antiqueradio postcards (was - WBZ/Westinghouse/Springfield, MA)

[Robert F. Sutherland]

Thank you, Roger, a site I hadn't known of!
and Cape Cod, LI, etc sites that I've wanted to know about!!


> [Original Message]
> From: Roger Kolakowski <rogerkola@aol.com>
> To: Boston Radio Interest
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; Dale H. Cook
<radiotest@cox.net>
> Date: 3/28/2008 3:34:44 PM
> Subject: Re: WBZ/Westinghouse/Springfield, MA
>
> 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
> >
> >