{"id":981,"date":"2010-04-01T14:51:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=981"},"modified":"2010-04-01T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T14:51:40","slug":"wlw-am-transmitter-tour-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"WLW AM Transmitter Tour 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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! It was also the first to make use of a directional antenna system for skywave radiation control. (WSUN and WFLA, St. Petersburg, FL. shared the first directional antenna system.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.j-hawkins.com\/wlw.shtml\">http:\/\/www.j-hawkins.com\/wlw.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WLW was one of the classic &#8216;clear channel&#8217; AM Giants of the 20th Century, with 500kW of power through its famous mast. Paul Jellison managed to get a tour of the facility in 1997 and he shares it with us here in this nice quality video production. (via Don Stevens on Facebook)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaaRRGi-jRM\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaaRRGi-jRM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Video and narration by Jim Hawkins &#8211; WA2WHV<br \/>\nChief Engineer: Paul Jellison<br \/>\nThere were four operational 50 KW transmitters at this site at the time.<br \/>\nThe remains of the 500KW transmitter are shown.<br \/>\nThe site has been cleaned up and updated since 1997.<\/p>\n<p>More detailed information can be seen on my radio website at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.j-hawkins.com\/radio\">www.j-hawkins.com\/radio<\/a> click on WLW.<br \/>\nOther sites are also featured.<\/p>\n<p>Info via <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/dxld\">dxld<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! It was also the first to make use of a directional antenna system for skywave radiation control. (WSUN and WFLA, St. Petersburg, FL. shared the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/dxradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=981\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WLW AM Transmitter Tour 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