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jukebox # 522
With the long-term decline in traditional AM radio stations continuing, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find radio towers. They are disappearing just like gas holders in the UK! This tower in Bellville was originally used by KACO, a country station. Numerous owners and station idents came and went culminating in KULF. That finally closed down in 2022. The tower is now used by an amateur radio club.
Joe Ely's track is one of my favourites, so evocative of place and time. So permit me a memory.
It was back in the 1960s when most European stations closed down at midnight. At that time it was quite possible to pick up American AM stations that 'skipped' the Atlantic at night. One that regularly drifted in was clear-channel 50,000 watt WOWO out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. On my first ever US visit using the Greyhound to travel around, imagine my delight when the bus unexpectedly rolled past WOWO's massive tower situated on a hill outside of town!
K-something-so-and-so.
...with a remarkable zero comments...
jukebox # 522
With the long-term decline in traditional AM radio stations continuing, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find radio towers. They are disappearing just like gas holders in the UK! This tower in Bellville was originally used by KACO, a country station. Numerous owners and station idents came and went culminating in KULF. That finally closed down in 2022. The tower is now used by an amateur radio club.
Joe Ely's track is one of my favourites, so evocative of place and time. So permit me a memory.
It was back in the 1960s when most European stations closed down at midnight. At that time it was quite possible to pick up American AM stations that 'skipped' the Atlantic at night. One that regularly drifted in was clear-channel 50,000 watt WOWO out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. On my first ever US visit using the Greyhound to travel around, imagine my delight when the bus unexpectedly rolled past WOWO's massive tower situated on a hill outside of town!