[BC] Any manned transmitter sites left?

[Earl Arbuckle]

"Message: 9
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:00:55 -0700
From: "Brent Hall" <halllb at ldschurch.org>
Subject: Re: [BC] Any manned transmitter sites left?
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060821200040.04ac83d0 at oldradio.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

The KSL-TV transmitter site is manned 24/7 mainly because most of the FM
stations in town are located in the same building. The site is accessible by
helicopter only in the winter, and the stations all split the cost. The
transmitter site orginally had it's own tram, but was condemned several
years ago as being unsafe. All the TV stations in town pooled together, and
built a separate building for HDTV.
-Brent"

Well, not exactly "all the TV stations."  Fox O&O KSTU has its own separate
building, tower, and antenna.  And two big generators, one propane and one
diesel.  Yes, there is an engineer assigned 24/7.  Actually, he's more like
a fireman, living at the site for a period and then rotating off the
mountain.  I think there are about 3 guys who rotate multi-day shifts.  Even
in summer, the ride up the mountain (dirt) road to the top of Mt. Farnsworth
is breath-taking, to say the least.  In winter (6-8 months of the year),
it's either by snowcat or chopper.

Earl