Greater Boston, June, 2005
As previously described, Scott and I spent a
week traveling around New England, visiting all sorts of places we had
meant to get inside (or get back inside) and hadn't yet. Since I live
in Framingham, it was a natural to want to see my local AM
pests the home-town stations; thanks to Grady Moates we were
finally able to visit the 890/1060 site in Ashland (recently rebuilt
to accomodate the new 1060 night signal) and the 650/1060/1200 site on
Mount Wayte Ave. (across from the old town incinerator) in Framingham.
David Goldstein, the new assistant chief at WBZ, had lunch with us and
helped to arrange a visit out to the WBZ transmitter in Hull.
WBUR-FM's Mike LeClair showed off his new IBOC installation at FM-128.
Maurice Cohen demonstrated that nothing much had changed at WCAP since
Scott left more than a decade ago—not even the ownership. (We're
still a bit puzzled by the presence of Michael Savage on the schedule,
however.)
The galleries for this trip are organized by state:
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| Old WJMN studios |
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| WJMN promo vehicles |
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| WCAP air studio |
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| WCAP wall of carts |
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| WCAP tech center |
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| WBZ newsroom |
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| WBZ news studio |
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| WBZ control room |
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| WBZ radio edit room |
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| WBZ garage |
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| WBZ racks |
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| WBZ tech center |
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| Viacom Boston TV master |
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| WBZ aux transmitter |
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| WBZ news vehicle |
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| Remaining bits of WBZ-TV tower |
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| WBZ-TV satellite truck |
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| Grady Moates with 1060 night phasor |
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| 1060 night transmitter |
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| 890 phasor |
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| 890 phasor status panel |
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| 890/1060 tower base |
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| 890 combiner module |
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| 890/1060 ATU |
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| 1060 combiner module |
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| 890 transmitters |
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| 890 backup transmitter |
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| 100 Mount Wayte Ave., Framingham |
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| WKOX transmitters |
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| 1060 day transmitter |
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| BRI dinner |
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| BRI dinner |
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| BRI dinner |
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| BRI dinner |
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| Scott, Lisa, and Ari |
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| FM-128 antennas |
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| FM bays: bigger than you thought |
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| WBUR aux |
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| WBUR-FM racks |
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| WBUR-FM IBOC tx |
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| WBMX new IBOC transmitter |
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| Greater Media backup txen |
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| Door to WBPX |
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| The Combiner Loft |
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| Base of FM-128 |
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| WBUR-FM reject load |
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| WBZ main tx |
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| WBZ racks |
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| WBZ phasor |
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| Back side of phasor |
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| WBZ license |
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| Taking meter readings |
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| WBZ ATU |
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| WBZ Austin transformer |
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| WBZ east tower base |
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| WBZ west tower base |
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| WBZ ground field |
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| FEMA studio |
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| Westinghouse safety poster |
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| Old WBZ logs |
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| WL849 firebottle |
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| WBZ front yard |
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| WBZ ASRNs |
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| WATD-FM studios |
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| Ed Perry |
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| DuMont TV set |
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| WATD awards |
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| Unlikely juxtaposition (or perhaps not) |
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| TIC studios |
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| TIC master control |
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| WATD tech center |
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| WATD studio |
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| WATD studio |
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| WATD newsroom |
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| WATD news booth |
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| WATD museum piece |
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| WATD record player |
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| WATD radio system |
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| WATD transmitter |
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| WATD tower base |
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| WATD towers |
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Copyright 2005 Garrett Wollman. All rights reserved.