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Title
WLW
antenna
at
night
,
Mason
,
Ohio
Subject
Mason (Ohio)
Warren County (Ohio)--History
Antenna arrays
WLW (Radio Station : Cincinnati, Ohio)
Radio stations
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Mason (Ohio)
Warren County (Ohio)--History
Description
This
is
a
picture
taken
at
night
of the
WLW
radio
antenna
at
night
. The
antenna
is
located
in
Mason
,
Ohio
near
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
. In
1933
Powel
Crosley
obtained
a
construction
permit
from the
Federal
Radio
Commission
for a
500
kilowatt
superstation
, and he
spent
some
$500
,
000
building
the
transmitter
and
antenna
. In
January
1934
WLW
began
broadcasting
at the
500
kilowatt
level
late
at
night
under
the
experimental
call
sign
W8XO
. In
April
1934
the
station
was
authorized
to
operate
at
500
kilowatts
during
regular
hours
under
the
WLW
call
letters
. On
May
2
,
1934
,
President
Franklin
D
.
Roosevelt
pressed
a
ceremonial
button
that
officially
launched
WLW's
500-kilowatt
signal.[8]
As the
first
station
in the
world
to
broadcast
at this
strength
,
WLW
received
repeated
complaints
from
around
the
United
States
and
Canada
that
it
was
overpowering
other
stations
as
far
away
as
Toronto
. In
December
1934
WLW
cut
back
to
50
kilowatts
at
night
to
mitigate
the
interference
, and
began
construction
of
three
50ft
.
tower
antennas
to be
used
to
reduce
signal
strength
towards
Canada
. With these
three
antennas
in
place
,
full-time
broadcasting
at
500
kilowatts
resumed
in
early
1935
.
However
,
WLW
was
continuing
to
operate
under
special
temporary
authority
that had to be
renewed
every
six
months
, and
each
renewal
brought
complaints
about
interference
and
undue
domination
of the
market
by
such
a
high-power
station
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photgraphs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B14F05_001_001.tif
Image Height
5626
Image Width
4623
File Size
78042852 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2011-02-15
Date modified
2011-04-04
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