transmitters (was: WCAP Update)

[Gary's Ice Cream]

Yes the transmitter was on top of the Giant Store.studios were on the 4th
floor..then the offices/studios moved to Church Street and the transmitter
site moved to along the Merrimack River (across the street from Top Donut)
where it still is today...land leased from the City of Lowell for free (I
still haven't figured who made that deal).

 

                    Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA

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From: Kevin Vahey [mailto:kvahey@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 2:46 PM
To: Michael Wilkins
Cc: Gary's Ice Cream; Boston Radio Group
Subject: Re: transmitters (was: WCAP Update)

 

Wasn't the WLLH Lowell transmitter at the old Giant department store on
Dutton St? 

 

My recollection is that WLLH caused a RF nightmare at WXPO-TV 2 blocks away
and the TV station's hopes of becoming a commercial production house were
ruined as they didn't have the money to fix the problem.

 

There were several nights that we taped things in the middle of the night
when WLLH was off air.

 

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Michael Wilkins <wilkinsmg@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Gary,  you're absolutely right! My mistake. (Sad, really. I was there for
that move.) Mike

> From: gary@garysicecream.com
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Subject: RE: transmitters (was: WCAP Update)
> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:03:42 -0400

>
> In all my days at WLLH I don't ever think they were ever on Middlesex
> Street.  They went from Broadway to Church Street and then to the hotel.
>
>                     Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA
> www.garysicecream.com           www.icecreamcollege.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael Wilkins
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:52 AM
> Cc: Boston Radio Group
> Subject: transmitters (was: WCAP Update)
>
> Just for fun, and while on the subject of transmitters and tube
replacement,
> I thought I'd take two quick snapshots of the Western Electric 310A manual
> cover:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgwilkins/9655397396/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgwilkins/9652151007
> On page 13, it actually has (under "General Features") a line for "Tube
> Cost" which states, " An approximate cost of the replacement tube
complement
> (my note: that's 15 tubes for the 100-watt model)  $210.00" That's in 1935
> dollars.
> Btw, this transmitter was at the WLLH 4 Broadway studios (as a back-up)
> until WLLH moved to Middlesex Street. (The transmitter did not make the
> move)
> Mike
>