"Trusty",
Did you mean 64-65 for WQXI-TV? And what was the original call for Channel 46?
WHAE (Heaven And Earth). Owned by Pat Robertson's ministry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGCL-TV
"Trusty",
Did you mean 64-65 for WQXI-TV? And what was the original call for Channel 46?
Nope. WQXI was on channel 36 in '54 and channel 11 in '68."Trusty",
Did you mean 64-65 for WQXI-TV? And what was the original call for Channel 46?
WXIA was the first to have a chopper in the air circa 1981 or so. And they installed a CP (circular polarization) antenna at about that time, too. Another market first.
When did WXIA become "11 Alive?" In 1976, WPIX in New York adopted the same branding. Who was first?
Also 1976. Wikipedia doesn't seem to have any idea who was first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPIX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXIA-TV
Combined Communications used "XX Alive" branding for most of its stations. WXIA is the only Combined/Gannett/Tegna station that still does.
here is the FCC history cards on WSB:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/p...ortletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=66984&.pdf
they take a little time to download.
I believe the address was 4111 Lavista Road Tucker then in 1930 they had a CP to move to the corner of Chandler and Glenwood roads. I am not sure if LaVista go renumbered. Some counties renumbered almost everything when they did 911.
I believe, 4111 LaVista rd, Tucker, is the location of the present tower, sitting in the parking lot...has been there the 47 years I lived nearby.
Years ago, when I asked WSB's chief engineer about the effects of Northlake Festival's buildings and asphalt on the antenna's ground plane, he told me the ground system had improved with the construction of the shopping center.
My first tour of that site was given by the late John Talbert, then WSB's chief engineer. He said people had theorized the shopping center had hurt WSB's signal but that there was no evidence that was the case; that no actual measurements had been taken to compare pre and post-construction. He added that some AM's have their towers on land with a lot of trees and vegetation, and that hurts signals as much as anything else.
Ground conductivity is the lowest in the entire United States with the exception of Birmingham, Alabama. It probably doesn't matter. The ground system includes every building in the center so RF interference would not cause problems.
It was the classic case of the real estate being worth more than the signal...even back in the 1980s, when the shopping center was built!
Ground conductivity is the lowest in the entire United States with the exception of Birmingham, Alabama.
Close.
Much of the Atlanta area is 1.0
Long Island, NY, is a 0.5 and so is the Coachella Valley in CA as well as parts of Northern Vermont and all of the northernmost part of New Hampshire.. There are other areas that have been found to have 0.5 conductivity based on station measurements done to show that the broad geology-based FCC tables are inaccurate in many areas. There are areas of 1 in NW Idaho, much of northern Maine, most of the FL panhandle and the area from Central NH and VT down through Springfield MA and Torrington, CT, down to the Sound.
Birmingham is a 4.
I remember John Talbert telling me that when the shopping center was built, management thought the station's best days were behind it. They weren't expecting WSB to move back to the top of the ratings in the mid-90's and remain there.
WSB, as a brand/product remains very valuable. WSB AM, as a signal, has lost much of it's value as have most AM stations. WSB AM receives interference in much of the Atlanta ADI.
If you go out and run the radials you will find the eastern Atlanta area is a 0.5 as is most of NE Georgia. Some parts of Northern Georgia are somewhat better but not by much.
Birmingham also has an iron composition to the east, northeast of the city that affects conductivity and is not reflected in the FCC chart.