A Winter Week in New York City

Thanks to some good planning by the always-resourceful Mr. Fybush, your photographer was able to schedule a week of vacation in January visiting some of the most interesting sites in the New York City area. Scott is working on the FM sequel to The Airwaves of New York (McFarland & Co., 1998), the definitive history of AM radio in the New York market, and between his research for that and his other contacts in the engineering community, he was able to line up for us a fabulous set of tours. Our sincerest thanks to the station personnel who gave significant amounts of their time to show us their facilities: Jim McGivern at Emmis; Jerry Mehrab at HBO; Richard Ross at Hispanic Broadcasting; and Mike Erickson, Dick James, Dan Lohse, and Mark Olkowski at Infinity.

WSAH tower
WSAH tower
WADS transmitter building
WADS transmitter building
WMNR tower
WMNR tower
Sunday Brunch at the Blue Star Diner
Sunday Brunch at the Blue Star Diner
Cinemax tape library, Hauppauge
Cinemax tape library, Hauppauge
The Back End of HBO Master Control
The Back End of HBO Master Control
Some of HBO's eleven uplink dishes
Some of HBO's eleven uplink dishes
More dishes at HBO
More dishes at HBO
HBO master control
HBO master control
Downtown Manhattan
Downtown Manhattan
The East River from Empire
The East River from Empire
The Hudson River and Jersey City
The Hudson River and Jersey City
Processing for the Emmis stations
Processing for the Emmis stations
Emmis transmitters
Emmis transmitters
Looking up at the Empire mooring mast
Looking up at the Empire mooring mast
WFAN/WCBS tower, High Island, Bronx
WFAN/WCBS tower, High Island, Bronx
660/880 Backup Tower
660/880 Backup Tower
660/880 insulators
660/880 insulators
Top of 660/880 Tower
Top of 660/880 Tower
High Island Caretaker's House
High Island Caretaker's House
660/880 Doghouse
660/880 Doghouse
WCBS license
WCBS license
WCBS backup transmitter
WCBS backup transmitter
WCBS processing and monitoring racks
WCBS processing and monitoring racks
WCBS phase adjustment thingummy
WCBS phase adjustment thingummy
Blurry photo of WCBS main
Blurry photo of WCBS main
660/880 Base Insulator
660/880 Base Insulator
ASRNs at 660/880 Tower
ASRNs at 660/880 Tower
660/880 Guy Anchor
660/880 Guy Anchor
WFAN Main and Backup Transmitters
WFAN Main and Backup Transmitters
WPXN Temporary Facilities, First Mountain
WPXN Temporary Facilities, First Mountain

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