About all I can say is that the author took some liberties with the "quotes". I'm pretty sure I never said about half the things she attributed to me. In particular, disc jockeys to the best of my knowledge never spent any time at the transmitter site, and there was never a formal studio there.
That said, it is a useful and entertaining article for the audience it is intended for.
David, I can send you plenty of site pics if you'd like to see more.
I too wish they would have shown the transmitters at the site.
I have the same situation at a 50KW site I take care of. Was looking for install noted on the last transmitter installed in 97, an ND50. Didn't find any notes on the ND50 but found 40 years of notes on the old Western Electric 407A. Old license apps got those. Even an engineering report from Jim Hatfield senior who was the engineer at the time, pitching to add a third tower at the site. I have my radio collection at the transmitter site too, up to 70 now. I also have my console collection there, includes a Gates yard and President Console, a 5 channel Sparta and more.
Just installed an NX50 at the site as the main. It went into service a week ago. To do that I had to remove an old 317C1 that I saw installed when I was a teenager. Legacy sites are rare and special. My dad started to do weekend work there in 1974. His signature is on several old logs I referred to when running the other 317C2 which is now the deep backup. I too refer to this legacy site as my museum. There is more untouched paper work I need to go through. One moment your working on an NX50, the next your picking up engineering notes from the 40's and 50's. I too wish they would have shown the transmitters at the site.
IIRC...the Sparta 5-channel was an A-15...we used one in the news/production room at WASR in Wolfeboro, NH....along with an A-20 (8 channel?) control room board...
These boards had Allen-Bradley 10k sealed pots (Davin steppers were an expensive option, if memory serves....) and were prone to noise from dirt --
I had an old Sparta four pot console at the WGTO, Cypress Gardens, FL transmitter. We rack-mounted it and used it when we were transmitter-testing during maintenance periods. You can see the console in this photo:
I had an old Sparta four pot console at the WGTO, Cypress Gardens, FL transmitter. We rack-mounted it and used it when we were transmitter-testing during maintenance periods. You can see the console in this photo: