Member Archives: Tower Site of the Week, 2000-2011

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ALABAMA

• Birmingham
• Birmingham, updated 2011
• Huntsville

ALASKA

• Nome

ARIZONA

• South Mountain, Phoenix
• Shopping Mall AMs (including KTAR, Phoenix)
• KTAR, Phoenix (2009)
• Phoenix, 2009, part II
• Phoenix, 2009, part III
• Tucson, 2009, part I
• Tucson, 2009, part II
• Yuma, 2009, part I
• Yuma, 2009, part II (KSWT and KAWC)
• Colorado River Valley, 2009

CALIFORNIA

• We Love L.A., part I
• We Love L.A., part II
• We Love L.A., part III
• Sutro Tower, San Francisco
• San Diego, part I
• San Diego, part II
• Santa Barbara
• Ventura County
• We Love L.A.: Columbia Square and KFWB
• We Love L.A.: Mount Wilson, part I
• We Love L.A.: Mount Wilson, part II
• We Love L.A.: KCRW and suburban AMs
• San Diego, 2004: KOGO, KGB/KCBQ, KSON/KURS before and after
• San Diego, 2004: North County AMs
• KGO, San Francisco
• KNBR San Francisco, KSCO/KOMY Santa Cruz, KMBY Capitola
• KFBK, Sacramento
• Several Sacramento AMs: KLIB, KCTC, KTKZ, KJAY
• Sacramento’s Walnut Grove TV Tower Farm
• Stockton
• LA’s Mount Wilson, Revised and Annotated (2005), part I
• LA’s Mount Wilson, Revised and Annotated (2005), part II
• KFI, Los Angeles, 2005
• KTNQ/KTLK, Los Angeles, 2005
• KBLA, Los Angeles, 2005
• KFWB/KLAC, Los Angeles, 2006
• KMPC 1540, Los Angeles, 2006
• KROQ/KXOL, Los Angeles, 2006
• Former 1150/96.3, Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, 2006
• KGB and KOGO, San Diego
• Palm Springs, part I
• Palm Springs, part II
• Bakersfield, part I
• Bakersfield, part II (and Lancaster)
• KSPN (KMPC), North Hollywood, 2009
• KGFJ (KYPA), Los Angeles
• El Centro/Imperial Valley, 2009
• Colorado River Valley (Blythe), 2009
• KFI, Los Angeles, 2010
• KNBR, San Francisco, 2010
• KRE/California Radio Historical Society, Berkeley
• Citadel and CBS Radio, San Francisco, 2010
• Mount San Bruno, Daly City/San Francisco
• Sutro Tower, San Francisco, 2010

CONNECTICUT

• Booth Hill, Trumbull
• Avon Mountain (“Talcott Mountain”), Avon (2002)
• WLAT, WCCC/WTMI, Hartford
• WTIC/WFSB, Avon (part I)
• WTIC/WFSB, Avon (part II)
• WKND, Windsor and WDZK, Bloomfield
• WDRC, Hartford
• WVIT’s old studios, 2008

DELAWARE

• WDEL/WSTW and the remains of WDEL-TV, Wilmington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

• WRC, Washington
• WTOP (WFED), Washington
• WTOP studios, Washington
• NPR studios and WAMU
• More Washington towers, 2008

FLORIDA

• Gandy Boulevard Causeway (WFLA/WSUN), 2011

GEORGIA

• Atlanta, part I
• Atlanta, part II
• A Return to Atlanta (2004), part I: WMLB, Stone Mountain, WATB, WPBC
• A Return to Atlanta (2004), part II: WSB’s transmitter
• A Return to Atlanta (2004), part III: WMLB’s new transmitter
• A Return to Atlanta (2004), part IV: WAZX, WDWD, WTJH
• Escape from Hartsfield Airport (2008): WALR-FM/WBZY, WALR/WCLK
• Atlanta 2009: WQXI/WSTR
• Atlanta 2009: WNNX/WWWQ
• Atlanta 2009: WAGA-TV and WDWD
• Atlanta 2009: WREK

IDAHO

• Big Trip 2007, part IX: Wallace and Spokane
• Big Trip 2007, part X: Moscow-Pullman and Lewiston-Clarkston
• Big Trip 2007, part XII: Boise
• Big Trip 2007, part XIII: Boise
• Big Trip 2007, part XIV: Boise
• Big Trip 2007, part XV: Twin Falls
• Big Trip 2007, part XVI: Pocatello and Idaho Falls

ILLINOIS

• The Big Trip XIII: St. Louis-market AMs, Mount Vernon
• The Big Trip III: Rockford, Dubuque (IA)
• The Big Trip II: Chicago
• Two That Fell: KETV, Omaha and WIFR, Rockford
• WIND, Chicago
• John Hancock Center, Chicago
• Univision Radio, Clear Channel and Paul Harvey studios, Chicago
• WGN (and WCPX), Chicago
• Chicago’s Legendary WLS: The Studios
• Chicago’s Legendary WLS: The Transmitter
• WGRB 1390/WVON 1690, Chicago
• WBBM, Chicago
• WMAQ/WSCR, Chicago
• WCFL/WMVP, Chicago
• WROK/WZOK, Rockford

INDIANA

• The Big Trip XIV: Evansville
• The Big Trip I: South Bend, Chicago suburbs
• WOWO, Fort Wayne
• An Icy Slide ‘Round Central Indiana I: Peru, Wabash and Marion
• An Icy Slide ‘Round Central Indiana II: Marion and Kokomo
• An Icy Slide ‘Round Central Indiana III: Lafayette
• An Icy Slide ‘Round Central Indiana IV: WBAA and WLFI in Lafayette, Logansport and Rochester
• Terre Haute, part I
• Terre Haute, part II
• WPGW, Portland
• Indianapolis, summer 2009, part I
• Indianapolis, summer 2009, part II
• WSBT’s old studios, South Bend
• WSBT’s new studios, South Bend
• Elkhart, 2008
• South Bend 2008-2010, part I
• South Bend 2008-2010, part II
• WKJG, Fort Wayne

IOWA

• The Big Trip V: Des Moines and Sioux City
• The Big Trip IV: Quad Cities, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids
• Medium Trip ’07 Part I: Quad Cities to Mason City
• Medium Trip ’07 Part II: Mason City
• Medium Trip ’07 Part III: Webster City to Omaha
• Medium Trip ’07 Part V: WHO, Des Moines
• Medium Trip ’07 Part VI: Des Moines TV/FM Towers, Alleman
• Medium Trip ’07 Part VII: Waterloo
• Medium Trip ’07 Part VIII: Cedar Rapids to Clinton, via the Field of Dreams

KANSAS

• The Big Trip IX: Shenandoah (IA), St. Joseph (MO), Topeka

KENTUCKY

• The Big Trip XVI: Lexington
• The Big Trip XV: Louisville
• WSAI, Cincinnati (Villa Hills, KY)
• Cincinnati AMs: Kentucky Side

LOUISIANA

• New Orleans, before Katrina

MAINE

• A Rainy Day in Bangor
• WMTW’s New Tower, Baldwin
• Danforth Hill, Litchfield
• Aroostook County and Edmundston, N.B.
• WMGX, WYNZ, WGAN, Portland
• WPOR and WZAN, Portland
• WJTO, Bath

MARYLAND

• Baltimore, summer 2008 (part I – AM towers)
• TV Hill, Baltimore, 2008

MASSACHUSETTS

• WBZ At Eighty
• Rambles Around Central Massachusetts
• Asnebumskit Hill, Paxton
• WEEI (formerly WHDH) 850, Needham/Boston
• WRKO 680, Burlington/Boston
• The Prudential Tower rooftop, Boston
• WBZ-TV’s tower, Needham
• FM128, Newton
• WBZ Transmitter, Hull (part I)
• WBZ Transmitter, Hull (part II)
• WATD, Marshfield
• WAMG/WBIX (night), Ashland
• WJDA, Quincy and WESX, Salem
• WFNX, Lynn, new and old
• WWZN, WUNR, WRCA and WBIX
• WCAP, Lowell
• WHDH, WLVI, WCVB, Boston
• WXKS/WRCA/WUNR, Oak Hill, 2009
• WCAP, Lowell, 2010
• Mount Tom, Springfield
• Provin Mountain (WWLP), Springfield
• A Springfield Grab Bag
• Northampton and Amherst, 2006
• FM128, Newton/Boston

MICHIGAN

• AM Towers of Flint
• West Michigan I: WZPX, WWMT/WBCT
• West Michigan II: WOOD, WCSG, WAYG

MINNESOTA

• The Big Trip 2005, part I: Minneapolis-St. Paul, round one
• The Big Trip 2005, part II: Duluth-Superior
• The Big Trip 2005, part III: Eveleth, International Falls, Chisholm, Hibbing and back to St. Paul
• The Big Trip 2005, part IV: Minneapolis-St. Paul, round two
• Minnesota Public Radio, 2009
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, 2009

MISSOURI

• The Big Trip XII: St. Louis
• The Big Trip XI: Kansas City FM/TV, Jefferson City/Columbia
• The Big Trip X: Kansas City AM
• Kansas City AMs 2005: KCMO, WHB and KCXL

MONTANA

• Big Trip 2007, part V: Bozeman
• Big Trip 2007, part VI: Butte
• Big Trip 2007, part VII: Helena
• Big Trip 2007, part VIII: Missoula

NEBRASKA

• The Big Trip VIII: Omaha and Lincoln
• KDUH-TV, north of Scottsbluff
• Two That Fell: KETV, Omaha and WIFR, Rockford
• Omaha revisited and annotated, 2006
• Medium Trip ’07 Part III: Webster City, IA to Omaha’s KFAB studios
• Medium Trip ’07 Part IV: Omaha’s KFAB and 72nd Street tower farm

NEVADA

• Las Vegas: The Sticks of Sin City
• Mt. Potosi, Las Vegas
• Black Mountain, Las Vegas
• KDWN and KLSQ, Las Vegas
• KWWN, Las Vegas
• Mount Arden, Las Vegas (plus KMZQ and KZZZ/KFLG)
• Colorado River Valley (Laughlin), 2009

NEW HAMPSHIRE

• Mount Washington in the TV Years
• Mount Washington: A Look Back
• WOKQ/WPKQ/”Shark” Studios, Dover
• WOKQ Transmitter Sites, Dover
• WMEX, WTPL and WCNH-LP

NEW JERSEY

• The New York AM Dial: Carlstadt/East Rutherford
• The Armstrong Tower, Alpine
• The New York AM Dial: WBBR, Carlstadt
• WOR’s 1967 Site, Lyndhurst
• WEPN 1050, East Rutherford
• WINS 1010, Lyndhurst
• WABC, Lodi
• WMCA/WNYC, Kearny
• WOR’s New Site, Rutherford
• Demolition of WOR’s Lyndhurst site, 1/11/07
• WWDJ/WWRV, Hackensack
• WSOU, South Orange
• WKDM/WWRU Carlstadt
• WEPN 1050’s New Site, Secaucus/North Bergen

NEW YORK

• Jamestown
• Tracking the Rural Radio Network
• Smith Hill, Utica
• The World Trade Center Remembered
• Grand Island (Buffalo)
• Plattsburgh
• WSYR, Syracuse at 80
• Johnstown and Gloversville
• WKBW/WGR, Buffalo
• High Island, New York (WCBS/WFAN)
• Empire State Building, Jan. 2001
• Empire State Building, 2003
• Four Times Square, 2001
• Four Times Square, 2003
• WVWA AM-FM-TV, Pound Ridge (April Fool’s Day, 2004)
• Watertown
• New York’s North Country
• Brighton AM Towers, Rochester
• Ingraham Hill, Binghamton
• WOR’s 1440 Broadway Studios
• WCJW, Warsaw
• WHIC 1460 demolition, Rochester
• WPLJ, Empire State Building
• Twenty Years of WYSL, Avon
• WOFX/WTRY 980, Troy
• Helderberg Mountains, Albany, part I
• Helderberg Mountains, Albany, part II
• Syracuse, part I
• Syracuse, part II
• Syracuse, part III
• WGR 550/WWKB 1520, Hamburg
• Grand Island AM/FM/TV sites, Buffalo
• “Rochester Radio City” (WHAM-TV/WROC-TV)
• WBBF/WROC 950, Rochester
• WNYR/WLGZ 990, Rochester
• WSAY/WRTK/WXXI 1370, Rochester
• Pinnacle Hill, Rochester, Part I
• Pinnacle Hill, Rochester, Part II
• WRMM/WBZA/WRCI, Rochester
• WMAK/WBL, North Tonawanda
• Clear Channel studios, New York
• WQXR, New York
• WQEW 1560, New York
• WFUV, New York
• WFAS, White Plains
• WGY, Schenectady
• A handful of Finger Lakes sites
• WAER, Syracuse
• WSEN/WFBL, Syracuse
• WTLB/WRCK/WKLL, Utica
• WHTT/WBBF and WEDG/WWWS, Buffalo
• Ingraham Hill, Binghamton (2008)
• TV at the Empire State Building
• Analog TV in Elmira, Utica and Albany (2009)
• The End of Analog TV in Rochester and Buffalo (2009)
• The End of Analog TV, part II
• The End of Analog TV, part III
• Remembering Buffalo’s BBC
• WEBO, Owego
• New York City 2009: WNYC
• Beacon
• New York City 2009: Clear Channel studios
• WLIB/WBLS, New York, 2009
• Four Times Square, 2009
• Pinnacle Hill, Rochester, 2010
• Deconstructing Pinnacle Hill, 2010
• WBFO, Buffalo
• Four Times Square, updated 2011

NORTH CAROLINA

• WBT, Charlotte
• Charlotte
• Asheville and Western North Carolina
• The Triad
• Greenville and Washington
• Raleigh/Durham
• WPAQ, Mount Airy
• WGHP-TV/DT, High Point
• WBT, Charlotte (2008)
• Gaston County

OHIO

• The Big One: WLW
• WCTM, Eaton
• The AM Towers of Dayton and Vicinity
• WSAI, Cincinnati
• Cincinnati, part I: Kentucky AMs
• Cincinnati, part II: TV Towers and Ohio AMs
• Cincinnati, part III: Downtown and Hamilton
• Mansfield and Ashland
• Cleveland’s Parma/Brecksville/Seven Hills Tower Farm
• Columbus, part I
• Columbus, part II
• Youngstown, part I
• Youngstown, part II
• WHBC studios, Canton
• WHBC day/FM transmitter, Canton
• More Canton and Akron AMs
• WHIO, Dayton, 2010

OKLAHOMA

• Oklahoma City, part I: KTOK and more
• Oklahoma City, part II: KOMA, WWLS and out west
• Oklahoma City, part III: TVs, FMs and WKY

OREGON

• The Big Trip 2006, part II: Eugene
• The Big Trip 2006, part III: Corvallis and Salem
• The Big Trip 2006, part IV: Astoria, Seaside and Tillamook
• The Big Trip 2006, part V: Portland’s TV and FM tower farms
• The Big Trip 2006, part VI: Downtown Portland and KEX/KPOJ
• The Big Trip 2006, part VII: Portland’s East Side, Hood River and The Dalles
• Big Trip 2007, part XI: Eastern Oregon

PENNSYLVANIA

• WSAJ, Grove City
• Bloomsburg
• Pottsville and Shenandoah
• WEEU, Reading
• Roxborough Tower Farm, Philadelphia, part I
• Roxborough Tower Farm, Philadelphia, part II
• KYW, WFIL, WIBG/WZZD, Philadelphia
• South of Pittsburgh – Uniontown and Connellsville
• WPIC, Sharon
• The AMs of Scranton
• WGBI/WBZU 910 and WEJL 630, Scranton
• Erie TV, 2009 (part I)
• Erie TV, 2009 (part II)
• KDKA, Pittsburgh
• Carlisle and Harrisburg
• State College, 2001 and 2008
• WPXI, Pittsburgh
• More Pittsburgh, 2008
• Allentown, 2009
• Philadelphia, 2009
• Lancaster, 2009
• Harrisburg 2009, part I
• Harrisburg 2009, part II
• WDUQ, Pittsburgh

RHODE ISLAND

• WHJJ, East Providence
• WPMZ and WRIB, East Providence
• WDDZ 550, Pawtucket
• A few more Providence AM sites
• WJAR-TV/DT, Providence
• WWLI, WPRO-FM, WSBE, Providence
• WHJJ and its sisters, Providence
• WPRO and its sisters, Providence
• WRNI, WSTL, WBRU, Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Columbia
• Newberry and Union
• Greenville/Spartanburg

SOUTH DAKOTA

• The Big Trip VII: Yankton
• The Big Trip VI: Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE

• Chattanooga: Lots Of Towers, No Choo-Choos
• WSM: The Biggest Blaw-Knox Of Them All
• Nashville, part I
• Nashville, part II

TEXAS

• Dallas-Fort Worth, part I
• Dallas-Fort Worth, part II
• Dallas-Fort Worth, part III
• Dallas-Fort Worth, part IV

UTAH

• Big Trip 2007, part I: Salt Lake City AMs
• Big Trip 2007, part II: KSL, Salt Lake City
• Big Trip 2007, part III: Provo, Ogden, Salt Lake TV Studios
• Big Trip 2007, part IV: Park City and Evanston
• Big Trip 2007, part XVII: Logan

VERMONT

• Mount Mansfield, Stowe
• Burlington AMs
• Mount Mansfield, 2006
• Mount Mansfield, 2008

VIRGINIA

• Roanoke and Lynchburg
• WODI, Brookneal
• WFIR, Roanoke (2007)
• Poor Mountain, Roanoke (2007)
• WUVT, Blacksburg

WASHINGTON

• The Big Trip 2005, part I: Tacoma, Olympia and Centralia
• The Big Trip 2006, part VIII: Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities
• The Big Trip 2006, part IX: Spokane’s Regal Road farm and Krell Hill
• The Big Trip 2006, part X: Downtown Spokane, Mt. Spokane and the Grand Coulee
• The Big Trip 2006, part XI: Yakima
• The Big Trip 2006, part XII: Ellensburg, Wenatchee and Everett
• The Big Trip 2006, part XIII: Seattle’s Tiger and Cougar Mountains
• The Big Trip 2006, part XIV: Seattle Studios and Queen Anne Hill
• The Big Trip 2006, part XV: North from Seattle to Mount Vernon and Whidbey Island
• Big Trip 2007, part IX: Wallace to Spokane
• Big Trip 2007, part X: Moscow-Pullman and Lewiston-Clarkston

WEST VIRGINIA

• WWVA, Wheeling

WISCONSIN

• The Big Trip 2005, part II: Duluth-Superior
• The Big Trip 2005, part V: Eau Claire
• The Big Trip 2005, part VI: Madison
• The Big Trip 2005, part VII: Milwaukee, first installment
• The Big Trip 2005, part VIII: Milwaukee, second installment
• The Big Trip 2005, part IX: Fond du Lac and the Fox Cities
• The Big Trip 2005, part X: Green Bay
• The Big Trip 2005, part XI: Wausau
• The Big Trip 2005, part XII: La Crosse
• WTMJ,Milwaukee
• Humboldt Ave. TV/FM sites, Milwaukee
• From Milwaukee to Watertown via WSSP 1250
• Madison and Janesville
• Janesville and Beloit
• Beloit and Madison, 2009
• A Drive up I-94, 2009
• Central Wisconsin, 2009
• Two Rivers and Manitowoc, 2009
• Sheboygan, 2009
• Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha, 2009
• WEAU-TV, Eau Claire tower collapse, 2011

WYOMING

• Big Trip 2007, part IV: Park City and Evanston

NEW BRUNSWICK

• Fredericton
• Edmundston and Woodstock (and Aroostook County, Maine)

ONTARIO

• Fifty Years of CBC Television Transmitters
• Ottawa-Hull, part I
• Ottawa-Hull, part II
• First Canadian Place, Toronto
• Kingston

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

• All of it!

QUEBEC

• CKTM-TV, Trois-Rivieres
• Fifty Years of CBC Television Transmitters
• Riviere-du-Loup and Quebec City
• Quebec City and Trois-Rivieres
• Montreal’s AM Stations

CARIBBEAN

• Trans World Radio, Bonaire

MEXICO

• Tijuana, B.C.
• XETV/XEWT, Tijuana, 2008 (part I)
• XETV/XEWT, Tijuana, 2008 (part II)
• Rosarito Beach, 2008
• More Tijuana, 2008

EUROPE

• Droitwich and Brookmans Park, England
• Crystal Palace and Croydon, England
• Eiffel Tower and Maison Radio France, Paris, France
• Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Athlone, Ireland

ASIA/PACIFIC

• American Samoa

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