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Tower atop PSFS Building in Center City

Once more with feeling, KML...93.3 and 107.9 are both on One Liberty, which is why you got them so well at the food court, which is essentially inside an RF shield that only the very strongest (and thus very nearest) signals can penetrate.

WMMR can't go to Roxborough because of the IF spacing rules - it has to maintain a certain distance from 103.9, and 103.9 has to be at Roxborough because of its grandfathered third-adjacent spacing to 104.5.
 
Thanks Scott! Didn't mean to push your buttons! Heck, I'm not even going to try the AM the next time I'm there! :D

As for the Panasonic "Walkman", the signals were all received with the CITY/DX switch set to DX.

As for the adjacent stuff, it makes me wonder about WUCS-FM 97.9 of Windsor Locks/Hartford (ESPN Radio) being squeezed into downtown Hartford, with WCTY-FM 97.7 of Norwich, CT so close! I'll go to the Connecticut Radio board for that one though! :)
 
No buttons pushed, I promise!

WUCS just barely fits against WCTY. In fact, Clear Channel had to pay to make some modifications to WCTY (installing a directional antenna) to make that all work.
 
The PSFS building has a fascinating history itself, as one of America's early 'skyscrapers'. Truly a piece of modern architecture for 1932, it was built as anti-art deco. It was only the second high-rise in the world with central air conditioning, designed by Carrier. A custom clock on every floor made by Cartier. It also has (had) a custom built-in radio & audio system in EVERY office designed, made and installed by RCA Victor from across the river. This was Philadelphia's business address...until the bank mergers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSFS_Building

And an early Happy Birthday Scott!
 
Anyone interested in the history of the PSFS tower can find photos and text about the original WCAU transmitter facility beginning on Page 68 of the April '49 issue of RCA Broadcast News. Download a PDF here, courtesy of American Radio History -- but be forewarned that it's a 20 MB file:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA-BC-54-com.pdf

According to this story, the tower (made by Dresser-Ideco) stands on a portion of the roof formerly used as an "observation garden".
 
Play Freebird said:
Anyone interested in the history of the PSFS tower can find photos and text about the original WCAU transmitter facility beginning on Page 68 of the April '49 issue of RCA Broadcast News. Download a PDF here, courtesy of American Radio History -- but be forewarned that it's a 20 MB file:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA-BC-54-com.pdf

According to this story, the tower (made by Dresser-Ideco) stands on a portion of the roof formerly used as an "observation garden".
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Wow!
 
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