05-14-14 08:10 TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT about Resurrected

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
 RW> TW> I also rembember the Day of WLW in Ohio. AM 700 with a 500 KW signal

 RW>I read somewhere on the 'XERB Wolfman Jack" page that stations
xmitting at
 RW>night using their daytime pwr limit of 65kw was illegal. It was an FCC
 RW>requirment to reduce pwr to 50kw at night.

 TW> The WLW Crosley Broadcasting station WLW had a special FCC
 TW> permit to run 500 KW in hte 30's

Tom,

When I was in High School a group of us Hams went to WLW on Sunday,
after the Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio.

Those Tubes in the Final Amplifier were HUGH, IIRC 3 1/2 Feet Tall.

You Tube has a Video of a Tour of the WLW TX Site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaeRRGi-hRM

Another WWL video at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHjcwIoTiY



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