PICTURES
Here's the Audio & Transmission Equipment for WABV-AM 1590 in Abbeville, South Carolina where I work, in the capacity as Operations Manager & Program Director!
Let me give you a little "run-down" as to what's in this picture.....
On your left is a Late 1960's Vintage Gates BC1H Transmitter rated for 1000 Watts. It uses four 833 tubes but the audio is solid state modulation. This transmitter was originally tuned to 1450Khz. The Gates BC1H was installed after the RCA BTA1-M failed after 51 1/2 years of faithful service to WABV!
In the rack next to that, from top to bottom.. is my AM Modulation Monitor, an Innvonics 222 Audio Processor and Symetrix 528 Limiter.
Below that, you will see my Burke EAS Unit and 2 the FM radios on top to recieve my Primary and Secondary signals, WSSL 100.5 & WESC 92.5 from Greenville.
There used to be several other things in the rack, but they were removed
because they were severely outated.
I've also added a Wegener Satelitte Reciever
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Here I am standing next to WABV-AM 1590 tower with the newly painted, repaired and installed ATU (Antenna Tuning Unit)
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Here I am sitting next to WABV's broadcast tower!
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Here's a picture of Me and my 3 year old beagle, George standing in front of the WABV sign!
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Here's a picture of George making his daily inspection of the front yard!
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This is me and WANO-AM 1230 Pineville, KY/WFXY-AM 1490 Middlesboro, KY Owner Josh Wilkey standing in front of WABV's GRCA BTA1-M Transmitter
Here's Yours Truly standing next to the RCA BTA1M that WABV used to use (but was replaced by a Gates BC1H!) and holding an 833 tube!
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Here is a gates BC1G transmitter that I got from WDAB 1580 to eventually use at WABV!
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Here I am sitting in at the console, which is like 6 or 7 feet from the transmitter in the above pictures!!
I've got a Radio Systems RS Cart 2000 Cart machine, an RCA 10 Channel Rotary Pot Console which dates from the
mid 60s along with a PC and a WORKING Russco Pro turntable!!
In the room behind the studio, there are several NON WORKING reel to reel and cart machines along with
old Pepper Tanner records and various/asundry equipment...
Look closely on the wall above my console... see my Fybush Tower P0rn Calendar?? :=)
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This is a Coke machine in my back hallway here at WABV. I figure the machine is about 25 years old. It still works and is infact, plugged in.. keeping my soda cold along with some sandwich meat and various other things fresh! Just a few days ago, I put in a newer home/kitchen type fridge, but I still use the soda machine, I love it! A Conversation piece!!
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Apparently, WABV was once an UPI Affiliate, as evidenced by this antique teletype machine that someone left behind years ago!!
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Here's my new Flat Screen monitor in the studio attached to a new HP Computer in the studio that will be sued for internet srufing/chatting and audio production!!
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Here's what you'll see when driving by or pulling into the station's driveway
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This is a much closer look at the front of the building and a view of one of the satelitte dishes at WABV (This one is not in use!)
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This is the 150 foot guyed tower and a view of it from the front parking lot of the station
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Looking at WABV's tower from the field out back behind the studio/office building...
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While replacing the padlock and chain around the fence, I took this shot of the tower from directly below....
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I took this pic about 2 blocks away from the radio station, on Highway 28 South towards McCormick
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This is what you'll see when you pull up in the driveway here at "THE BIG 1590"!!
I've found several other piece of old WABV stuff here, including old stationary.. sales contracts, transmitter and programming logs. Sitting in the hallway along with the Coke machine is over 500 music records!!
( The transmitter logs, show among other things, that I do in fact have a 500 Watt Pre Sunrise Authority, which is a godsend for Daytimers...!!)
Here I am camping in Wiggins, Mississippi back in February 2005!
(This picture was used , along with my letter in a April, May or June 2006 Edition of Radio World Magazine's "Letter To The Editor)
Here I am on the air, talking about the day's weather...
Here's me on the air at "Country Thunder, Z96"......I'm looking at the computer screen while talking about a song trying to decide what's coming up next...
Me, standing infront of the sign for a station I used to work at. The sign is just a few feet of Highway 520 in Cocoa, Florida
Sitting in the studio, posing for a picture, in the middle of recording the weather forecast for the next day, at Traveler's Information Radio 1300 WTIR
A picture from up above....
To see an updated image from some of the webcams below, you may need to refresh your browser window by hitting F5 or hitting the Refresh button above...
(Note: I obviously do NOT control the images coming form the cameras. If the image does not update properly,
shows a Red 'X" or other quesitonable content, that's not my fault.. Sorry!)
This is a Live shot of the Power FM (91 and 92) Studios in Tenerife, Canary Islands!
Here's a LIVE look into the studios of Oasis FM(101) in Tenerife, Canary Islands!!
ANOTHER Live peak into the Oasis FM (101) studios in San Miguel De Abona, Tenerife on the Canary Islands!!
This is the ON AIR studio at WCCC-AM 1290/Beethoven.com located in the basement at 1039 Asylum Avenue in Hartford, CT!!
Here's a peak into the main studio for 612ABC in Brisbane!
This is the BBC Radio 1 main Studio, Live from London!!
Here's alook from the roof of 106.3/107.9 KSUP Radio in Juenau, Alaska!
A look into the yard of Amatuer Radio K1TTT!
More webcams to come! If you know of a radio or tv station who has a webcam show of their studio or transmitter, let me know!!
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