{"id":35692,"date":"2019-01-24T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35692"},"modified":"2019-01-24T07:55:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T11:55:47","slug":"robert-discovers-radio-station-lucite-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/robert-discovers-radio-station-lucite-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert discovers radio station lucite artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Robert Yowell, who writes:<\/p>\n

I walked into an awesome store today in Manhattan which specializes in vintage radios and ephemera. He had these two small lucite paperweights which I bought – one from KDKA the other from WOWO – two historic AM stations. The WOWO one contains a piece of the \u201cworld famous fire escape\u201d [see above] which was from the original studio building on Washington Blvd in Ft Wayne Indiana.<\/p>\n

The other lucite is a mystery that I hope your readers might help with. It was issued in 1995 for the 75th anniversary of KDKA. It appears to be a silver disc sandwiched with something orange colored in the center. Could it be from the transmitter site? I have attached photos here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thanks so much for maintaining such a great Blog site for SWL and other radio listeners ! I hope someone out there can help with my question – thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few hours later, Robert wrote this follow-up message:<\/p>\n

Thomas – I just found the answer to my question. I now own a piece of the original KDKA transmitter tower!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.antiqueradio.com\/KDKA_3-96.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a great piece of history you have there, Robert.\u00a0 Both WOWO and KDKA are legendary! Thanks for sharing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Robert Yowell, who writes: I walked into an awesome store today in Manhattan which specializes in vintage radios and ephemera. He had these two small lucite paperweights which I bought – one from KDKA the other from WOWO – two historic AM stations. 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