[BC] WLW related historical question: Myth Busted

[Miltron]

I recently ran into David Morrison, now of Columbia International University (the erstwhile Columbia Bible College) who told me the story of how the missile crisis broadcast "went down".
It seems that he was the chief engineer of the station at the time of the missile crisis, and the station was contacted by the gvt. to see if they would run the broadcast. They said they would, but had no way to recieve the program feed; the gvt said they would handle it, and shortly the line was installed and the program ran that night.
The only hitch to the legend is that he was not employed at WLW, but at _WCKY_ ,which is where the program was broadcast.
If questions, contact him at CIU
M

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Tekel <amstereoexp at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 6, 2006 3:23 PM
>To: broadcast at radiolists.net
>Subject: [BC] WLW related historical question
>
>Jeff Glass wrote:
>> I do not have any concrete proof that WLW ever operated the 500 kW rig
>> at any time after they lost the privilege to use the rig full time.
>> Therefore, those stories could be untrue.
>
>As we discussed here (or was it on radio-tech?) a few months ago, there
>is some pretty solid -- although not yet proven -- evidence that during
>the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, WLW fired up "Big Bertha" and ran it at
>somewhere between 500 and 750 kW, at the request of the U.S. government.  
>
>Aside from that, however, the details get very sketchy.  Some say the big
>rig was kept in operational condition through the Cold War, although in
>that case "operational" might just be a nice way of saying "fully intact",
>as opposed to its current partially-dismanted condition.
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
>http://mail.yahoo.com 
>
>_______________________________________________
>
>The BROADCAST [BC] list is sponsored by SystemsStore On-Line Sales
>Cable-Connectors-Blocks-Racks-Wire Management-Test Gear-Tools and More! 
>www.SystemsStore.com       Tel: 407-656-3719    Sales at SystemsStore.com