WBUR antennas over the years

[Scott Fybush]

Since the FCC made scans of its history cards available online a few 
years ago, it's gotten much easier to trace these bits of history.

According to WBUR's history cards, then:

4/3/50 - license to cover for 380 watts (!) from 84 Exeter St
4/23/51 - 20 kW from 84 Exeter St
7/17/58 - 20 kW/160' from 640 Comm Ave
9/29/76 - 22.5 kW/260' from 765 Comm Ave (Law School Bldg.)

The move to 1165 Chestnut happened after the end of the history cards in 
1980. I believe it was licensed there at 7.2 kW/305m in Dec. 1987. And 
the move to the Cedar Street tower was just a few years ago, licensed 
8/9/17 with 8.6 kW/358m.

On 11/26/2021 1:02 AM, Eli Polonsky wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 10:38 PM Ron <obrienron2@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Eli,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is my recollection correct?  What years was that in use?
>>
> 
> 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
>