WBZ/Westinghouse/Springfield, MA

[Roger Kolakowski]

A number of early Radio Station antennas can be seen in this collection of
postcards outlining radio history:

http://www.antiqueradio.com/May01_radiopostcards.html

It must have been something when it was windy out!

Roger
WA1KAT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale H. Cook" <radiotest@cox.net>
To: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: WBZ/Westinghouse/Springfield, MA


> At 10:42 PM 3/27/2008, Doug Drown wrote:
>
> >Did WBZA use at least one of the twin towers right up until the
> >station's demise?
>
> I'm belatedly catching up on this thread - I've had a T1 interconnect
> between two studio facilities down since late Monday.
>
> Doug, they always used both towers, but only as supports - the towers
> were not hot. They held a flattop transmitting antenna, which was
> standard for a '20s installation. It wasn't until the '30s that
> series-fed and shunt-fed verticals came into use. For an illustration
> of a flattop see the graphic at:
>
> http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/radtop.html
>
> What the graphic does not show is that at one point off-center the
> horizontal wires were connected together and attached to a vertical
> wire dropping down to the transmitter.
>
> Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting,
> Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
> http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/starcity.html
>
>