AM Broadcast Tower Sites

Photographs of AM radio transmitter antenna sites

© 2012 Bruce A. Conti

550 WDDZ Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2010 photos of the digital transmitter and array at WDDZ Radio Disney. WDDZ became WBZS business radio in 2011, then WSJW Catholic radio in 2012, among a number of callsigns that have circulated through this station over the decades including WPAW, WXTR, WICE, and the 1970's Top 40 WGNG.

610 WEXS Patillas, Puerto Rico

2004 photo of the WEXS X-61 transmitter site.

630 CFCY Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

2010 photo of the silent CFCY array on the west side of Charlottetown.

650 WSM Nashville, Tennessee

1941 picture postcard of the WSM antenna, and 1974 vintage QSL card.

840 WXEW Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

2004 photo of the WXEW two-tower directional array which beams the signal east.

900 WGHM Nashua, New Hampshire

The WGHM transmitter site during spring flooding of the Nashua River (above), and photos of a Red-Tail Hawk that likes to perch on the antenna (below). 1590 WSMN Nashua is multiplexed into the same antenna under an FCC STA until a new directional transmitter site is constructed further west along the Nashua River. The original WSMN transmitter site and studios formerly located at Routes 3 and 111 were torn down to make way for a housing development during the peak of the real estate bubble.

920 WMMN Fairmont, West Virginia

The three-tower array and transmitter building. (1991)

930 WPKX Rochester, New Hampshire

The three in-line towers of the WPKX directional array. (2012)

WQSO FM antenna atop one of the WPKX towers, and the transmitter building with old signage for 930 WZNN and Oldies 96.7 WQSO.

1030 WBZ Boston, Massachusetts

Above is a plaque commemorating the 1940 inauguration of the WBZ transmitter site. A two-tower array beams the signal west. Poles that once supported the WBOS shortwave antenna are still standing on the site although the shortwave station is long-gone. Below is a vintage WBZ Westinghouse QSL card, and FFT display of the WBZ HD hybrid analog/digital AM signal.

1050 WRPT Peterborough, New Hampshire

The AM transmitter site near the Contoocook River. (1985) This station closed in 1991 with the license deleted so 1060 WBIV (now WQOM) could upgrade its signal. The transmitter of co-owned 92.1 WMDK was not at this site, but actually located atop nearby Pack Monadnock mountain.

1230 WTSV Claremont, New Hampshire

The unattended transmitter site on Route 11/103. (2012)

1270 WTSN Dover, New Hampshire

The four-tower directional array of WTSN as viewed from Middle Road (left) and from Back Road. (2012)

WTSN vehicle and building on Back Road.

1340 WNBH New Bedford, Massachusetts

The 580-foot tall WNBH antenna also serves as a mast for the WCTK FM antenna mounted at the top. The keg at the base of the WNBH antenna couples the WCTK FM transmission line to the live AM antenna. The single-turn loop of the WNBH transmission line detunes the tower from nearby 1420 WBSM. Below are some of the racks of equipment inside the transmitter building.

1370 WFEA Manchester, New Hampshire

The classic diamond-shaped WFEA antenna is the definitive Blaw-Knox design. (2011 photos) The rather unassuming single stick combined with the main antenna produces a directional pattern.

1380 WMYF Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The WMYF two-tower directional array and unattended transmitter building are located at the end of WBBX Road which is in reference to a former callsign. (2012)

1400 WTSL Hanover, New Hampshire

The unattended transmitter site off Route 10 in a poorly maintained field accessed only by an overgrown path. (2012)

1450 WNBP Newburyport, Massachusetts

This unattended transmitter site in Salisbury would be rather non-descript except for its prime seashore location across the harbor from Newburyport.

1590 WSMN Nashua, New Hampshire

Group photo outside the WSMN studios during a tour for attendees of the 1994 National Radio Club Convention.

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