[BC] When you had to bunk at transmitters

[Dana Puopolo]

What a signal channel 8 had from atop Mt. Washington!
I used to easily pick up channel 8 in Somerville, MA (1 mile North of Boston),
simply by turning my TV antenna to the North-with channel 7 (Boston) on air no
less. IIRC, they also had a one hop microwave from the Pru in downtown Boston
straight to Mount Washington.

-D

From: Dave Hultsman <DHults1043 at aol.com>

In a message dated 4/8/2010 8:30:45 PM Central Daylight Time, ka3zci at yahoo.com
writes:
>WMTW-TV, Lewiston ME, had full quarters at the Mt. Washington transmitter for
the engineering staff. Two engineers had to be at the site 24/7. At one time,
there were three on the staff. Each man worked two weeks on and one off. Marty
Engstrom, "Marty on the Mountain", did weather reports for Ch. 8 news.
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