[BC] Old abandoned AM stations and Art Deco Buildings

[Steve Manuel]

Paul

That was 1230 WGGG Gainesville... They moved to a new site several years 
ago, before the 1000 watts unlimited I think... The new site turned out to 
be a dud, poor conductivity etc etc... Regarding the old site, that tower 
was much taller at one point in time... A tornado or something caused the 
top sections to come off... The old tower had proper lights and was painted 
correctly... Now it's much shorter, less that 200 feet and you could 
probably paint it pink! It's probably orange and blue for UF! BTW...The old 
tower was a slant wire shunt feed, sounded good and got out very well, BUT 
not quite well enough to get it's 250 watts 7 or 8 miles to the UF campus 
with a killer signal ..

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Smith W4KNX" <paul at amtower.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: [BC] Old abandoned AM stations and Art Deco Buildings


> On my way up to North Carolina last week, I ran across this old radio
> station just east of Gainesville Florida.  It appears that the tower has
> been used up until recently, but the TX shacks have been broken into and a
> mess made of them.  The building is obvious Art Deco and looks to be from
> the late 30's.  The tower is unusual as it is painted red and blue.  I've
> never seen that combination before.  I assume it was a legal combination 
> at
> one time.  The tower is obviously very old by its design and even though 
> it
> is self supporting, guys have been added to support it.  Anyone one know
> what station this is/was?     Here's the link:
> http://216.247.232.254/gainesville.htm
>
> Paul Smith
> W4KNX
> Sarasota, FL
>
>
>
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