[SBE] Terrific old 1937 news reel clip!

[Gary Liebisch]

I had lunch with the WLW CE Ted Ryan today after having sent him this link. 
He thinks it's not WLW but we both viewed it very quickly and we're both 
going to take another look in "freeze frame" !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Frank" <jon_frank at wgbh.org>
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Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [SBE] Terrific old 1937 news reel clip!


I believe that is WLW.  The transmitter is a the original 1928 Western 
Electric 107-A.  When this newsreel was released that transmitter served as 
the driver for the legendary 500 KW beast.  For a comparison check out this 
link.

http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/WE/7-A.htm

Also, the short shot of the building outside looks like WLW.  There were 
several Blau-Knox towers in existence at the time, but I couldn't find 
another station that had one and a WE 50kw.