New Hampshire, June, 2005

Scott, Lisa, and Ari were planning to be in Boston for a family wedding on the weekend of June 4-5, 2005. Entirely by coincidence, the following Saturday was the ceremony and broadcast commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first public demonstration of frequency modulation by its inventor, Edwin Howard Armstrong. For some reason, family weddings are often an excuse for Scott to get away from the boredom of the Rochester market for some good towerage, and the Armstrong celebration made a week's vacation an irresistible opportunity. We began the week by heading up to the WJTO Inn in Bath, Maine, stopping along the way at Citadel's three-and-a-half-station cluster in Dover, New Hampshire. We came back to the seacoast the following day, after seeing the Saga stations in Portland, and then moved on to Concord and Lowell before returning to Boston.

In New Hampshire, we are thankful for the kindness of VP/general manager Marty Lessard, operations manager Mark Ericson, and consulting engineer Bob Perry at WOKQ; vice president, general manager, director of sales, and AM drive host Gary James at WMEX; consultant Clark Smidt at WTPL; and station manager Harry Kozlowski at WCNH-LP.

The galleries for this trip are organized by state:

Citadel Dover studios
Citadel Dover studios
Bob Fuller plaque
Bob Fuller plaque
The Fybushes
The Fybushes
Citadel tech center
Citadel tech center
Ooh!  Shiny!
Ooh! Shiny!
WOKQ production studio
WOKQ production studio
Public-affairs studio
Public-affairs studio
Talk host in the making?
Talk host in the making?
Mt. Washington as was
Mt. Washington as was
WOKQ newsroom studio
WOKQ newsroom studio
Production studio
Production studio
Board op in the making?
Board op in the making?
WOKQ neon
WOKQ neon
WOKQ/WPKQ air studio
WOKQ/WPKQ air studio
Lobby signage
Lobby signage
"Shark" air studio
"Shark" air studio
Classic promo stuff
Classic promo stuff
Queen Ari (for a quarter-hour)
Queen Ari (for a quarter-hour)
Awards cabinet
Awards cabinet
WOKQ/WSHK backup tower
WOKQ/WSHK backup tower
WOKQ/WSHK backup antenna
WOKQ/WSHK backup antenna
Old WOKQ studios
Old WOKQ studios
Citadel STL/tx room
Citadel STL/tx room
WOKQ tower
WOKQ tower
Bob Perry at the gate
Bob Perry at the gate
WOKQ transmitters
WOKQ transmitters
Spare FM bays
Spare FM bays
Bob Perry's vanity plate
Bob Perry's vanity plate
WMEX studios
WMEX studios
Sign at WMEX
Sign at WMEX
WMEX STL stuff
WMEX STL stuff
WMEX-2 antenna
WMEX-2 antenna
WMEX promo vehicle
WMEX promo vehicle
New Hampshire Capitol
New Hampshire Capitol
WTPL promo vehicle
WTPL promo vehicle
WTPL control room
WTPL control room
WTPL talk studio
WTPL talk studio
WTPL talk studio
WTPL talk studio
WTPL control room
WTPL control room
WTPL tech center
WTPL tech center
WCNH-LP tower
WCNH-LP tower
WCNH-LP studio
WCNH-LP studio

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