[BC] FM History

[Edward Susterich]

I have no information for the old FM equipment at WRKO, but the old 5 KW RCA-5DX transmitter went to WADR in Remsen, New York, in 1967.  It enabled the transition from 1kw to 5 kw for the new WADR which replaced the silent WREM on 1480 khz in Remsen.  A new 50 KW transmitter at WRKO made the older 50 KW the new standby and displace the much older RCA-5DX.
  On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Dana Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
>They were in Kenmore Square for most of the 50s and 60s (now a bank), before
>moving to Govt. Center. There was a lot of stuff in storage at their AM
>transmitter, but one of their engineers went on a cleaning spree about ten
>years ago and tossed DECADES of history in the dumpster (like hundreds of old
>WRKO top 40 tapes, etc.).

>-D

>From: ChuxGarage at aol.com

>Do any of you know what happened to some of the old equipment at WNAC-WRKO in
>Boston?  At one time, they were the origination and master control point for
>The Yankee Network, which could be traced back to Major Armstrong.  I was told
>at the time that some of the studios dated back into the 1920's.