, MA

[Doug Drown]

> Did WBZA use at least one of the twin towers right up until the station's 
> demise?

>It used both of them, but never to transmit from.  WBZA had a "T" antenna.

Please excuse my ignorance, but for what purpose, then, were the towers 
used?  To pick up the signal from Boston?  I'd have thought that would have 
been done via phone lines.

Where was WBZA's transmission tower?  I confess I don't know what a "T" 
tower is.  Is it still standing?

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>
Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: WBZ/Westinghouse/Springfield, MA


> <<On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:42:16 -0400, "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net> 
> said:
>
>> Did WBZA use at least one of the twin towers right up until the station's
>> demise?
>
> It used both of them, but never to transmit from.  WBZA had a "T"
> antenna.
>
> -GAWollman