WBUR antennas over the years

[Dave Doherty]

Here's a link to the FCC's History Cards for WBRU. You can probably tease out the dates from the info in the file.

https://bit.ly/3FQIpmt

Note that there are two types of cards. First are the CP & License records, then the Application records. 

Most older stations have these cards. They are provided as links from the Query products. Google "FCC FM Query" for a link. The same works for AM and TV.

-d

Dave Doherty
Skywaves Consulting LLC
PO Box 11382
Bainbridge Island, WA
201-248-5620 (cell & text)





-----Original Message-----
From: Boston-Radio-Interest <boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of Eli Polonsky
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 10:02 PM
To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
Subject: Re: WBUR antennas over the years

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 10:38 PM Ron <obrienron2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Eli,
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> I seem to recall (back in the 70’s?), that WBUR had a free standing 
> tower on campus that you could see from the street.
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> Is my recollection correct?  What years was that in use?
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I believe you're thinking of the tower that was at the BU School of Communications, 630 Commonwealth Ave. From what I can find, it was in use beginning sometime around the late 1950's or early 1960's, when the station moved from their first original studio and antenna building on Exeter St.
in the Back Bay.

I don't know for how long that one at 630 Comm. was in use, I think through the 1960's and at least some of the '70s, maybe later. Their next move was to the one on the BU Law building (the current second backup), but I don't know when that happened.

EP