{"id":37374,"date":"2019-05-12T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T17:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=37374"},"modified":"2019-05-12T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:14:06","slug":"photo-tour-the-edward-r-murrow-transmitting-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/photo-tour-the-edward-r-murrow-transmitting-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Tour: The Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, I posted a photo<\/a>\u00a0and asked if you guess where I was when I took the shot.<\/p>\n

Those of you who guessed the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station (formerly, “VOA Site B”) near Greenville, North Carolina, were absolutely correct!<\/p>\n

My buddy, John Figliozzi, gave a presentation about NASWA<\/a> and the Winter SWL Fest<\/a> at the NASB (National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters) which was held in the Raleigh area, May 9th and 10th. Due to a conflict, I was not able to attend the NASB meeting this year, but I did arrive at the conference hotel late Thursday where I met a handful of attendees. I had previously invited John to join me on the station tour, and he was quite happy to do so!<\/p>\n

Macon Dail (WB4PMQ), the transmitting station’s Gold Medal award-winning<\/a> Chief Engineer, made time to give us a tour Friday, May 10, 2019.<\/p>\n

And now, on to the photo tour of this remarkable facility.\u00a0 My inclination is to caption each photo…but I know if I attempt this, I won’t post this gallery for several months!\u00a0 Instead, I’ll roughly divide the photos by the various sections of the site. Note, however, that there are more than one hundred photos in this detailed post\u2013\u2013to decrease its length, some of the photos have been placed in clickable thumbnail galleries. Those of you who receive the SWLing Post<\/em> as an email digest, I would strongly encourage you to view this post directly on our website<\/a>, so all of the gallery images will appear.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Station entrance, lobby, and library<\/h1>\n

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The Front Lobby<\/p><\/div>\n

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In this photo, Macon is showing John one of the notebooks, which is chock-full of reception reports from listeners. This notebook, as you can see, is prominently displayed in the front lobby.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We found our friend Rich D’Angelo in the stack of reception reports.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In a mezzanine above the control room, there is a space that houses a library, a presentation\/classroom area, and even a small workout\/fitness room.<\/p><\/div>\n

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View into the control room from the mezzanine.<\/p><\/div>\n

Control room<\/h1>\n

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Transmitters<\/h1>\n

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