[BC] empty sites

[Mike McCarthy]

Speaking of dumps....

The Milwaukee community TV tower and the older Sinclair TV tower, both over 
1000 ft. are also built on an old dump. The two towers are 300 ft. from 
each other and guylines interleave.  Complex site...

The towers, anchors, and LARGE TX buildings all sit on pilings which go 
through the dump to stable soil.  The rest of the ground is by far from 
stable.  The sidewalks and parking lot are all 4-6" lower than when the 
site was built.  What was once smooth side walks are now stepped leading to 
the older building's TX rooms.

MM

At 08:42 AM 10/21/2005 -0400, Ballard F. Fore, Jr. wrote
>Speaking of dumping....I have an operating site sitting on an old county
>dump.
>
>The ice bridge have to be adjusted every year to keep my rigid line
>straight. The guyed wires have to be tensioned yearly also.
>
>Glad we don't own the site any more.
>
>Global does.
>
>Ballard
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Sid Schweiger
>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:50 AM
>To: broadcast at radiolists.net
>Subject: Re: [BC] empty sites
>
> >>I had some guy dump a pile of colored bricks against the fence of one
>site, and not 30 feet away, the rest of the fence was still there.<<
>
>At the last place I worked, I went to the transmitter one fine day for a
>routine check, only to find a rather large rust-colored lump of some sort of
>metal about ten feet from the fence around the site.
>
>On closer inspection, it was the crushed, rusted-out hulk of a 1950s-vintage
>VW Beetle.  I have no idea how it got there, or why anyone would make the
>effort to dump it there, since this site was a mile and a quarter from the
>nearest paved road, and the dirt road to the site was not easy to traverse.
>
>
>
>Sid Schweiger
>IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
>WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI
>20 Guest St / 3d Floor
>Boston MA  02135-2040
>Phone: 617-779-5369
>Fax: 617-779-5379
>E-Mail: sid at wrko.com
>
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