WLW AM Transmitter Tour 1997

Kind of erie hearing Joe Nuxhall broadcasting a reds game in the background

Not being from the area, I was not aware of who the announcer was, but when you used the word "erie" I sensed something. I searched for Joe Nuxhall and, sure enough, he passed away on 11/15/2007, according to Wikipedia. May he rest in peace. I'm glad I caught him in the background.

Apparently today's engineers and technicians, are afraid or unaware of the science of the tubes, but it is certainly the best, but many would bother, thanks friend for the video again as this by the United States, I would visit the station WLW.
Thanks

Hi thanks for the video, I'm loving the tubes, much like to have lived in the time it was operating the 500-kw transmitter so you can see in action, I feel sorry to see that is not well cared for, I would feel happy if was preserved, I am manufacturer of TV transmitters in Argentina and in my transmitter, I use klystrons in the final stages and success, I have a very strong testimony that there is no purer than a transmitter tube.

Very interesting, Water cooling pond? wow.

I would hope that the historical preservationists at WLW go to some work to clean up and display this piece of radio transmission history to the public. We take the transmission of radio and television signals for granted these days. Few know how much is actually involved in getting that voice or music to exit a speaker or that video signal to a television screen. I would probably drive a tour guide crazy with questions about this monster. This transmitter is a valuable treasure.

The mess was cleaned up many years ago when Harris used WLW as a beta site for their 3DX-50 transmitter.

Remember, the video is now 12 years old.

could you imagine the electrical bill running it at 500 KW once again? if they wanted to do that, they would have to MASSIVELY overhaul all the cooling leads, transformers and everything that drove it.

hey, my favorite AM station to catch the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals games. speaking of Reds games... didnt 700 WLW AM move to Cincy?? and i sure would love some of those computer/transmitter parts. and it looks like a lot of those are still in use.

The difference between 500 kw and 50 kw gave only 10 db and that was a lot of power consuming. Today they are at 50 kw.