Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Re: Topband: WLW

["Mark Durenberger" <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GREAT video!  If anyone's interested I did an extensive audio tour of the 
entire WLW plant...originally heard on the DX Audio Service.  I can post it 
to a web-site if you want to hear it.


Regards,

Mark Durenberger


-----Original Message----- 
From: Nick Hall-Patch
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:02 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: Re: Topband: WLW

I haven't had a chance yet to look at this video,  refererenced on
the Topband list
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?398944-K7AGE-posts-video-of-WLW-s-1932-500-000-Watt-AM-transmitter


and, from W9AC on the same list:

> Regarding WLW: the Mason transmitter site is half the story.  The other 
> half is still visible today to the west of I-75, just north of Cincinnati 
> in the Camp Washington neighborhood.  The old WLW studios and Crosley 
> manufacturing facility rise high above the interstate and a real sense of 
> history can be gleaned when exiting off Hopple Street.  The WLW building is 
> located near the intersection of Colerain Ave. and Sassafras St.  One 
> telltale sign that you have the right structure can be evidenced by the 
> Morse code displayed on the art-deco fashioned building top.  The building 
> is in very poor condition today and hasn't been occupied with any business 
> or storage activity for about ten years.  On the southwest building floor 
> is a large loading dock that faces a set of rail tracks that, at one time 
> many decades ago, must have seen a very high volume of traffic as thousands 
> of Crosley sets were shipped to dealers around the world.  The building is 
> not long for this world.  If you have an interest in WLW and Crosley's 
> history, I encourage you to take a short drive to the south of Mason and 
> experience the building before it's gone.


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