{"id":747,"date":"2009-12-07T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=747"},"modified":"2009-12-07T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T18:00:25","slug":"transmitter-site-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"Transmitter site tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transmitte site tours:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.j-hawkins.com\/radio.html\">http:\/\/www.j-hawkins.com\/radio.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim Hawkins&#8217; 1998 video tour of the VOA (actually International Broadcasting Bureau) is now available on YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Site A (now mothballed), near Greenville, North Carolina, is now available at YouTube as Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.<\/p>\n<p>Greenville Site B is still in operation.<\/p>\n<p>Three GE 250KW, one 500KW Marconi and One 500KW Continental transmitter(s).<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 of 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7g8UCEQFE8\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7g8UCEQFE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part 2 of 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SxWSXH2rPlc\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SxWSXH2rPlc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part 3 of 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ffnxBJQA6rU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ffnxBJQA6rU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part 4 of 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYp2zw8FuKg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYp2zw8FuKg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part 5 of 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UjNRA9YDKrs\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UjNRA9YDKrs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Info via <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/dxld\">dxld<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transmitte site tours: http:\/\/www.j-hawkins.com\/radio.html Jim Hawkins&#8217; 1998 video tour of the VOA (actually International Broadcasting Bureau) is now available on YouTube Site A (now mothballed), near Greenville, North Carolina, is now available at YouTube as Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. Greenville Site B is still in operation. Three GE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=747\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Transmitter site tours<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-dx"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5CDmr-c3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":755,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=755","url_meta":{"origin":747,"position":0},"title":"Atlantic 252 Transmitter Site","author":"Administrator","date":"December 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom Hands shows us the mighty 500kW giant at Summerhill, EIRE. 1998 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e-O5X7ZfQJM Info via dxld","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":981,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=981","url_meta":{"origin":747,"position":1},"title":"WLW AM Transmitter Tour 1997","author":"Administrator","date":"April 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first United States commercial 50 KW station and the only standard broadcast station to ever broadcast at a power of 500KW from 1934 to 1939! 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