[BC] Old abandoned AM stations and Art Deco Buildings

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Paul

More info on that tower!
Should have said 250 watts 7 or 8 miles to the UF campus at NIGHT!... When 
WGGG was there the building housed the studios and transmitter... There was 
a tuning box for the slant wire next to the sudio building about 100 feet or 
so from the base... It is interesting that that tower may have base 
insulators (not sure) but it was shunt feed with a slant wire and it got out 
very well considering Gi=ainesville is less than a 2mhos!

Now that I think about it, the Gainesville airport is just a few miles away, 
maybe they need that strobe because of the airport  slant distance..

After WGGG, which I think the FCC chairmen Mark Fowler got his start in 
radio , those studios were used for WKTK FM and the remains of the tower 
were used for STL purposes...

Regards
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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