[QuadList] OT--WLW Blaw-Knox Tower gets new guy wires--Pictures at AMIA Dinner, Tuesday

[Ted Langdell]

About the only connection I can make between WLW's Blaw-Knox Tower and  
Quad Videotape recording is that the term Quad could be applied to the  
number of faces on the tower.

Making my way today from Columbia, MO through Louisville, KY and then  
north through Cincinatti toward Latrobe, PA, I had to pass through  
Mason, OH on I-71.

The WLW Blaw-Knox is very easy to spot from the freeway, and I had to  
check it out.

Turns out it was worthwhile, as riggers are in the process of  
replacing the 747 foot tower's guy wires.  I spent about 45 minutes  
walking along the fence shooting pictures of the site, tower, some of  
the process.

I'll post some pix as soon as I have time, and try to print a few for  
perusal during our Quad Videotape Group Annual Dinner at AMIA, this  
Tuesday night, Nov. 2.  Also of other B-K towers at WBT-AM, Charlotte,  
NC, that are also uniquely visible from a Charlotte freeway near the  
airport.

At WLW, the guy wire project seems to be in the early stages. While I  
was watching, it looked like they were connecting sections for and  
hoisting the first guy to be replaced, so others wanting to more  
thoroughly document the process appear to have several days in which  
to do so.  It would be interesting to know whether other guy wire  
replacements have been done since the tower was erected in 1933.

WLW, 700, Cincinnati, was once licensed to use 500KW of power for  
normal operation.
Details on Jim Hawkins' website, here: http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml

Details about Blaw-Knox towers is here: http://hawkins.pair.com/blaw-knox.html

Enjoy!

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary

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