Friday, February 25, 2005

A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond

Click above for a trip to the "Log Cabin" site on High Island, off City Island, in the Bronx, NY, where CBS and NBC AM radio transmit "side by side". Interesting site. You can hear these guys in New Hampshire! (Then again I've tuned in Chicago and the BBC too on a cheap AM radio, and WNBC TV audio comes in well) Columbia Island is where "CBS" was first, now for sale for $1 million! (http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/sales_islands/sites/3b_columbia1.html) I have been trying to find out about the island next door, "Pea Island" about 2 or 3 acres in private hands, nearby Davids Island, which is under pressure from the nearby NY Athletic Club to be developed (80 acres, Fort Slocum, once even an Air Force Base, it now belongs to the City of New Rochelle). The LIPA underwater cable went out between Davids Island and Pea Island a couple of years ago (600 MGW) and went back online at a lower rating. Donald Trump wanted to develop Davids Island and nearby Huckleberry (also Whortleberry) Island, but the cleanup costs were very high and required a bridge to the main island. A colleague, Gordon Watts did the underwater survey for it I think, maybe he missed "Captain Nemo" down there.

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