[BC] Any manned transmitter sites left?

[Scott Fybush]

> I'm curious if there are any stations today that still have manned
> transmitter sites or is this truly a relic of a bygone era?
>
>  - Nat Kayle

In my travels, I've seen barely any. There are a handful of big stations
I've visited where an engineer makes his office at the tx site and spends
significant amounts of time there (Watt Hairston at WSM comes to mind,
also Roberto Vissani at CHWO/CJBC in Toronto). Even at those stations,
though, the engineer just happens to be working at the site, as opposed to
actually "manning" the transmitter.

An interesting related question is whether there are any tx sites left
that still double as engineers' living quarters. I know of at least one FM
in LA with an apartment on site that's occupied by the engineer, but
that's becoming a rarity as well.

Our TV brethren (and, in deference to Rachel E., "sistren" as well) still
man their sites in very large markets. Several of the LA TVs on Mount
Wilson are still staffed 24/7 (CBS, Fox), and others (KABC, KNBC, KTLA)
are staffed on a regular basis during prime-time at least. So are at least
some of the Empire TVs in New York. At last check, WBZ in Boston has two
full-time engineers who split their time between the TV and AM sites. It's
usually one day a week at the AM and four at the TV...

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