[BC] Any manned transmitter sites left?

[Jeff Allen]

Reminds me...always like to plug my Uncle Farnsworth.  He would have been
100 on August 19th.


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From: "Jared Seese" <jared at jampro.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] Any manned transmitter sites left?


> Farnsworth Peak, named after the famed inventor, is manned 24/7 360, by
two engineer that work two weeks on and two weeks off and the site is only
accessable by helocopter during the winter. Belonging  to
> Bonneville Broadcasting it is the site of the highest power single FM
antenna with 13 FM analog stations and 10 digital stations.
> Jared Seese
> Senior Field Engineer
>
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> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net on behalf of Scott Fybush
> Sent: Mon 8/21/2006 9:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [BC] Any manned transmitter sites left?
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> > 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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